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.
