The Centre for Geographic Information Systems (CGIS) at the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME) has hosted GIS Day Qatar 2016 in Doha in collaboration with Mannai Trading Co and ESRI.
More than 100 GIS (geographic information systems), IT and engineering professionals participated in the event, representing the MME, Supreme Committee for Delivery & Legacy, Public Works Authority (Ashghal), Qatar Rail, Qatar Petroleum, Ministry of Interior, Primary Health Care Centre, Ministry of Development Planning & Statistics, Ministry of Transport and Communication and ISF.
The event was held on the occasion of World GIS Day.
Dr Mohamed Hamouda from CGIS presented the changing trends in the technology and how the user base is becoming much wider with the increasing availability of GIS tools and services to government agencies and the general public.
CGIS director Manaf al-Sada thanked the attendees, participants and presenters for taking part in this year’s event.
Mansour Raad, ESRI’s Big Data advocate, discussed the various strategic advantages of leveraging GIS platforms in real life from farming to urban planning.
Mannai works with an extensive network of business partners to provide geospatial solutions. Binu M R, vice-president of Mannai InfoTech, said: “Once again, Mannai has helped gather subject matter experts in Qatar on the occasion of World GIS Day to address global trends and local opportunities.”
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