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Country Profile of Pakistan

The document profiles Pakistan's participation in UN-GGIM and its national geospatial activities. It summarizes that the Survey of Pakistan leads Pakistan's geospatial program and NSDI implementation efforts. It also maintains Pakistan's geodetic data, topographic maps, and other geospatial datasets. Some challenges include raising awareness of GIM concepts, building institutional capacity, acquiring new technologies given limited budgets, implementing standards, and inter-agency coordination. Continued political and financial support are needed to address these challenges.

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Country Profile of Pakistan

The document profiles Pakistan's participation in UN-GGIM and its national geospatial activities. It summarizes that the Survey of Pakistan leads Pakistan's geospatial program and NSDI implementation efforts. It also maintains Pakistan's geodetic data, topographic maps, and other geospatial datasets. Some challenges include raising awareness of GIM concepts, building institutional capacity, acquiring new technologies given limited budgets, implementing standards, and inter-agency coordination. Continued political and financial support are needed to address these challenges.

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UN-GGIM MEMBER STATE - PROFILE

(Pakistan)
Region South Asia

UN-GGIM Regional Body UN-GGIM-AP

Participation Active

Mapping/GGIM Organization Survey of Pakistan

Address Faizabad, Murree Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Contact Name Surveyor General of Pakistan

Position Surveyor General of Pakistan

E-mail [email protected]

Telephone +92519290200

Fax +92519290482

Organizational Features

GIM Program Pak-NSDI is being implemented by Survey of Pakistan (SoP)


with collaboration of key stakeholders to manage geospatial
data of the entire country. This GIM Program will help to
ensure consistent mechanism for maintenance, dissemination
and sharing of geospatial data among all users.

GIM Policy NSDI established and maintained shall be for


development of a system of geospatial databases and
data handling facilities, capable of interacting amongst
all stakeholders and ensure putting in place design,
implementation and maintenance mechanisms for
facilitating, sharing, access and responsible for effective
use ad management of geospatial data at an affordable
cost. All basic data or information comprising geodetic
data, gravity data, magnetic data, topographical or
geographical data, aerial photographs and all relevant
records, both analogue and digital, prepared and
possessed by Survey of Pakistan shall be maintained in
the or form of a national geospatial database.

GIM Legislation To regulate surveying and mapping activities in Pakistan


an act has been passed by the parliament named as
Surveying and Mapping Act, 2014.

GIM Strategy/Plan SoP shall prepare geospatial data, remote sensing and
geographical information system applications of the
entire country on various scales as advised by the
Federal Government and provide above services as a
deposit work for a specific area with pre-defined
specifications to the Provincial Governments, district
and local governments and other clients from public as
well as private sector. Survey of Pakistan shall
encourage and collaborate research activities in the field
of surveying and mapping, remote sensing, GIS and
other fields related to the discipline of surveying and
mapping, cartography, instrument development and
database with national and international organizations.
The Survey of Pakistan shall endeavor to upgrade the
scientific and technological level in this field and
encourage and support any registered organizations and
individuals that produce outstanding work in any field of
surveying and mapping and related scientific or
technological research.

GIM Web address www.surveyofpakistan.gov.pk

Leadership Surveyor General of Pakistan assisted by Deputy Surveyor


Generals to provide leadership in the management of
geospatial information

Staff SoP has sufficient and qualified staff to handle GIM


activities in the entire country.

Specific GIM Budget Annual budget provided by the federal government

Government Entities All relevant stakeholders (Public sector)

Private Sector All relevant stakeholders (Private sector)

Data and Standards

Fundamental Data Topographic and geodetic data

Availability Geospatial information is available for sharing and use by the


user community

Data Sets Geodetic data, multi-scale digital topographic data,


geographical names, administrative boundaries, satellite
imagery and aerial photographs

Standards Geospatial metadata ISO 19115, Standard for geospatial


information production, OGC standards for geoweb services

Web/portal services Metadata catalog has been implemented. Therefore, users can
discover what spatial data is available as well as details on
content, source, scale and other characteristics of spatial data
in order to determine its usability. Presently, the catalog is
running on Intranet, while resources are being arranged to
make it available via Internet, as well

Data Access policies Accessible as defined in data classification rules of SoP

Technical Infrastructure

Geodetic Infrastructure GPS Network A order, AB order, B order, HP leveling


network, SBM network and traverse lines

ICT Infrastructure High end servers, Storage &Archiving System, Optic Fiber
LAN & Internet

Hardware Platform Workstations, High end plotters, Large format scanner


(colour) & Colour printers

GIM Software Platform Proprietary and open source including ESRI & GeoNetwork,

Projects

Project Name Global Mapping Project (http://www.iscgm.org/)

Organization International Steering Committee for Global Mapping


(ISCGM)

Project Objectives Provision of seamless global map data

Funding Voluntary contribution

Duration 08 years

Achievements Developed and shared Global Map data for Pakistan


Version 1 &2
Challenges and Needs

Challenges:
 The concept of GIM and SDI is still in its infancy in Pakistan as is in many
countries. So it is a big challenge to raise awareness about the concept of GIM and
SDI in the country.
 For effective NSDI implementation, the challenge is to enhance the capacity of the
institutions involved in GI production through tailor made trainings.
 Pakistan is low income country, thus it is a challenge to get the share from
government exchequer to acquire the latest geospatial technologies and tools.
 Geospatial standardization allows data from one source to be easily used with those
from other sources to create richer and more useful products and services. The
challenge is implementation of standards by all stakeholders.
 Inter-agency coordination and collaboration play vital role to make consensus,
however, it is a big challenge to take on board all the stakeholders.
Needs:
 There is need to get political support from the highest level.
 Capacity building of the individuals and institutions involved in GIM is urgently
required.
 Adequate funding is essentially required to procure the latest geospatial
technologies and tools.
 There is need of inter-agency coordination and collaboration to support
implementation of NSDI for effective GIM in the country.

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