Establishment of geo-Spatial technology wing at cDA.

Establishment Of Geo-Spatial Technology Wing At CDA.
Geo-Spatial Technology wing at CDA

ISLAMABAD: December 7, 2022: Capital Development Authority signed a memorandum of understanding with SUPARCO on Wednesday under which SUPARCO will assist CDA in establishment of Geo-Spatial technology wing at CDA. The MOU signing ceremony was held at SUPARCO Headquarters. Chairman Capital Development Authority Captain (R) Muhammad Usman Younis and Chairman SUPARCO signed the MOU.

Under this MoU, SUPARCO will also provide imagery including high-resolution images to CDA on a quarterly basis. A Geo-Spatial technology wing will work under the planning wing. The establishment of geo-spatial technology wing will help in the provision of special training, Geo-Spatial services, and special monitoring including data management. The basic purpose of establishing this wing is to further improve planning with the help of high-resolution images based on technology.

The Geo-Spatial Technology wing will be completed over a period of 2 years. Meanwhile, SUPARCO will provide full support to CDA in areas such as planning, monitoring, mapping, etc. The establishment of geo-spatial technology wing will help in improving the infrastructure including feasibility studies, and mapping based on the information available in the CDA. This project will also help CDA with satellite data for operational use which will help CDA in operational matters. Similarly, it will also help in evaluating projects based on internal information. The Geo-Spatial technology wing will also be helpful in online data management including online web GIS portal, Geo-Spatial lab, and capacity building under this project. The total cost of the project is Rs. 755 million

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Here at Landgala blog, we will also discuss the types and features of Geo-Spatial technologies and their importance in our daily life.

What are Geo-Spatial Technologies?

Geo-Spatial technology consists of modern tools contributing to the geographic mapping and analysis of the Earth and human societies. Geospatial technologies are systems that acquire and handle location-specific data about Earth. Remote sensing, the global positioning system (GPS), and geographic information systems (GIS) are important geospatial technologies.

Remote Sensing

All methods of collecting information about Earth without touching it are forms of remote sensing. For example, photographing a flooded river from an airplane is a form of remote sensing, but sampling its water is not. Scientists mount remote-sensing devices such as cameras and radars on ships, airplanes, or satellites that can cruise above the land, sea, or ocean floor, collecting data from large areas quickly. Most remote-sensing technologies use electromagnetic waves (light or radio waves) because they are fast, interact in revealing ways with solid matter, and can pass easily through both air and vacuum.

Geo-Spatial Technology Remote sensing

Global Positioning System (GPS)

GPS is a system of twenty-four satellites that allows the coordinates of any point on or near Earth’s surface to measured with extremely high precision. The satellites of the GPS are arranged evenly around the Earth so that at least four are visible at all times from any point on Earth’s surface. As one satellite sets below the horizon, another always rises somewhere else.

The GPS satellites use a special GPS receiver unit, usually handheld, to receive signals broadcast and to compute its own location from those signals. The Global Positioning System is a high-tech shortcut to the goal that surveyors and navigators have long sought by slower, less accurate means: namely, precise knowledge of one’s own location. The GPS has only been in widespread use since more affordable GPS receivers first became available in the early 1990s.

Global Positioning system

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

GIS is a computer system that can be used for scientific research and for water planning and management. This technology integrates powerful computing capabilities with the unique visual perspective of a good old-fashioned map. It allows users to assemble, store, manipulate, and display geographically referenced information according to its locations.

GIS requires the use of computer hardware, software, data, and specialists to study data related to Earth and the interconnections between its various features. GIS links information about where things are with information about what things are like. It is much more sophisticated than a paper map, as it can combine many layers of information about a particular spatial area to help yield a better understanding of that place. The layers of information to be studied depending on the researcher’s purposes.

Geographic information system

GIS and other Geo-Spatial technologies provide significant input for the management and analysis of large volumes of data, allowing for a better understanding of environmental processes and for better management of human activities to ensure environmental quality and economic vitality.

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