GIS at Corporation
A representative of Tata Consultancy Services explains the functioning of the geographic information system at a meeting at the Coimbatore Corporation on Monday.The Coimbatore Corporation is working on a project to have a geographic information system (GIS) through which it can have satellite mapping of all infrastructure, buildings on its territory and keep track of its services to the people.GIS is a system that helps capture images or collect data and also store and analyse them.It helps in urban planning, asset management and scientific investigation. The system can display all geographically referenced information on every asset of the Corporation.The Corporation discussed here on Monday with representatives of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the software and other requirements for establishing the GIS in the civic body.Corporation officials said this was part of the Rs. 2.87-crore proposal of the Tamil Nadu Urban Development Project.The amount was being paid to TCS to provide the software for the GIS in Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchi Corporations and Gobichettipalayam and Rajapalayam Municipalities.The company will have to complete the study in one-and-a-half years and also take up maintenance of the system for three years after it is installed.
The Corporation will also train all its staff members on the system.The Commissioner of Municipal Administration has given TCS the task of conducting a study on the requirements of these local bodies.According to the Corporation, the GIS can provide satellite images of the city.The developed area of the city, buildings, roads, parks, street lights, drainage playgrounds, solid waste management system and the position of water lines will be captured in images and stored.These will also be put up on the Corporation’s website to enable the office of the Commissioner of Municipal Administration, other Government offices, the offices of the Corporation and the public to obtain information on the city.
People can get to know of the location of their property, details of taxation and the services offered to them by the Corporation.Specific information on hospitals, educational institutions, Government offices, bus stands and other traffic and transportation related information can be obtained from the data stored by this system.The system will also enable close monitoring of the condition of the Corporation’s services to the people.It can help in locating the exact spot where people face problems such as disruption in water supply, non-functioning of street lights and blocks in drainage.A press release from the Corporation said after the meeting that all these aspects would help in improving the services of the civic body.
