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National Land Use Information Division
INTRODUCTION:
The National Land Use Information Division (BMGN) was founded in 2008 in accordance with the restructuring of the Department of Town and Country Planning Peninsular Malaysia (JPBD), approved by the Public Service Department (JPA). This Division was established as the National Land Use Information Centre which provides quality land use planning information to establish PLANMalaysia as the centre of excellence in town and country planning services. In addition, this Division is responsible for managing data planning for national land use.
ROLE:
The role of the Land Use Information Division (BMGN) includes:
- To plan, manage and coordinate the geospatial data development which includes national planning land use information and other planning studies at the Department level.
- To manage the Department’s Integrated Land Use Planning Information System.
- To provide geospatial technical advisory services and related instructor services in the development of geospatial data/GIS.
- To manage the application of geospatial data for users at the Department level.
- To conduct geospatial data collaboration with other agencies at the Federal and State levels.
- To prepare the National Land Use Information Report.
- To carry out the Coordination and Implementation of Integrated Land Use Planning Information System (I-Plan) Meeting.
- To carry out Land Use Planning Information Committee Meeting.
FUNCTIONS OF UNIT:
- Land Use Information Unit: -
- To manage and update the land use planning information data and the Department’s geospatial database;
- To manage the Department’s Integrated Land Use Planning Information System;
- To manage the geospatial data collaboration with other agencies at the Federal and State levels;
- To provide geospatial technical advisory services and related instructor services in the development of geospatial data/GIS;
- To prepare the National Land Use Information Report once every 2 years;
- To act as the secretariat for the Coordination and Implementation of Integrated Land Use Planning Information System (I-Plan) Meeting two (2) times a year; and
- To carry out Land Use Planning Information Committee Meeting two (2) times a year.
ii. Consumer Services Unit: -
- To manage, gather, store and supply the Department’s data for the users;
- To coordinate the Geospatial Data Management through the compliance of the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP);
- To update the Geographic Information System (GIS) Development Plan Manual from time to time;
- To prepare the I-Plan Data Quality Assessment Report annually;
- To provide geospatial technical advisory services and related instructor services in the development of geospatial data/GIS;
- To formulate dissemination and publicity activities of the Department’s products which are related to GIS.
