$27 Million for Detailed Map of Singapore
The state government has set aside $27 million over the next five years to create a super-accurate interactive map of Singapore. The SG-Space (Singapore Geospatial Collaborative Environment) project will provide authorised users (at first just government staff will have access, then data will be rolled to the public and hopefully, the commercial sector) with data on weather forecasts to the location of underground utility pipes to building layouts. The announcement was made at the Map Asia conference on Tuesday.
Tiny Singapore seems to have the same issues as many larger jurisdictions: data separated by authority, different formats, qualities and scales. This single map is to be a step towards a solution. It’s unclear how the new map will be created.
