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Vision

A leader in sustainable sharing of geospatial services and information for national sustainability

Mission

Driving the sharing of geospatial services and information through the provision of effective and efficient infrastructure and infostructures based on policies and laws

Functions

To be the lead agency to coordinate the development of geospatial standards in consultation with Federal Government, State Governments, academia and private sector.
To be the one-stop centre for sharing national geospatial data by working and coordinating with the Federal Government, State Governments and with academia.
To develop a web services platform for sharing geospatial information and its utilisation by the Federal Government, State Governments, academia and private sector.
To plan and conduct human resource development programs in GIS and the related fields.
To organise various activities in promoting the use of MyGDI throughout the country.
To represent the public sector in international forum, conferences and meetings involving geospatial data.
To be a technical reference centre for advisory and consulting services with regard to the development of geospatial data application and also for research and development (R&D) in geospatial related field.

Client Charter

To process applications and release of geospatial data within 10 working days.

To ensure the development of GIS applications in collaboration with agencies is completed within 6 months after the Project Initiation Document (PID) is finalised.

To maintain geospatial service availability at not less than 97%.

To organise outreach activities to promote the MyGDI programme to the geospatial community at least once a year .

To respond to complaints or enquiries received through the MyGeoportal platform within 3 working days.

To conduct consultation meetings within 30 working days upon receipt of request.