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GIS in an Address-Free LandAdventures in Abu Dhabi
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KING & CROWN PRINCE
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WHERE IS ABU DHABI?
Arabian (Persian) Gulf
One of 7 Emirates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Largest Emirate
Capital of UAE
Next door to Dubai Emirate
Bordered by Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar
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Some History…
Bedouin Culture
Traditional trading posts on the coast
Abu Dhabi Town in 1962 1958: Oil discovered in Abu Dhabi
1969: Abu Dhabi Population is 63,000
1971: Formation of United Arab Emirates (UAE)
28,208 Sq Miles (48% of Illinois Area)
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ABU DHABI TODAY - GROWTH
2010 Population –1.9 million (78% ExPats)
10% of World’s Oil
Richest City in the World
Emirates Palace
Khalifa Port
Sayidat Island
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ABU DHABI TODAY - CHALLENGES
Traffic & Congestion – Third
Highest Traffic Fatalities in the World
Pollution – Highest Per Capita
Carbon Emissions
Public Health– 2nd Highest Rate of Diabetes (21%)– 38% Obesity Rate
66% of Citizens are age 30 or less
Economic Diversification
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STREET NAMES
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WHAT’S YOUR ADDRESS?
Emiratis cannot answer this question!
Addresses are complicated – more akin to a parcel id
Landmarks are the primary method of giving directions
Street names are unreliable
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SOME SAMPLE “ADDRESSES”
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Can GIS Work Here?
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GEOCODING VIA LANDMARKS
Emiratis give directions by referring to landmarks
Landmarks Geocoder
• Select the nearest landmark from dropdown
• Enter rough distance
• Enter rough direction
• Generate approximate buffer
Applications:• Customer Call Centers
• Incident Management
• Disease Tracking
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GEOCODING WITH BUILDINGS
1. Buildings & Universal Building IDs
2. Business License Mapping
3. Community Facilities Project (Mapped Departmental POIs to Building IDs)
4. Geocode Service to geocode by intersecting field coords with footprints.
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OTHER GEOCODING STRATEGIES
Intersections
GPS Coordinates
Old Fashioned Field Work
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Applying G I S
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DELIVERING THE NEWSPAPER
Call takers record detailed description of new customer locations
Field verification of each new subscription
Routing on paper maps from municipalities (or photoshopmaps)
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DELIVERING THE NEWSPAPER
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LEVERAGING GIS
GIS is now used to geocode customers based on Building ID
“Geocode” – is actually a manual point and click
Long term
Handhelds for field workers
Interactive Map Website
Customer Self-Selection
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Land Use Planning & Zoning
Oversight of all Development Projects
Internal GeoPlanner
Abu Dhabi Vision 2030
URBAN PLANNING
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VISION 2030
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QUESTIONS?
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Molly Mangan, Managing Partner
W4Sight LLC
1.888.765.2893