Monthly Archives: June 2009

Street Level GIS Map of Bahawalnagar

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Bahawalnagar is a city and tehsil of Bahawalnagar District in the Punjab province of Pakistan[1] and lies just south of the Sutlej River, its population according to the 1998 census of Pakistan was 2,061,000[2]. Read More>>
This map has been been prepared by Hina Munir and Amir Safdar. They are Urban Planners from Department of City & Regional Planning, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore.

Methodology Adopted:

Street level mapping has been completed using high resolution images (0.6-1m) of  Google Earth dating October 26, 2009. Detailed process is mentioned in the tutorial HERE.

Contents:
  1. Data Layers:
  • Primary Roads
  • Secondary Roads
  • Tertiary Roads/ Streets
  • Water Bodies
  • Railway Lines
  • Points of Interest (Hospitals, Educational Buildings, Public Buildings, Mosques, Hotels, Banks, Petrol Pumps etc)
  • Area features (Parks, open spaces, Built up areas, Graveyards, Housing Schemes, water bodies etc)

   2.    Coverage:

  • 77.45 Square Kilometer

Bahawalnagar

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Data is available in KML and ESRI Shape file formats.

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Street Level GIS Map of Gojra

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Gojra (Punjabi, Urdu: گوجرہ), the capital of Gojra Tehsil, is a city of Toba Tek Singh District in the Punjab province of Pakistan,[1] it is located at 31°9’N 72°41’E[2] and is located 30 miles (50 km) from Faisalabad, 125 km from Burewala, 157 km from Vehari and 20 miles (32 km) north of Toba Tek Singh.[3] It has a history of more than hundred years, and being the centre of the cultivated lands, the village was famous for its “Mandi” (market) for cash crops. Before the 1947 Partition of India that created Pakistan the “Mandi” was mainly handled by Hindus and Sikhs. Read More>>
This map has been been prepared by Mariyam, Aysha and Syedda Umme Laila. They are Urban Planners from Department of City & Regional Planning, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore.

Methodology Adopted:

Street level mapping has been completed using high resolution images (0.6-1m) of  Google Earth dating May 20, 2009 within a period of two months. Detailed process is mentioned in the tutorial HERE.

Contents:
  1. Data Layers:
  • Primary Roads
  • Secondary Roads
  • Tertiary Roads/ Streets
  • Water Bodies
  • Railway Lines
  • Points of Interest (Hospitals, Educational Buildings, Public Buildings, Mosques, Hotels, Banks, Petrol Pumps etc)
  • Area features (Parks, open spaces, Built up areas, Graveyards, Housing Schemes, water bodies etc)

   2.    Coverage:

  • 46.58 Square Kilometer

Gojra map2

Availability:

Data is available in KML and ESRI Shape file formats.

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Street Level GIS Map of Vehari

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Vehari (Urdu: وہاڑی) is a city in the Punjab province of Pakistan. The city, which is the capital of the district and tehsil of the same name[4], is located at 30°1’0N 72°21’0E at an altitude of 135m (446ft)[5] and lies about 100 kilometres from the regional metropolis of Multan and about 25 kilometres north of the river Sutlej – the southernmost of the five rivers of the Punjab region. A headworks of canals is located on this river near Luddan on the Luddan-Vehari canal providing irrigation water to both banks of the river, which includes the upper fringes of theCholistan Desert. Read More>>
This map has been been prepared by Irsa Afzal and Iqra Yousaf. They are Urban Planners from Department of City & Regional Planning, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore.

Methodology Adopted:

Street level mapping has been completed using high resolution images (0.6-1m) of  Google Earth dating May 20, 2009 within a period of two months. Detailed process is mentioned in the tutorial HERE.

Contents:
  1. Data Layers:
  • Primary Roads
  • Secondary Roads
  • Tertiary Roads/ Streets
  • Water Bodies
  • Railway Lines
  • Points of Interest (Hospitals, Educational Buildings, Public Buildings, Mosques, Hotels, Banks, Petrol Pumps etc)
  • Area features (Parks, open spaces, Built up areas, Graveyards, Housing Schemes, water bodies etc)

   2.    Coverage:

  • 18.49 Square Kilometer

VEHARI

Availability:

Data is available in KML and ESRI Shape file formats.

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Street Level GIS Map of Burewala

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Burewala (Urdu: بورے والا) is a city of Vehari District in southern Punjab, Pakistan. It is located at 30°10’0N 72°39’0E and has an altitude of 133 metres (439 feet).[1]  It is the 30th biggest city in Pakistan by population.[3] The city of Burewala is the headquarters of Burewala Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of the district.[4] It is located 1035 km away from Karachi, 187 km from Faisalabad, 208 km from Lahore, 135 km from Multan, 35 km from Vehari. 40 km from Arifwala,75 km from Pakpattan and 103 km from Bahawalpur. Read More>>
This GIS map has been been prepared by Samavia Khalid and Masooma Ikram under our supervision. They are Urban Planners from Department of City & Regional Planning, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore.

Methodology Adopted:

Street level mapping has been completed using high resolution images (0.6-1m) from  Google Earth dating September 26, 2009. Detailed process is mentioned in the tutorial HERE.

Contents:
  1. Data Layers:
  • Primary Roads
  • Secondary Roads
  • Tertiary Roads/ Streets
  • Water Bodies
  • Railway Lines
  • Points of Interest (Hospitals, Educational Buildings, Public Buildings, Mosques etc)
  • Area features (Parks, open spaces, Built up areas etc)

   2.    Coverage:

  • 308 Square Kilometer

Burewala GIS

Availability:

Data is available in KML and ESRI Shape file formats.

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Street Level GIS Map of Jhang

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Jhang (Punjabi, Urdu: جھنگ) is the principal city of Jhang District in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is situated on the east bank of theChenab river at a latitude of 31.15° N and longitude of 72.22°E[1]. Read More>>

This GIS map has been been prepared by Tayyabah Ahmad and Ansar Inayat under our supervision. They are Urban Planners from Department of City & Regional Planning, University of Engineering & Technology, Lahore.

Methodology Adopted:

Street level mapping has been completed using high resolution images (0.6-1m) from  Google Earth dating September 16, 2006. Detailed process is mentioned in the tutorial HERE.

Contents:
  1. Data Layers:
  • Primary Roads
  • Secondary Roads
  • Tertiary Roads/ Streets
  • Water Bodies
  • Railway Lines
  • Points of Interest (Hospitals, Educational Buildings, Public Buildings, Mosques etc)
  • Area features (Parks, open spaces, Built up areas etc)

   2.    Coverage:

  • 118.05 Square Kilometer

Jhang Final

Availability:

Data is available in KML and ESRI Shape file formats.

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Satellite Image Pakistan Flood 29 August 2010

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Relying on NASA Earth Observatory on Natural Hazards, following image has been geo-referencing and converted to KML:

  1. 29 August 2010

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’sAqua satellite captured this image of Pakistan. This image uses a combination of infrared and visible light to increase the contrast between water and land. Water appears in varying shades of blue, vegetation is green, and bare ground is pinkish brown. Clouds are bright turquoise.

pakistan_tmo_29 Aug 2010

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GIS Digitizers Required

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  • Job Location: Islamabad
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Positions: 2
  • Job Type: Contractual (Short Term 10-15 Days)
  • Department: GIS
  • Last Date: 13 March, 2011

Education, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

  1. B.A, BSc with GIS Skills acquired through GIS degree or short courses
  2. Previous experience in  Image digitization using ArcGIS (at least for 1 year). Experience in extracting/ developing base layers from satellite images (Natural Color LandSAT) will be an added advantage.

  3. Should be able to perform data management functions in ArcGIS, such as developing layers, managing data attributes, shape files management etc.

  4. Must have experience of cleaning polygonal files, removing sliver polygons and other digitizing errors

  5. Good communication skills, in English

Applications are invited with following details;

  1. List of recent GIS related jobs performed, details of digitizing tasks and availability during next 1 month

Contact Information

Send your applications to by latest 13th March, 2011

GIS Job in Benazir Income Support Program(BISP) 13 May 2011

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Dear All,

Benazeer Income Support Program is looking for a GIS person.

Project Duration is 4 Years
Project is in collaboration with the World Bank.

If you are interested, Please E-mail your CVs to afaruq@gmail.com as soon as possible.

Note: This information has been shared by Nizam ud Din at our facebook page HERE and by Hafsa Firdous here at This Page

GIS Jobs in Urban Unit Lahore (2011)

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Dear All,

The Urban Unit, Lahore  is looking for high quality, GIS professionals, including Developers, Web developers, hardware support and digitizers.

If any of you is interested or know someone else who is suitable for the work, please encourage them to e-mail their CVs directly to the Project Director UU (nasir_dsp@yahoo.com) as early as possible.

Note: This information has been shared by Nizam ud Din at our facebook page HERE.