Statistics Office Introduces Products for the Updating and National Cartographic Digitalization Project

Statistics Office Introduces Products for the Updating and National Cartographic Digitalization Project

The Office of National Statistics (ONE in Spanish) introduced new products to be used in the Updating and National Cartographic Digitalization project corresponding to Urban Municipal Zones and the 2009 Political-Administrative Map.

Since 2005, ONE has been developing digitized census mapping with the goal of updating, digitizing and making it operable which will ultimately facilitate the acquisition of the necessary products for planning, carrying out and then diffusion of the IX National Population and Housing Census for 2010.

The introduction and handing over of CDs with the new products took place at the ONE offices. The first CD contained 51 urban municipal zones corresponding to the provinces of La Vega, Duarte, Altagracia, Barahona, Baoruco, Elías Piña, El Seibo, Dajabón, Espaillat and Independencia, with information about roads, street names and the number of houses per square block, among other content.

The goal is to reach 100% of the entire country’s urban areas. On the CD containing the 2009 Political-Administrative Map one can see the borders and limits of regions, provinces, cities, municipal districts and sections, all according to the law promulgated on June 30, 2009. In addition, it includes highways and new roads.

Since 2005, ONE has been developing digitized census mapping with the goal of updating, digitizing and making it operable which will ultimately facilitate the acquisition of the necessary products for planning, carrying out and then diffusion of the IX National Population and Housing Census for 2010.

“Parallel to this effort, we are continuing to work with procedures to continuously update digital cartography which is mainly used in Infrastructure of Spatial Data (IDE in Spanish), a tool with which we are working in conjunction with other State institutions in that we have the only source of territorial data, updated in the Dominican State, thus avoiding the high costs of maintenance, systems implementation and updates, among others,” said Pablo Tactuk, National Director of the Statistics Office.

Mr. Tactuk added that ONE is working, in the implementation phase, on an interactive cartography map information server which will allow for broader functionality among users as well as geo-referenced statistical information thus facilitating local governments and state institutions in their use of information for more effective territorial management and planning. It will also provide communities with an integrated vision of their cities. This project is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

The digitized cartography information service and the 2009 Political-Administrative Maps are available on ONE’s webpage, in CD format and through the sales department of ONE. At the same time, users have the opportunity to pay for specific products through individual agreements. In the event that a person solicits more detailed information or complex analysis of, for example, the uses of disaggregated soil per acre or hectare, geo-statistical analysis and/or the generation of indicators at different territorial levels.

With this information diffusion initiative, ONE is in a position to establish a system of quality control for its users and all citizens. Through this virtual contact, users will have the opportunity to make observations that will serve ultimately to generate a process of continual improvement of institutional information.