Preparations underway to commence the works of NGIS

A meeting was held at the Ministry of Housing and Environment yesterday to discuss the National Geographic Information System (NGIS) that is being designed and produced under the Maldives Environmental Management Project (MEMP). Under discussion were the installation of the ArcGIS server software for the system and the geo-database model that is to be set up using the NGIS.

The meeting was attended by representatives from the Department of National Planning, Marine Research Centre, Environmental Protection Agency, the Ministry of Housing and Environment and from some other projects within the government that will be making use of the system in the future. Among the topics discussed were the data that was to be used in the NGIS and the installation of the ArcGIS software and the subsequent short training session. Additionally, there was a demonstration of the database model that has already been developed, and the terms of reference for the geo-database specialist and the GIS user training were finalized.