Potential of GIS in the Gulf Regionby Dr.Gottfried Konecny, Professor, Hannover University, Hannover, Germany.
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A GIS in the context of planning and managing a sustainable development consists of three parts: the hardware/software components, the data, and the information management for a purpose. Advantage of a GIS is the integration capability for various data types. A prerequisite is the proper geocoding. Tasks for a GIS are: the creation of a topographic data base, cadastral management, utility management, planning, statistical analysis. In the data collection phase there are various alternatives, differing in standards, accuracies and cost, which permit to collect and compile digital information for topography, the cadaster, the utilities, planning, and the collection of socio-economic and environmental data. The data management phase must ensure real time or periodic updating schemes for the data. The data use can be for combining graphics and text in certificates, for map production, for desktop viewing, and for car navigation and routing. On the basis of the conditions in the Gulf Region conclusions are drawn for the various alternatives to reach the goal of a sustainable GIS for sustainable development.
Dr. Gottfried Konecny - Profile :
Gottfried Konecny did his studies in Surveying
Engineering at Technical University of Munich (1950-54). He
did his graduate studies in Photogrammetry and Geodetic
Science at Ohio state University on a Fullbright Scholarship
(1954-56). He was collaborator at Institute for
Photogrammetry, University of Munich (1956-1959) where he
obtained his doctorate.
From 1959-1971 at The University of New Brunswick, Canada he
worked on building up an academic program in Surveying
Engineering and since 1965 he was The Head of Department of
Surveying Engineering.
In 1966/67 he was associated with the Mapping of Lunar
Landing Sites for Appollo Program at NASA, Houston Manned
Spacecraft Center. Since 1971, he is Professor and Director
of Insitute for Photogrammetry and Engineering Surveys,
Unniversity of Hannover.
From 1976-1992 he was in the Council of the International
Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing and was the
President of it from 1984-88.He is also the Chairman of
European Association of Remote Sensing Laboratories. He was
also a Project Scientist on the Space Missions: European
Spacelab, Space Shuttle D2 Mission, Mir Priroda Mission. He
is also a Consultant and Committee Member to various
International and National Organizations on GIS and had a
lot of lecturing assignments in Protogrammetry and GIS in a
number of countries.
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