CGIS Presents Map to Qatar National Museum   On May 8th, Zul Jiwani, Head of The Centre for GIS (CGIS) lead a delegation from CGIS including Hussain Al-Sayegh, CGIS Head of Administration Services and Alistair Strachan, Assistant Head of Mapping and Positioning Services in presenting a map of the country to the Qatar National Museum. Accepting the map on behalf of the museum was Ahmad Abdulla Al-Sulaiti, Acting Director of Qatar's Antiquity and Museums Department and Ebrahim Jaber Al-Jaber, Director of the Qatar National Museum. The map presented to the museum is an image map, which was compiled in a mosaic-like manner from satellite imagery. Beautiful to look at, the map essentially provides a detailed, photographic image of the entire country. The scale of the map is 1:100,000 and it measures 144 x 220 centimeters. "This is the map of the future," states Jiwani. "I have a very strong feeling that this method of map making will become the trend." Al-Sulaiti expressed his gratitude for the donation to the museum on behalf of the government and the residents of Qatar. Technical Exchange Program Initiated Qatar Roads Application Receives Award at ESRI Conference Rainier Luistro, Project Manager for Qatar's GIS implementation in the Real Estate Registration Department (RERD) has instigated Techo-X-Change, an informal series of monthly meetings for those interested in increasing their knowledge of the nuances of information technology and geographic information systems. The first meeting, conducted in May, was presented by R.J. George Elango, GIS Technologist for RERD. His topic, "Computing Technoscapes and the RERD Computing Environment" was well received by the attendees. The meetings are tentatively scheduled for the 3rd week of each month and are open to all members of Qatar's GIS community. The general format of the meetings consist of a presentation followed by an open forum and refreshments, for which donations are gratefully accepted. Suggested topics include database design, business process engineering, networking, and rapid application design techniques. For further information, please contact Rainier Luistro at telephone number 327121.   The TRAMS application developed by the Roads GIS Unit received an award in the ArcView Applications category at the 16th annual ESRI user conference. This prize winning application, developed during the past year for the Roads Division, Traffic Section, is fully described in the page 5 article, "MMAA Delegation Reviews Roads Applications."   CONTENTS NEXT