CORPORATE REVIEW:
DRIVING GEOSPATIAL DEVELOPMENT

GEOSPATIAL CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE

SLA, in partnership with GovTech, is working to establish the Geospatial Centre of Excellence (GeoCentEx). The GeoCentEx will provide professional and technical expertise and support for agencies planning to adopt geospatial capabilities to improve business processes. At the same time, the GeoCentEx will formulate resourcing and talent development strategies to meet geospatial demand, as well as invest in research and development to identify emerging technologies that can build cutting-edge geospatial capabilities.

GROWING GEOSPATIAL AWARENESS AMONG YOUTH

To raise geospatial awareness and increase geospatial competencies among our youth, SLA has embarked on a range of initiatives. Working with the Department of Information Systems from the National University of Singapore’s (NUS) School of Computing and NUS’s BizIT Society, SLA organised the Singapore Geospatial Challenge Business Analytics Mania (SGCBAM). The two-day event, held from 3 to 4 September 2016, saw 267 students from 17 schools learn about using data analytics and geospatial tools to visualise data and generate business insights to support their business solutions. To build Singapore’s capabilities in GIST, the Singapore Geospatial Scholarship was first launched in 2014 for undergraduate and postgraduate studies. This year’s scholarship was presented to Chua Hui Jin Tracey and Yeo Wei Kuan Alvin.

New OneMap

Precise Satellite Data For
Driverless Vehicles