THE Japanese government recently turned over an updated geographic information systems (GIS) database to the Bangsamoro Development Agency (BDA).
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) turned over the new GIS database, which was updated with a standard scale of 1:50,000. This makes it more detailed than the 1:200,000-scale maps of
“The new GIS database was derived from the data sets produced by the Jica project on Topographic Mapping for Peace and Development in
“With more detailed geographic information, we aim to
assist Bangsamoro development planners and leaders in implementing strategic
and balanced peace and development initiatives in Mindanao
GIS
database is geographically referenced data that utilized software to analyze
specific information, and is being used by advanced countries in
decision-making, and in analyzing quantifiable data.
In the case
of the Bangsamoro GIS database, informations, such as socioeconomic data,
transportation and road networks, as well as land conditions, were analyzed and
updated.
Jica also provided BDA staff capacity-building support
in using the GIS system.
The GIS
database is expected to be useful in the spatial analysis work for the
forthcoming Bangsamoro Development Forum in November.
The Japanese agency vowed to further assist BDA in
planning sector-based priorities to help complete the Transitional Development
Plan 2015-2016 (Phase 1) and the Medium-Term Development Plan for 2016-2020
(Phase 2) of the Bangsamoro.
Jica has been supporting peace and development in Mindanao
with 707 community development and 32 infrastructure subprojects with the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao .
From 2003
to 2013, Japan Mindanao
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