Lagos — The Lagos State Government yesterday reviewed the adopted digital mapping and comprehensive Geographic Information System (GIS) towards coordinating information storage system for geospatial data commonly used by many agencies.

The adoption of digital surveying and mapping, when it is finally completed, according to the Commissioner for Science and Technology, Dr. Kadiri Hamzat, will result in the establishment of Enterprise Geographic Information System capable of providing various developments across the state. Dr. Hamzat made the disclosure this Wednesday at the Lagos State Secretariat, Ikeja, during the second review of the project at a stakeholder's forum that attracted various professionals, public officers, government officials and traditional rulers.

The Commissioner said the use of GIS will revolutionalize the process of data acquisition, processing, storage, dissemination and use of GIS in digital format for planning and decision making. He added that the adoption of digital mapping and GIS will enable the state government to put in place a state geo-information policy, establishment of Lagos Enterprise CIS database backed by a policy which will certainly eliminate most of the problems being experienced by Geo-Information producers and users in the state.

Hamzat, who was supported by the contractor handling the project, noted that the day's presentation to stakeholders shows about 75 percent level of accomplishment across board on all the six components of the project.

He listed the components to include acquisition of digital aerial imageries and establishment of geodetic control, establishment of Geoids and Acute Global Positioning System (GPS) and Reference Station with Continuous Operating Reference Station (CORS)