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.
