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.
