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.
