What prospects do you see for MaCGDI in the context of geomatics scenario in Malaysia?
There is an urgent requirement for coordination of the existing policies towards data sharing activities. Since there is still many important data at the state and local authority levels which are still not in GIS ready format, we have to help them with a top-down approach. Even though the top-down approach is very tiring, the cooperation from data custodians is easier, especially when they have been exposed to the GIS knowledge. They enjoy the benefit of available digital geospatial data for their daily operational works. So, the prospects of MyGDI as well as geomatics scenario are very promising.
