CGIS announces Qatar Area Referencing System project
The Centre for GIS – Ministry of Municipality
& Urban Planning announced that the QARS project had reached an advanced
stage after installing more than 19,000 new house number plates in zones 51
and 52 in Rayyan Municipality and in zones 34, 35, 37, 40, 43, 66 and 68 in
Doha Municipality and zone 7i in Dhaayen Municipality and zone 71 in Umm
Slam Municipality and currently installation is taking in zones 36 and 42
which are in Doha Municipality.
It should be noted that plates installation is the visible phase of this project which is preceded and followed by several other phases of this project which is being conducted using unique world-class technologies.
CGIS is calling upon all citizens and residents to cooperate with the installation teams and assist in controlling the rare cases of vandalism since this project aims at providing better services to everybody in the first place. For more information, please call one of the following numbers: 4955575, 4955574, 4955208.
CGIS announces
training program until end of 2010
The Centre for GIS has announced the complete list of training courses that
will be conducted until the end of the year 2010.
For more information on the courses and their description and dates, please
visit our Regional Training pages.
CGIS publishes
Qatar Survey Manual
The Centre for GIS announced
the availability of the recently published "Qatar Survey Manual" for sale at
its sales outlet in the ground floor of the Planning Sector tower.
The objective of Qatar Survey Manual is to provide up-to-date standards and specifications for various types of survey and mapping activities in Qatar. It will also be based on generally accepted principles and practices of surveying.
The Manual shall serve as the basis for all survey and mapping activities in Qatar in the foreseeable future. Hence, all surveys conducted in accordance to the standards and specifications as laid out in this Manual will be assured of the same level of consistency and accuracy. This will ensure the reliability of all the survey data and enhance the confidence level of all its users. With this standardized survey data, it can be uploaded onto the Qatar GIS system as seamlessly as possible.
The sale price of Qatar Survey Manual is QR 250 and for those who are interested in obtaining an Adobe Acrobat digital file, a download is available where the user name and password can be obtained by calling the number 4954124 for approval.
Ministry of Municipality & Urban Planning
The Centre for GIS
State of Qatar
P.O. Box 22088
Doha - Qatar
Telephone: 974-4955112
Fax: 974-4955011
All rights are registered by The Centre for GIS - State of Qatar - Qatar GISnet is Qatar's National Geographic Information Network.
Several member agencies connected to Qatar GISnet are sharing their public GIS data according to set national standards and agreements.
Intellectual Property are owned by each agency making data available through Qatar GISnet and each type of data is relevant to agency's name.
CGIS owns and maintains Qatar's topographic data. CGIS maintains Qatar GISnet and the centralized National GIS data repository.