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.
