(i) Routine Works
Major on-going activities of GIS section are as follows:
- Updating of Geo-spatial database
- Updating of Road maps followed by road reclassification for all Upazilas of the country.
- Updating of Upazila & District map
- Preparation of Land-use maps of new city corporations using satellite images on pilot basis
- Preparation of project area maps for Small Scale Water Resources Projects.
- Preparation of Municipality map for secondary towns.
- Mapping of Infrastructure concern for different project of LGED
(ii) Study & Piloting Works
Major research activities of GIS unit are as follows:
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‘Resource Profiles, extrapolation domains and land-use patterns’ in the process of establishing a geo-referenced database for the coastal zone of Bangladesh and facilitation the out-scaling of technologies through the identification of target domains and land use planning under CPWF; jointly with IRRI Analyzing& Mapping physical accessibility in Bangladesh with IRRI , Philippine.2003