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The Abu Dhabi Spatial Data Infrastructure (AD-SDI) community, responsible for facilitating the sharing of geo-spatial data among governmental agencies within different sectors, met on November 25 and 26, at the Ritz Carlton Abu Dhabi, to celebrate GIS Day and review its latest achievements.
Hosted by Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre (ADSIC), the government agency in charge of Abu Dhabi’s IT agenda, the meeting was attended by officials from 70 entities, all of which play a very important role within the AD-SDI programme.
“We are happy to join in the worldwide celebration of GIS Day as we truly believe geospatial technology has the power to improve lives”, said Khawla Al Fahim, Executive Manager – Spatial Data Centre. ”As we work hard to make daily advances to support the transformation process of e-government services in Abu Dhabi, it is of utmost importance to constantly look back at what was accomplished and retrace our steps in order to celebrate our successes and make a critical evaluation of what needs to be improved”, added Al Fahim.
Among the 2014 achievements, Al Fahim highlighted the new and improved satellite, that now covers the entire country and not only Abu Dhabi, the recognition by the United Nations of UAE efforts towards geo-maturity in the Manual of Americas, the extension of the Esri MOU until December 2017 and the participation in major events, such as the Esri International User Conference, the GIS Mena Forum and GISWORX’14.
“Looking ahead at 2015, we will carry out a second geo-maturity assessment and compare its results against the previous assessment done in 2011. We will continue to identify and respond to the needs of users, working in collaboration across the core sectors towards government services transformation”, concluded Al Fahim.
Throughout the event, participants had the opportunity to get to know and welcome new joiners to the AD-SDI community, including Trans AD, Abu Dhabi Center for Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Bab Gas Development and the Social Care and Minors Affairs Foundation.
They also heard from entities, such as the Department of Municipal Affairs, the Department of Transport, the Abu Dhabi Food Control Authority and the Abu Dhabi Education Council, which shed light on some of their initiatives, like the Onwani address system, the mobile DARB interactive map, the animal identification and registration process and new ways to include GIS in Abu Dhabi’s school curriculum.
AD-SDI program was founded in 2007 and falls under the umbrella of Abu Dhabi Systems and Information Centre, the government body formed in 2005 to facilitate the modernization of government services through the use of the latest information and communication technology.
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