INSTALLATION OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT GEOGRAPHIC DATA IDENTIFICATION WORKSHOP
Geographical Data Definition Workshop is organized at social facilities of İlbank A.Ş. from 9 to 12 May 2012; in order to the geographic data identification work carried out under the “Installation of the National Geographic Information System Infrastructure Project” carried out by the Implementation and Coordination Department of our General Directorate can be made with the support of public institutions and organizations that are producing and using geographic data.
In order to identify the geographical data, 86 institutions affiliated to the 17 Ministries had been visited between March 21, 2012 and April 27, 2012. As a result of analysis performed, information is gathered about 254 separate task and applications performed by the institutions and organizations within 96 legislations and about their produced or used on geographic data. In scope of the analysis, geometry, scale/resolution, attributes and values, relationships, rules and restrictions was determined for geographical detail classes produced and used by institutions.
140 people from 86 institutions and organizations participated Identifying the Geographic Data Workshop which was held to finalize the analysis conducted as a result of the visits to the institutions by the joint working and in order to include unvisited institutions for analysis to the study.
On the first day of the workshop, studies carried out by our General Directorate and the process of defining the geographical data for the installation of a National Geographic Information System Infrastructure was the subject of the workshop. The second and third day, data requirements of the formed working groups with participant institutions and organizations and institutional infrastructure related to geographic information systems had been analyzed.
The workshop has started with the opening speech of our General Director Okan Erhan OFLAZ. Our General Director in his opening speech emphasized that due to the "Installation of the National Geographic Information System Infrastructure Project” is a multi-stakeholder project; project's success depends on embrace of the institutions to the project and in this respect is bound to show commitment; also legislative work has been prepared by our General Directorate that is produced and / or used by the institutions for sharing geographic data.
Brief information was given by Head of the Department of Implementation and Coordination of our General Directorate Süleyman Salih BİRHAN about organizational structure and activities of our General Directorate, the projects carried out by the General Directorate, and Installation of the National Geographic Information System Infrastructure Project.
On behalf of the Istanbul Technical University that is the sub-contractor carrying out the project; Project Leader Prof. Dr. Tahsin Yomralıoğlu gave a general information about Geographic Information Systems and made a presentation about the draft legislation of the National Geographic Information System and governance structure and strategy.
Doç. Dr. Arif Çağdaş AYDINOĞLU who is serving as Deputy Project Manager made a presentation about National Geographic Information System data themes, standard development process with data models.
Click here to access the presentation Süleyman Salih BİRHAN
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