Dubai
E-Guide
Dubai
Municipality has launched an
e-guide for Dubai, which allows
Internet users to locate places
in the emirate through an Internet
browser.
The
launch of the new service, which
is available at www.gis.gov.ae,
comes as part of the e-government
programme of the civic body.
Qassim
Sultan, Director-General of
Dubai Municipality, called the
new e-venture a revolution in
the Geographical Information
Systems (GIS) sector s the service
could be availed by all the
local departments, government
establishments, general public
and tourists from any part of
the world.
"This
will help streamline procedures
of a number of government departments
with respect to the GIS,"
Mr. Sultan said, while addressing
a Press Conference organized
to announce the launch of the
e-guide.
The
Press Conference was also attended
by Hussein Nasser Lootah, Assistant
Director-General of the Municipality
for Environment and Public Health
Affairs and Head of the e-government
committee at the civic body,
and Mohammed Al Zafin, Director
of the GIS Centre, Dubai e-guide
is the first official site for
locating activities, facilities
and services in the emirate
of Dubai including landmarks
and historical sites.
It
is of great help in locating
government facilities and utilities
with information including addresses
and images of major landmarks.
Locating places can be done
in three ways: Guided Search
(by selecting the name of the
place), Address Search (by keying
in the building number and road
number or name in addition to
community number or name) and
Map Search (by defining an area
and then searching within the
specified distance).
The
Dubai e-guide can also be used
for printing maps and measuring
distance between places. There
is a zoom in and zoom out facility
on the site for the maps.
