The National Symposium on Geospatial Information (NGIS) is a biennial program that involves all levels. This year’s theme was Geospatial Innovation Empowering National Transformation, which is in line with the national agenda and the drive to GTP. The objectives of this year’s NGIS were to provide a platform to discuss issues related to the latest geospatial information, to realize the government's mission to mainstream the use of geospatial information in various sectors and to stimulate the transformation of geospatial information at all levels.
The theme of the Sarawak Pavillion was Sarawak Geospatial Initiatives Showcase: Geospatial Initiatives in Managing Environment & Resources. SAINS, together with the State planning Unit and the ICT Unit of the Chief Minister's Department, presented four SAINS solutions which had been created for the Sarawak Government. The solutions were the Land and Survey's Land and Survey Information System (LASIS), the Department of Agriculture's Soil Information System, the Public Works Department's Geotechnical Site Information Online Application (GEOINFOS) and the Commission of Kuching City North's Geographic Information System (GISKU). The Natural Resources and Environment Board's Environmental Information Management System (GeoEnviron) was also presented at the showcase.
LASIS won the Geospatial World Excellence Award in 2012 and is the most comprehensive and integrated land information system available in Malaysia. It consists of a single interface GIS centric land information solution that supports a full range of business processes on land matters. The solution integrates digitised cadastral and map databases for land use planning, land title management, land acquisition and land revenue collection management.
The Soil Information System combines Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS), Geographical Information System (GIS), and Remote Sensing (RS) technology to facilitate spatial data collection and terrain modeling for objective land use planning.
GISKU holds all the land use information for Kuching City North. The system contains 68 layers for 49 different types of spatial data. GISKU speeds up the creation and analysis of geospatial data, and facilitates data sharing and decision making.
GEOINFOS maximises geotechnical information collected such as borehole information and laboratory tests, and allows it to be used beyond its original purpose. It has the unique ability to tie geotechnical site data with geospatial information into a common digital data storage that allows easy geotechnical mapping and early identification of suitable sites for infrastructure development.