2009 ESRI Middle East and North Africa User Conference

GIS Solutions for Management of Public Data   [November 11, 14:00 – 15:30, Qurtoba Room]

Government & Public Services Solutions Track

Presenter: Mr John Ellenberger

Government 2.0 initiatives around the world are placing much greater emphasis on the use of Government data to assist with informed policy making. The Gov 2.0 movement is defined around two key facets — delivering more Public Sector Information to the public and delivering improved online communication both within and across government agencies.
Much of the data held by Government is spatial by nature and therefore lends itself to being visualized on maps. Being Government data, however, Government data providers need to consider a number of factors such as data integrity (accuracy and completeness), preservation and protection, confidentiality and privacy protection, and duty of care to protect the user from misusing the data.

This paper looks at some of the issues of making Government spatial data available to the public and the solutions available using Web 2.0 technologies including the ESRI RESTful Web Services technology.

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GIS Solutions for Public Services  [November 12, 14:00 – 15:30, Qurtoba Room]

Government & Public Services Solutions Track

Presenters: Ms Shazia Naz Subhani, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center and Mr John Ellenberger

Data held by Health Institutes offers researchers rich and spatially detailed sources of information on a wide range of public health issues. The value of public health data is being recognized world-wide Government 2.0 initiatives are changing the attitude of governments, public institutions, and research organizations about how they provide access to data.

There is a growing expectation that these data sources should be easier to access and more widely available as a resource with a complete masking of identifiable information. This brings challenges and opportunities to the data owners or data service providers.  As a data service provider, the challenge becomes how to optimize the value of the data collected by KFSH registries while managing the risks and costs of the service delivery while at the same time providing a unique and enduring web-based tool for researchers and policymakers.

This paper looks at some of the issues of making Health data available to the public and the solutions available using Web 2.0 technologies including ESRI RESTful Web Services technology.

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GIS Improving Utility Operations and Project Tracking  [November 11, 9:30 – 11:00, Ishbillah Room]

Utility Solutions Track

Presenters: Mr Atif A Karrani, Sharjah Electricity & Water Authority and Mr John Ellenberger

Many utility companies around the world focus on conservation as much as they do on production. A big part of any conservation program is education and education is best served by statistics. SEWA has been producing a comprehensive set of statistics in its high quality Statistical Annual Book. The issue with the book, as with any publication, is it physically limits the amount of data that can be provided, the cost of production and distribution, its flexibility and timeliness.

There is a growing expectation that these data sources should be easier to access and more widely available as a resource.  As a data service provider, the GIS team at SEWA are transforming the Statistical Annual Book into an online system providing a much more engaging data experience for end users while at the same time minimizing the costs of service delivery.

This paper looks at some of the issues of making Utility data available to the public and the solutions available using Web 2.0 technologies including ESRI RESTful Web Services technology.

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