The Study for the Establishment of Gis Base Map Data for the Mekong River Basin in Lao People’S Democratic Republic

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The Study for the Establishment of Gis Base Map Data for the Mekong River Basin in Lao People’S Democratic Republic No. JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT (NGD) THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE OF LAO P.D.R. THE STUDY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GIS BASE MAP DATA FOR THE MEKONG RIVER BASIN IN LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC FINAL REPORT February 2003 PASCO CORPORATION AERO ASAHI CORPORATION SSF JR 03-16 JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DEPARTMENT (NGD) THE PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE OF LAO P.D.R. THE STUDY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF GIS BASE MAP DATA FOR THE MEKONG RIVER BASIN IN LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC FINAL REPORT February 2003 PASCO CORPORATION AERO ASAHI CORPORATION Contents CHAPTER1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................. 1 1.1 Objectives of the Study....................................................................................... 1 1.2 Study Area .......................................................................................................... 2 1.3 Organizations of the Study ................................................................................. 3 1.3.1 The Steering Committee ................................................................................. 3 1.3.2 The National Geographic Department............................................................ 3 1.3.3 The JICA Study Team .................................................................................... 4 1.3.4 The Technical Committee............................................................................... 4 1.4 Contents of the Study.......................................................................................... 5 1.4.1 Establishment of GIS Base Map Data ............................................................ 5 1.4.2 Technology Transfer....................................................................................... 5 1.5 Background of the Study .................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER2 PREPARATORY WORKS................................................................ 13 2.1 Specifications of the GIS Base Map Data ........................................................ 13 2.2 Research of the Existing Maps and Aerial Photographs................................... 16 2.3 Preparation of Operation Room and Computer Network System .................... 17 CHAPTER3 GEODETIC DATUM NETWORK SURVEY AND CALCULATION OF DATUM SHIFT PARAMETERS............................................ 21 CHAPTER4 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY .............................................................. 24 CHAPTER5 FLOW OF GIS DATA GENERATING AND UPDATING ........... 26 CHAPTER6 ORTHO SATELLITE IMAGE PREPARATION........................... 29 CHAPTER7 AERIAL PHOTO INTERPRETATION AND FIELD CHECK ... 34 7.1 Preparation of Aerial Photo Interpretation Keys .............................................. 34 7.2 Aerial Photo Interpretation of Topographic Features....................................... 35 7.3 Field Check of Topographic Features............................................................... 36 7.4 Photo Interpretation of Land Use...................................................................... 37 7.5 Transcribing ...................................................................................................... 41 CHAPTER8 GIS DATA COLLECTION, GENERATION, UPDATING AND STRUCTURING............................................................................................................. 43 8.1 Features in the 1:100,000 Topographic Map.................................................... 43 8.1.1 Features in the Bolikhamxai Area ................................................................ 43 8.1.2 Features in the Southern Four Provinces ...................................................... 45 8.1.3 Road and River in the Whole Study Area..................................................... 48 8.1.4 Elevation Point and Small Objects in the Whole Study Area....................... 50 8.2 Administrative Boundary.................................................................................. 53 8.2.1 International Boundary and Provincial Boundary ........................................ 53 8.2.2 District Boundary.......................................................................................... 56 8.3 Place Name ....................................................................................................... 56 8.4 Contour ............................................................................................................. 58 8.5 Digital Elevation Model (DEM) ....................................................................... 63 8.6 Land Use ........................................................................................................... 64 CHAPTER9 RESULTS AND THEIR QUALITY ................................................. 67 CHAPTER10 GIS DATA PRINTING OUT............................................................. 77 CHAPTER11 ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS..................................................... 78 CHAPTER12 TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER........................................................... 80 12.1 Lecture .............................................................................................................. 80 12.2 OJT.................................................................................................................... 81 12.3 Special Lecture.................................................................................................. 81 12.4 Transferred Technologies ................................................................................. 81 12.5 Manuals............................................................................................................. 85 12.6 Seminar ............................................................................................................. 85 CHAPTER13 PRESENT SITUATION OF NGD .................................................... 87 13.1 The Present Situation of NGD .......................................................................... 87 13.1.1 Activities................................................................................................... 87 13.1.2 Products and Services ............................................................................... 87 13.1.3 Human Resources ..................................................................................... 88 13.1.4 Divisions ................................................................................................... 88 13.1.5 Facilities.................................................................................................... 91 13.1.6 Finance...................................................................................................... 91 13.1.7 User Community....................................................................................... 94 CHAPTER14 RECOMMENDATIONS.................................................................... 95 14.1 Improvement of the Survey Law ...................................................................... 95 14.2 Budget of NGD for GIS Base Map Data Maintenance .................................... 95 14.3 Suggestions on the Mekong GIS Database Service.......................................... 95 14.4 Uses of the Database....................................................................................... 100 List of Tables Table 1: The Steering Committee....................................................................................... 3 Table 3: The Technical Committee..................................................................................... 4 Table 2: Study Team Member Assignment ...................................................................... 11 Table 5: Specifications of the GIS Data ........................................................................... 14 Table 4: Chronology of the Study..................................................................................... 19 Table 6: Datum Shift Parameters 1................................................................................... 22 Table 7: Datum Shift Parameters 2................................................................................... 22 Table 8: List of Land Use Classes (NOFIP) ..................................................................... 39 Table 9: List of Land Use Classes (Mekong GIS)............................................................ 40 Table 10: Specification of the Mekong GIS Database Layers.......................................... 67 Table 11: The Counterparts .............................................................................................. 86 Table 12: Annual Funding in Fiscal Years 1995-2001..................................................... 91 Table 13: Income and Expense in the last 3 Fiscal Years ................................................ 92 Table 14: The Current Price of Maps and Services.......................................................... 92 Table 15: User Community of NGD’s products and services (Strategic Plan 2001-5, NGD)................................................................................................................................. 94 Lists of Figures Figure 1: Study Area........................................................................................................... 2 Figure 2: The Flowchart of Establishing the Database....................................................... 5 Figure 3: Existing Photos and
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