geospatial technology trend – sustaining ghana’s economic growth
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GHANA GEOSPATIAL FORUM 2014. Geospatial Technology Trend – Sustaining Ghana’s Economic Growth. 25-26 February 2014. Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra, Ghana. STEPHEN DJABA. GeoSpatial Technologies. Introduction. Geospatial Technology - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Geospatial Technology Trend – Sustaining Ghana’s Economic Growth
STEPHEN DJABA
GHANA GEOSPATIAL FORUM 2014
Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra, Ghana
25-26 February 2014
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GeoSpatial Technologies
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Geospatial Technology - Application have indeed become a worldwide phenomenon - Demand for Fast and Accurate Data Rises - Technologies that come along also follow suit - Connected to mapping, photogrammetry, remote sensing - One Root – SURVEYING
Thus, - Technology improves for Geospatial also link to improvement in Surveying Technology - Surveying technologies are not limited only for Geospatial application
So,It is my privilege to share with you a few of these technologies and how they haveShaped and been instrumental in the overall economic growth and development of our nation GHANA.
Introduction
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Land as a source of wealth and economic success
Land is one of the most valuable assets and an important base for the development of the wealth of a nation
The UN-ECE Committee on Human Settlements has pointed out that to unlock that wealth a nation must develop a framework of
land and property laws, effective public institutions, secured procedures and processes an effective information system
Good land management is essential for the development of an effective land market and a source financial sector and will
provide a basis for land management and land taxation.
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Technology: Simple Geometry
Application: Re-establishment of farm boundaries
History
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Founder of Surveying Agency : Captain F. Gordon Guggisberg – Governor of Gold Coast
History
Past-1900 AD
Assigned the responsibility among others to1. Continue Mapping the
concession in the colony2. Produce Maps of the major
towns in the Gold Coast at a scale of 1:1250
3. Extend the responsibility to produce topographical Maps covering the whole colony
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Historical Geospatial Tools
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Geospatial as a Land Management Process tool
Good Geographic information systems (GIS) provide a good framework for managing
development with spatial dimensions
Create certainty, provide a good means of updating spatial information and therefore
present decision-makers with good basis for decision-making.
They are of utmost importance in socio-economic development, environmental management and
monitoring.
The UN Commission notes that effective and sustainable land management is impossible
without Geospatial Technology.
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G-Tech: A Good tool for Good Governance?
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ACCURATE SPATIAL INFORMATION = GOOD PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT
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Surveying Trends - Innovation
The Policy Challenge
Collaborative solution to Technology challenge
Practical Experiences
Geospatial Future
Real Challenges
‘We all live in one inter-connected World’
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IMPACT ON THE SOCIETYBENEFITS
Benefit as a decision-making toolImproved work quality (through data based decisions)Greater use of informationSatisfaction of better serving customersBetter utilization of resources (greater production from
fewer people)Reallocation of personnel to areas of greater needCost savings realizedGreater demand for servicesFosters cooperation between groupsMore efficient
OK!
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Oil and Gas and Mining Geospatial support
Cadastral Conflict resolution
Elections (Use of Maps to give Ghana quick and authentic results
Tourism and Cultural Maps promoting rural income
Street Mapping: fueling postal and delivery business, combating crime, Taxation, utility payment investigations
UMLIS – Street and Property Addressing
Street naming and house numbering has started in Ayawaso.
Geo-Tech Group Factor in Ghana
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The Future….
Multiple stations Tomorrow….
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It is not the strongest ofthe species that survives,nor the most intelligentthat survives.It is the one that is mostadaptable to change.- Charles Darwin
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Achieving Sustainable economic growth, creating the awareness
requires all of us…
Thank You!