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Geospatial Technology Trend – Sustaining Ghana’s Economic Growth

STEPHEN DJABA

GHANA GEOSPATIAL FORUM 2014

Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, Accra, Ghana

25-26 February 2014

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GeoSpatial Technologies

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Geospatial Technology - Application have indeed become a worldwide phenomenon - Demand for Fast and Accurate Data Rises - Technologies that come along also follow suit - Connected to mapping, photogrammetry, remote sensing - One Root – SURVEYING

Thus, - Technology improves for Geospatial also link to improvement in Surveying Technology - Surveying technologies are not limited only for Geospatial application

So,It is my privilege to share with you a few of these technologies and how they haveShaped and been instrumental in the overall economic growth and development of our nation GHANA.

Introduction

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Land as a source of wealth and economic success

Land is one of the most valuable assets and an important base for the development of the wealth of a nation

The UN-ECE Committee on Human Settlements has pointed out that to unlock that wealth a nation must develop a framework of

land and property laws, effective public institutions, secured procedures and processes an effective information system

Good land management is essential for the development of an effective land market and a source financial sector and will

provide a basis for land management and land taxation.

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Technology: Simple Geometry

Application: Re-establishment of farm boundaries

History

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Founder of Surveying Agency : Captain F. Gordon Guggisberg – Governor of Gold Coast

History

Past-1900 AD

Assigned the responsibility among others to1. Continue Mapping the

concession in the colony2. Produce Maps of the major

towns in the Gold Coast at a scale of 1:1250

3. Extend the responsibility to produce topographical Maps covering the whole colony

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Historical Geospatial Tools

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Geospatial as a Land Management Process tool

Good Geographic information systems (GIS) provide a good framework for managing

development with spatial dimensions

Create certainty, provide a good means of updating spatial information and therefore

present decision-makers with good basis for decision-making.

They are of utmost importance in socio-economic development, environmental management and

monitoring.

The UN Commission notes that effective and sustainable land management is impossible

without Geospatial Technology.

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G-Tech: A Good tool for Good Governance?

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ACCURATE SPATIAL INFORMATION = GOOD PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT & MANAGEMENT

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Surveying Trends - Innovation

The Policy Challenge

Collaborative solution to Technology challenge

Practical Experiences

Geospatial Future

Real Challenges

‘We all live in one inter-connected World’

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IMPACT ON THE SOCIETYBENEFITS

Benefit as a decision-making toolImproved work quality (through data based decisions)Greater use of informationSatisfaction of better serving customersBetter utilization of resources (greater production from

fewer people)Reallocation of personnel to areas of greater needCost savings realizedGreater demand for servicesFosters cooperation between groupsMore efficient

OK!

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Oil and Gas and Mining Geospatial support

Cadastral Conflict resolution

Elections (Use of Maps to give Ghana quick and authentic results

Tourism and Cultural Maps promoting rural income

Street Mapping: fueling postal and delivery business, combating crime, Taxation, utility payment investigations

UMLIS – Street and Property Addressing

Street naming and house numbering has started in Ayawaso.

Geo-Tech Group Factor in Ghana

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The Future….

Multiple stations Tomorrow….

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It is not the strongest ofthe species that survives,nor the most intelligentthat survives.It is the one that is mostadaptable to change.- Charles Darwin

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Achieving Sustainable economic growth, creating the awareness

requires all of us…

Thank You!