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GIS Geographic Information Systems are computer
systems used for capturing, storing and analyzing Geographic data. Since a
citys administration and planning are closely tied to its geography, GIS
systems are a great tool for efficiently governing a city.
 As such, the eGovernments Foundation works to integrate all
its application modules (such as the eGov Property and eGov Works) with a GIS
system. eGov GIS is a GIS product that
compliments the eGov applications on Property Tax and Ward Works.
The Property Tax with GIS
application demonstrates the synergies that come about by integrating the eGov
Property with eGov GIS. The eGovernments Foundation has come up with detailed
process and workflows that are necessary to do a through survey of Urban areas
to create a MIS and GIS databases, as a result the Property Tax with GIS
Toolkit a set of documents has been created.
GeoDatabase
Model for Urban GIS
was developed to standardize how GIS data is stored. The eGovernments
Foundation has partnered with The Survey of India in creating a standard model
for representing Urban GIS data. The GeoDatabase Model for Urban GIS has
been written so data collected by various different vendors and agencies in
different cities is in the standard format that is compatible with the eGovern
GIS application.
Byatrayanapura Prototype
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www.byatrayanapura.com
The eGov Foundation developed the Property Tax with
GIS system that would integrate the eGovern Property Tax Application with the
eGovern GIS application. The idea was to create a GIS basemap for city
planning and administration with a specialized thematic layer for property
taxation. In order to understand the nitty-gritty details of such a system
for replication in 56 cities, the eGov Foundation prototyped this project in one
municipality, Byatrayanapura, just north of Bangalore. Since implementing the
project involved highly specialized technologies and skill sets the eGov
Foundation put together a set of partners, who would provide their
services for free for the Byatrayanapura Prototype project. Our partners
include:
Survey of India
Karnataka Remote
Sensing and Application Center - KRSAC
Secon Surveys A
private surveying company
ESRI
California-based GIS software company
On November 26, 2003,
the system was launched in Byatrayanapura. Upon completion, the project was
demonstrated to the Honorable Chief Minister of Karnataka, S.M.Krishna,
and other ministers; the project received a very positive endorsement to
implement this and other eGov modules in 56 cities across Karnataka. Eighteen of
those 56 cities would include GIS integrated with the MIS systems. |
