FAQ

FAQ

Custodians are agencies that act as trustees on behalf of the Government and not absolute owners of the data stored in their respective databases.

Fundamental Geospatial Data (FGD) is a high interest or significant geospatial data that complies with the standards and required by various parties to support the planning and development of a country or organization. The main references of FGD are based on the features in the document Malaysian Standard MS1759 Geographic Information/ Geomatics - Feature and Attribute Codes.

Geospatial Data Centre (GDC) is a main component of the data framework in the implementation of the National Geospatial Data Infrastructure (MyGDI). The development and maintenance of GDC data is centrally located based on seamless data categories and complies with the standards.

Information that identifies, describes, or explain the geographical location, boundaries or characteristics of the population as well as the natural or features built on the surface and below the surface of the earth.

Lead Agency is recognized as heads of custodians by data categories and is responsible for coordinating data-related activities.

Map service is a web map service that displays geographic data or information in multiple layers of map images over the Internet. Map service uses a geographic dataset that also includes a combination of different data and parameters to determine and display a more dynamic, interactive and clever map image

Metadata is 'data about data'. It is information that describes the data / information / services of a product. It covers all kinds of questions as to who, what, when, where, why and how about the product.

MS 1759 is a method of encoding features and attributes that facilitates geospatial information structuring. Efficient and systematic sharing requires structured and uniform storage of geospatial information.

  • For example: Feature Code TA0060 refers to the ROAD feature. The agencies that want to share are required to use the same feature code TA0060 as a reference for the ROAD feature.

Malaysia Geospatial Data Infrastructure (MyGDI) is an initiative by the government to develop a geospatial data infrastructure to enhance the awareness about data availability and improve access to geospatial information. This can be fulfilled by facilitating data sharing among participating agencies. MyGDI as the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) for Malaysia, is a national infrastructure comprises of person, policy, standard, geospatial information and technology established by MyGDI Circular Letter No. 1 of 2006 - Guidelines for the Implementation of Malaysia Geospatial Data Infrastructure (MyGDI) for the purpose of facilitating the sharing and dissemination of geospatial information amongst government agencies, private sector and the general publics. Through this infrastructure, smart partnership among agencies is continuously being developed to produce and share geospatial information thus providing customer-focused, cost effective and timely delivery of geospatial data.

MyGeo Data Services is an application that provides information based on 12 categories of geospatial data that is shared and provided by agencies to other Government or Government agencies (G2G) through secure map services using the Government-provided environment.

Geographical Names Database (Pangkalan Data Nama Geografi-PDNG) is like a geographical names data bank which is use to store names, locations, historical backgrounds and gazette notifications.It is an authoritative records that are available for government and public use. 

National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) defined as the technologies, policies and people necessary to promote sharing of geospatial data throughout all levels of government

  • The Public Sector Geospatial Bulletin or its acronym BGSA is a bulletin published by the National Geospatial Centre (PGN), Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability.
  • BGSA is an annual event-related publication under the National Geospatial Data Infrastructure Program (MyGDI).