CDA officers learn using Geographical information System

The four weeks training programme is being organised at GIS lab established in Planning Wing of the CDA

ISLAMABAD: Capital Development Authority (CDA) in collaboration with Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) is training officers of the authority to enhance the use of Geographic Information System (GIS) in disbursement of duties.

The training is aimed to build capacity of CDA officers in monitoring urban growth, urban sprawl, deforestation, encroachment and exercising building control in the federal capital while using satellite based images and information.

The four weeks training program is being organised at GIS lab established in Planning Wing of the CDA.

The training is part of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between CDA and SAUPARCO few months back for monitoring different dynamics of the city through satellite imagery.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 20^th, 2019.