Abstract

Building enterprize GIS in Amman Municipality
Track: Benefits of GIS
Authors: Hasan Mheisen

Geographical Information System (GIS) technology provides Amman municipality with extraordinary quantitative and qualitative benefits. In fact, the technology can be the basis for revolutionizing how municipality processes work. Some of these benefits and changes can be achieved fairly early in the GIS development process; while others take much longer to realize. A GIS may take several months to develop and the full benefits are experienced after many years. The time requirement is only partly what is required to build a database and procure a system. Technology transfer and capacity building for effective utilization of the system, and synergizing existing work processes can be as complicated as the development of the system itself.

A comprehensive GIS should provide a common platform for data collection, storage, authorized and secure access to spatial and aspatial data harmonize the work flow of respective departments and disseminate information for the benefit of public at large.


Hasan Mheisen
Greater Amman Municipality (GAM)
Abdoun north - bludan street bildin 24
Amman P.O.Box 830752 jabal Amman
Amman, Amman 11181
Jordan
Phone: +962 6 4644444
E-mail: hasan.kiswani@gmail.com