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Satellite Image Pakistan Flood 17 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. 17 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_amo_17 Aug 2010_lrg

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Research Assistant GIS (26 May 2011)

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  • Job Location: SSRI Pindi Bhattian & SFRI Lahore
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Positions: 1
  • Job Type: Service Contract
  • Department: Research
  • Last Date: 09 June, 2011

Bio Saline II (October 2006 – June 2012) aims at developing community driven sustainable farming systems for the rehabilitation of waterlogged and salt affected lands to improve livelihoods in three districts of Punjab namely Hafizabad, Jhang and Sargodha.
The Assistant Research Officer – GIS (ARO-GIS.) will report the Project Manager and Director SSRI, Pindi Bhattian.


Duties and Responsibilities:
§ To extend support in survey on salt affected soils of Sargodha and Hafizabad Districts through using GPS technology
§ Be responsible for the collection, authentication, recording and suitable presentation of existing data from various sources, including topographic maps, satellite images, and survey reports in order to create a comprehensive, spatially related information system. Initially confined to the immediate Project Area and if possible of the whole province ,
§ Collect and analyze data from the satellite receiving station and disseminate information to relevant departments/agencies.
§ Carry out field checks of data of all kinds, including the location of features and villages using the Global Positioning System equipment
§ To prepare GIS Maps.
§ Any other assignment entrusted by the Director SSRI and PM, Bio Saline-II project.

                                                 Apply Online Here

Jobs in Urban Unit Lahore (May 2011)

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The Urban Unit is looking for specialists in various urban fields including GIS, Urban planning, solid waster management, environment engineering, transportation, environment etc. Summary of the job positions is given below. imageimageimageimage
Please send your CV directly to the Project Director, Urban Unit, at nasir_dsp@yahoo.com.

Note: This information has been shared by Human Resource Department of  Urban Unit. PakGIS is not responsible for any dealings between applicant and Urban Unit. We are merely sharing information about availability of jobs or openings in different organization so that others may benefit from that.

Satellite Image Pakistan Flood 02 September 2010

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

  1. 02 September 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_amo_02 Sep 2010

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WebGIS Expert Required in Islamabad (17 June 2011)

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The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources is looking for an WebGIS expert in Islamabad.

Knowledge & Skills:

1. Master in GIS or Computer Science
2. Excellent ArcGIS Skills
3. CMS skills
4. WebGIS/Webmapping skills and WebGIS project references
5. Good communication skills, in English

Applications are invited with following details:
List of recent GIS and WebGIS related jobs performed, availability during next 1 month
Contact Information

Send your applications to ingo.hoelzle@bgr.de as early as possible.

Note: This information has been shared by Ingo Hoelzle through a comment HERE. PakGIS is not responsible for any dealings between applicant and employer. We are sharing information about availability of jobs or openings in different organization so that others may benefit from that.

Road Network and Settlements of Pakistan

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Here is the Major Road Network of whole Pakistan along with the location of 69211 populated places. This dataset is prepared from a routable GPS map prepared by Ben and converted into ESRI shape files for ArcGIS users.

Original source in polish map format is available at THIS LINK at MapCentre2.
Below are some glimpses of the coverage of dataset.
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If you want to acquire this data, Use the Request Data Form to share your research and need of this data.

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

Availability:

Data is available in KML and ESRI Shape file formats.

Get Data:
If you want to acquire this data, Use the Request Data Form to share your research and need of this data.

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.

Get Data:
If you want to acquire this data, Use the Request Data Form to share your research and need of this data.

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.

Get Data:
If you want to acquire this data, Use the Request Data Form to share your research and need of this data.