[Sdi-latinamericacaribbean] Bahamas national spatial data collection exercise - April 2007

[Kate Lance]

http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/bahamasweb2/home.nsf/5e1ae0996af6ebda06256d900056fb01/b7e5c1d74f3ace4c852572c7004dee37!OpenDocument
Bahamas National Geographic Information Systems Centre (BNGIS) conducted national spatial data collection exercise in April 2007
Representatives from the Department of Statistics, Department of Environmental Health Services, Ministry of Works, Ministry of Financial Services and Investments and the Department of Marine Resources, accompanied the BNGIS officials to Abaco over a two-week period to conduct the Centre’s first national field data collection exercise. Local Government officials from Abaco also were on site in the data collection exercise.  Together, they collected data on many aspects of the island and some of its cays, including roads, docks, marine habitats, fish-landing sites, ecologically sensitive areas, tourist attractions, water bodies, green spaces, proposed development sites, public cemeteries, utility poles, landfills, post offices, clinics and schools.

The exercise was conducted to facilitate part of the Centre’s mandate under the Land Use Policy and Administration Project (LUPAP), Component 2, to build the country’s digital information resources and is faciliating better collection, management and sharing of information on the country’s resources. It is further expected to lead to improved land use planning and administration within The Bahamas.
 
Ms. Carolann Albury, Director of the BNGIS Centre, said the exercise is a “significant” part of the facility signed between the Government of The Bahamas and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) for the development of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) databases or Geographic Profiles of the islands of Abaco, Andros and Great Inagua.
 
The visit to Abaco was the first in a series of field surveys designed to not only collect data on various aspects of the island and its inhabited cays, but also to provide further hands-on training to officers located on the selected islands.
 
[Source: Bahamas Information Services, April 24, 2007] 
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See also: BNGIS Centre hosts training seminar for public service (January 9, 2007)
http://www.bahamas.gov.bs/bahamasweb2/home.nsf/c5d1826da66595d206256f03005e99f2/2b7ef555c28531358525725e005e5bca!OpenDocument


       
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