How To Design A Geodrive Of The Republic Of Maldives

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1 Ref No.: 138-MEMP/IUL/2010/59 Date: April 20, 2010 Ministry of Housing, Transport and Environment Republic of Maldives Maldives Environmental Management Project IDA Credit 4427-MV Invitation for Interested Consultants Technical Assistance to the development of a Geo-database(3.1.D2) The Government of the Republic of Maldives has received Credit from the International Development Association (IDA) towards the cost of the Maldives Environmental Management Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds to consultancy services. The Government of Maldives requires the services of an individual consultant to provide technical assistance to the Department of National Planning (DNP) to design and develop a Geo-database of the Republic of Maldives. The overall objective of the assignment is to design geo-database strategies that will enable migration of current data held by stakeholders, take account of future data migration needs, and which are compatible with end user needs. The Ministry of Housing, Transport and Environment now invites interested eligible individual consultants to submit their expressions of interest. Interested consultants must provide (a) a CV including information that demonstrates that they are qualified to perform the services (description of similar assignments, experience in similar conditions, availability of appropriate skills, etc.), (b) estimated fee for services (inclusive of professional fees personal incidental costs, local accommodation, travel from home country, insurances etc.), and (c) a simple work plan proposing the timeline for delivering the services described in the Terms of Reference. A consultant will be selected in accordance with the procedures set out in the World Bank s Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers, May 2004, revised October Interested parties may obtain an outline TOR from and further information at the address below. The expressions of interest must be submitted to the address (by regular mail, s or fax) and person specified below before May 05, Mohamed Zuhair Project Director Maldives Environmental Management Project Ministry of Housing, Transport and Environment Ameenee magu, Male, Republic of Maldives Tel: Fax: memp@mhte.gov.mv Web site:

2 Republic of Maldives Maldives Environmental Management Project IDA Credit 4427-MV Outline Terms of Reference Technical Assistance to the development of a Geo-database - Maldives 1. BACKGROUND The Government of the Republic of Maldives has received financing from the International Development Association (IDA) towards the cost of the Maldives Environmental Management Project, and intends to apply part of the proceeds to consultancy services. The Government of Maldives requires the services of an individual consultant to provide technical assistance to the Department of National Planning (DNP) to develop a Geodatabase of the Republic of Maldives. Maldives Environmental Management Project has been divided into four (4) components which include: (1) a regional solid waste management program for the North Province; (2) capacity building for environmental management; (3) assistance for Strengthened Environmental Management and Monitoring and a Pilot Regional Strategic Environmental Assessment and (4) project management and project communications. This project has two development objectives. The first seeks to improve and develop a socially and environmentally sustainable system of solid waste management that reduces the associated environmental and public health risks and can be replicated and scaled up across the country. The second aims to strengthen capacity for environmental management in the Maldives, by addressing some of the human resource constraints and informational impediments to improved environmental management. It aims to have decision-making processes of relevant government agencies make use of trained professionals and scientific information to assess, design and implement responses to environmental risks. 2. INTRODUCTION TO ASSISTANCE FOR STRENGTHENED ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING The primary objective of the technical assistance for a regional RSEA component is to expand the knowledge base regarding critical natural resources on which the Maldives ecosystem and economy depend. Recognizing that there are insufficient resources in the project envelope to fill all the information gaps, this component selectively targets issues and information gaps where assistance is most urgently needed and promotes activities designed to stimulate discussions and policy deliberations that would lead to greater community awareness and better decision making. This technical assistance for a RSEA component consists of the following sub-components: Sub-component 1: Erosion and the Terrestrial Environmental Monitoring Sub-component 2: Marine Environmental Monitoring and Coral Reef Research Sub-component 3: Spatial Planning Sub-component 4: Integration of Findings: Reports and a Pilot RSEA

3 3. SPATIAL PLANNING SUB-COMPONENT The Spatial Planning sub-component aims to build capacity (technical and human) in the relevant government ministries and agencies to promote the integration of environmental parameters in land use planning and land allocation decisions. It will allow the Spatial Planning Section (SPS) of the Department of National Planning (DNP) to extend its assessments into the marine environment and to take terrestrial and marine variables into account during planning. This capability is pertinent to developing appropriate adaptive strategies to climate change, raising the quality of land-use planning to a new and higher level, and facilitating the integration of environmental concerns in land-use planning. The SPS is responsible for taking the lead in developing a spatial database and planning capacity with the aim of integrating the environmental dimension in planning. In addition, the SPS is also tasked with providing access to user-friendly geographic information system (GIS) platforms to other agencies, with the initial scope of agencies limited to the Environment Section (ES) of the Ministry of Housing, Transport and Environment (MHTE), the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), and the Marine Research Centre (MRC). 4. OVERVIEW OF SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE DESIGN A NGIS architecture design process was undertaken to promote successful GIS implementation through the recommendation of hardware, software, and network solutions that are based upon existing and future operational workflow requirements and associated hardware specifications. The approach used for developing the NGIS design was based on industry best practices. To determine user requirements, a condensed user needs assessment was carried out. Based on the user requirements gathered, a Capacity Planning Tool (CPT) developed by Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) was used to: Map user workflows to requirements; Assess network suitability; Tune network performance; Select hardware platforms; Tune platform performance; Configure web server zones; Relate software to hardware platforms; and Confirm user workflow performance. User Workflows GIS technology is not widely used in the Maldives and as a result, it is a difficult task for the key participating agencies to describe how GIS is planned to be used within their agencies given their limited exposure to GIS. Nonetheless, the common requirement expressed by the key participating agencies was the ability to discover and access geospatial data from other agencies, manage geospatial data, and create map products using external data sources and their own data. Although the ability to deal with three-dimensional data, specifically visualize these types of data, and perform spatial analysis (e.g., buffering, search by location) was expressed on several occasions, map authoring constitutes the primary user workflow. 2 P a g e

4 The SPS is responsible for managing and distributing official government geospatial data from other line agencies and as such, will be required to perform multiple diverse GIS functions, such as advanced data management and editing, map authoring and publishing, and spatial analysis. It is envisioned that other agencies requiring GIS support would first turn to the SPS for technical support. As a result, it is recommended that the SPS be equipped with three ArcView licenses, one (1) for local installation (i.e., single-use) on a new laptop that is to be purchased through this project and used for on-site training and meetings, and two (2) licences for use on workstations by SPS staff in their office. An additional license of ArcEditor and ArcInfo each is recommended to support advanced multiuser data editing and advanced data management and analysis. At a minimum, the SPS should also acquire a license for the Spatial Analysis and 3D Analyst extensions to ArcGIS Desktop software. These extensions extend the base functionality of ArcGIS Desktop software with more sophisticated analytical capabilities. In the case of the EPA, one (1) single-use licence is recommended for installation on one of the agency s existing laptops to support field work. Based on the existing computer resources owned by EPA (Section 4.4), several of the more recently purchased laptops can be used. Two (2) floating licences of ArcView for use in the office is recommended to meet the number of users expected to use GIS in the EPA. The same extensions recommended for the SPS are also recommended for the EPA to support more advanced analyses. ArcEditor and ArcInfo licences are not recommended for the EPA at this time as it is assumed that this agency will mostly use GIS for basic data conversion and creation, and map authoring. The exact same software recommendations that are made for the EPA also made for to the MRC. The ES is anticipated to use the NGIS on a relatively infrequent basis considering that many of its doing or implementing agencies have been re-organized and now fall under the EPA. Based on feedback from this agency, it is anticipated that users involved with policy development may occasionally need to search and view maps that are related to the Maldives. As such, a single (1) floating licence for ArcView is recommended for the ES for use with their existing computer resources. The following ESRI ArcGIS Desktop and Extension products are recommended for the key participating agency. Agency ArcGIS Desktop Extension Single-Use Licences (for local use) Floating Licences (for remote connections) ArcView ArcView ArcEditor ArcInfo Spatial Analyst 3D Analyst SPS EPA MRC ES GIS Applications Once the NGIS has been established and data loaded into its data warehouse, the SPS envisions making several geospatial data types available for access and potentially download through the Internet. Specifically, the SPS foresees developing the following five web-based GIS applications: 3 P a g e

5 Census Web Viewer: Display census data (e.g., income level) online that are collected by the Statistics Section of the DNP. Infrastructure Web Viewer: Display location of national infrastructure (e.g., which islands have fuel stores or hospitals) Island Allocation Web Viewer: Display island usage (e.g., fisheries vs. agriculture) Project Web Viewer: Displays location and status of various development projects in the Maldives. Remote Sensing Imagery Viewer: Displays aerial and satellite imagery and allows users to select and download areas of interest. At a minimum and above the basic navigation capabilities, for any application, a user should be able to draw and measure distance and calculate area. Platform Configuration A two-tier architecture, which includes GIS server and data platforms, is recommended. The Web server and GIS server components are located on the GIS server platform and the data server is located on a separate data server platform. Data Standards Currently, there are no data standards in place for the NGIS. It has been recommended that a GIS Steering Committee be established and under its authority, a technical working group be established to focus on the development of data standards for the NGIS. As an example, islands are coded currently using multiple different feature codes by various agencies. In practice, all islands should be coded using the same classification scheme. A data standard for coding islands should be developed by a technical working group, approved and endorsed by the GIS Steering Committee, and put into effect by all key participating agencies. Metadata Standards For metadata, the international ISO standard for metadata should be adopted. ISO defines the schema required for describing geographic information and services. It provides information about the identification, the extent, the quality, the spatial and temporal schema, spatial reference, and distribution of digital geographic data. ISO 19115:2003 is applicable to: the cataloguing of datasets, clearinghouse activities, and the full description of datasets; geographic datasets, dataset series, and individual geographic features and feature properties. Though ISO is applicable to digital data, its principles can be extended to many other forms of geographic data, such as maps, charts, and textual documents as well as nongeographic data. 5. System design and implementation The system design assumes a phased-in approach, meaning that the implementation of the NGIS will be in stages or phases, taking place over several years. This approach implies that 4 P a g e

6 the necessary hardware, software, and professional consulting services will be procured on a yearly basis. Year 1 focuses on the following key tasks or activities: (1) creating a GIS steering committee, its governance structure, and operating procedures; (2) establishing the base NGIS infrastructure (i.e., servers, workstations, and software); and (3) training key SPS, EPA, MRC, and ES staff with the use of GIS. At the end of Year 1, the NGIS will be accessible by the key participating agencies, thereby meeting the requirement set by the MEMP for the SPS to provide access to user-friendly GIS platforms. Platform Sizing In year 1, it is estimated that a total of 12 peak concurrent users would connect to the NGIS. Five users from SPS would connect using ArcGIS Desktop. For EPA, one user would connect using ArcGIS Desktop whereas another two would connect using ArcGIS Desktop through WTS. The same would apply for the three MRC users. In the case of ES, only one user is forecasted to access the NGIS with ArcGIS Desktop through WTS. At the end of Year 2, the first set of web-based GIS applications should be ready for integration testing (i.e., deployed the test/staging server for testing) with follow-on software development life cycle (e.g., user acceptance testing and deployment to production) activities in Year 3. It is anticipated that 15 peak concurrent users would be accessing several candidate webbased applications. The key participating agencies, led by the SPS, will propose one or more web-based GIS application to be considered for development to the GIS Steering Committee. With approval from the GIS Steering Committee, software development professional services will be procured for the development of the web-based GIS applications. Hardware The procurement of hardware and installations for the NGIS including firewalls, reverse proxy server, MAN remote site connections, Windows Terminal Server (WTS), Geodatabase Server, and workstations) should be completed by the end of May As of June 1, 2010, the NGIS hardware infrastructure should be implemented and ready for software installation. Software The current version of ESRI ArcGIS is is recommended for the NGIS. Microsoft Windows 2008 Server, Enterprise Edition (64-bit) will be installed on the WTS server with a minimum of 5 client access licences (CALs). Another install (i.e., a second install) will be required for the geo-database server. Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Standard (1 socket) is recommended for the RDMS and the geodatabase server. Twelve (12) CALs for SQL Server will be required at a minimum. All software installations should be completed by the end of June GIS Consulting Services The service of a contractor is required to assist the SPS with the design of the NGIS geodatabase. This contractor should be a senior resource with considerable experience 5 P a g e

7 designing enterprise geodatabases and implementing them using SQL Server. The services of this contractor should be procured as soon as possible from the implementation start date to ensure that the contractor has sufficient time to design the geodatabase and be ready to implement it once the NGIS hardware and software infrastructure are in place. User Training It is envisioned that two user training sessions will be held locally every year. Each session will be of two weeks in duration and approximately six months apart. 6. DATA CREATION AND LOADING As part of the user needs assessment, geospatial data maintained by each key participating agency were inventoried 1. Considering that data management in many of the agencies is on an ad hoc basis, gaps in the data inventory are anticipated. The data inventory is useful as it gives an indication of the data storage required for the NGIS, but also will be used in the implementation plan to identify data conversion and loading activities. Metadata will be created for spatial data that is owned by SPS and other key participating agencies. A senior SPS staff member should be assigned the task of authoring metadata and to document the procedure. The documented procedure can be shared with GIS staff from other agencies, thereby empowering the data owners to create their own metadata. Two GIS Analysts hired will focus on digitizing the new base data from the Quickbird remotely sensed imagery. The EPA, MRC, and ES, with support from the SPS, will begin converting the data that they own into the data format defined by NGIS data standards. For many of these organizations, the data owned are inherently spatial (i.e., x-y coordinates have been recorded), but have not been prepared in a spatial data format. Using guidelines for metadata creation, NGIS data standards, skills developed from user training, and support from the SPS, the staff from key participating agencies will be responsible for developing their own GIS data. 7. OBJECTIVES OF ASSIGNMENT The objective of the assignment is to design geo-database strategies that will enable migration of current data held by stakeholders, take account of future data migration needs, and which are compatible with end user needs. 8. TASKS OF THE CONSULTANT The tasks to be undertaken by the consultant under this outline Terms of Reference are to be undertaken in close collaboration with the Spatial Planning Section and relevant stakeholders as necessary, and include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following: 1. Design geo-database strategies which will enable the migration of geospatial data held by MRC, EPA and ES 2, and which are compatible with end user needs. 2. Assess, troubleshoot errors, and create fixes and standardise existing databases in accordance with the geo-database strategies agreed with the Spatial Planning Section. 1 See Annex 1 for Geospatial Data Inventory 2 See Annex 1 for Geospatial Data Inventory 6 P a g e

8 3. Provide recommendations on development of data and metadata standards. 4. Develop access levels for different users in each area of the database. 5. Trial the implementation of the new database products and ensure all items are successfully integrated. 6. Assess and recommend monitoring strategies and improvements to the database s performance and capacity. 7. Develop standards and guidelines to protect the database from security hacks. 8. Plan for future expansion requirements of the geo-database taking into account future users and end-user requirements. 9. Provide recommendations for the installation and testing of new products and software in the database in accordance with planned future use of the NGIS system and end user needs. 9. DELIVERABLES No later than 21 days from the commencement of the contract the consultant shall provide a: Geo-database: Geo-database strategies that will enable migration of current data held by stakeholders, which take account of future data migration needs, and which are compatible with end user requirements. Final Report: including but not necessary limited to (i) the plan that addresses future expansion requirements of geo-database, (ii) recommendation for installation and testing of new products, (iii) recommendation for future performance and capacity monitoring, (iii) recommendations about development of data and meta data standards, and (iv) standards and guidelines to protect the database from security hacks. QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE To be eligible for consideration for this consultancy the candidate must demonstrate the following eligibility criteria: 1. A degree from a recognized university or tertiary level institute in Geographic information systems, Geo-database creation or another relevant field. A Post Graduate qualification in a relevant field of academic study is preferred. 2. At least 5 years experience in designing enterprise geo-databases for large organizations and implementing them using SQL Server. 3. Have excellent interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work in a team environment. 4. Demonstrated ability to work without direct supervision. 5. Fluent in written and spoken English. 10. REPORTING The consultant is expected to work closely with the Spatial Planning Unit counterpart and will report directly to Section Head, Spatial Planning Unit or his designate during the assignment. 11. FACILITIES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE CLIENT The Spatial Planning Unit will provide the Consultant with 1 (one) full time counterpart for the duration of the Services. Office space and office facilities will be provided at the Spatial 7 P a g e

9 Planning Unit. Personal incidentals, local accommodation, travel from home country, insurances etc shall be inclusive of the consultant s fee. 12. CONTRACT DURATION The successful candidate is expected to be available to commence the assignment in June/ July The estimated contract duration will be for not more than 3 (three) consultant staff weeks (15 working days). 8 P a g e

10 Annex 1: Geospatial Data Inventory As part of the user needs assessment, geospatial data maintained by each key participating agency were inventoried. Considering that data management in many of the agencies is on an ad hoc basis, gaps in the data inventory are anticipated. The data inventory is useful as it gives an indication of the data storage required for the NGIS, but also will be used in the implementation plan to identify data conversion and loading activities. The SPS, aside from acting as the custodians of 1969 aerial photos (1:25,000 and 1:80,000) acquired by the Royal Air Force of the British Navy, is the owner of two sets of base data. The first set of base data comprise 82 data layers that were derived from 1:40,000 scale aerial photography that was acquired in 2004 by the Indian NRSA. Larger scale photography (i.e., 1:6,000) was only acquired for 16 islands. The reader is referred to the report Mapping of Maldives Using Aerial Photography and Digital Photogrammetric Techniques by the Indian NRSA and Venkataraman et al. (2008) for more details regarding this project. The 82 data layers, which are stored in an ArcGIS compatible personal geodatabase, include: 1. boundary island (polygon) 42. protected wall (line) 2. building duct (polygon) 43. road blacktop (line) 3. building group (polygon) 44. road blacktop center (line) 4. building industrial (polygon) 45. road bridge (line) 5. building shed (polygon) 46. road carttrack (line) 7. building under construction (polygon) 47. road carttrack center (line) 8. canopy (polygon) tree cover 48. road culvert (line) 9. cultivation (polygon) 49. road divider (line) 10. fountain area (polygon) 50. road footpath (line) 11. lagoon (polygon) 51. road metal (line) 12. marshy land (polygon) 52. road metal center (line) 13. palmyra group (polygon) 53. road unmetal (line) 14. park (polygon) 54. road unmetal center (line) 15. plantation (polygon) 55. rockawash (line) 16. platform - elevated surface (polygon) 56. runway (line) 17. playground (polygon) 57. runway center (line) 18. pond (polygon) 58. sand (line) 19. road island (polygon) 59. steps (line) 20. stadium (polygon) 60. stream (line) 21. swimming pool (polygon) 61. unspecified (line) 22. tank - water tank(manmade) (polygon) 62. wall (line) 23. tank circular (polygon) 63. building height (point) 24. tank dry (polygon) 64. flagpole (point) 25. tank oil (polygon) 65. fountain (point) 26. tank square (polygon) 66. idgah (point) 27. water tank sintex (polygon) 67. manhole (point) 28. well area (polygon) 68. mosque (point) 29. boat channel (line) 69. navigational light (point) 30. building elevation (line) 70. oht (point) 31. building ridge (line) 71. palmyra (point) 32. deep water (line) (line) 72. powerpole (point) 33. drain (line) 73. statue (point) 34. embankment (line) 74. tower (point) 35. fence (line) 75. tree coconut (point) 9 P a g e

11 36. footbridge (line) 76. tree other (point) 37. hedge (line) 77. well (point) 38. helepad (line) 78. txt coconut (text) 39. jetty (line) 79. txt cultivation (text) 40. parking area (line) 80. txt sand (text) 41. pipeline (line) 81. txt features (text) 82. txt name (text) The second, and more recent, set of base data were digitized from Quickbird remotely sensed imagery acquired over the period. This digitization work was carried out by external contractors and provided to the SPS. The features that were digitized and stored in ArcGIS personal geodatabases include: 1. Island Outer Boundary (lines) 2. Island Sand Boundary (lines) 3. Reef Inner Boundary (lines) 4. Reef Outer Boundary (lines) 5. Bare Land/Open (polygons) 6. Building Block (polygons) 7. Inland Water Bodies (polygons) 8. Natural Vegetation (polygons) 9. Play Grounds (polygons) 10. Unclassified (polygons) 11. Vegetation (polygons) 12. Harbours (polygons) 13. Roads (polygons) 14. Runways (polygons) The SPS has indicated that the quality of digitization work for these base data do not meet their requirements and as a result, will be initiating their own digitization project to develop updated base data that meets their business requirements. It is anticipated that this digitization work will take one year to complete and require two full-time GIS technicians or analysts. This work is further discussed in the implementation plan. The total volume of geospatial data maintained by the SPS is estimated at 6 TB (i.e., 6000 GB), of which, most of it is related to imagery. Metadata, or "data about data," provide documentation of spatial data, describing content, quality, condition, and other characteristics of a data set; however, limited metadata exists for geospatial data managed or owned by the SPS. Environmental Protection Agency The EPA is the owner of the following data: Beach Erosion Monitoring Shoreline Transects (lines) Waste Centres (points) State of the Environment Statistics (tied to islands) Marine & Terrestrial Protected Areas (points) Location of Protected Plants and Birds with Photos (points) Reef Boundary Lines (polygons) Coral Boundary Lines (polygons) Shoreline Boundary Lines (polygons) Vegetation Boundary Lines (polygons) Proposed Protected and Environmentally Sensitive Areas (polygons) Coastal Monitoring Shoreline Transects - 4 per islands (lines) The EPA also lists having copies of 1969 and 1999 aerial photos. The 1969 aerial photos are the same ones that SPS have in their holdings, whereas the 1999 ones are believed to have been sourced from the Ministry of Construction. Current data holdings, excluding the copies of the aerial photos, are not estimated to exceed a data volume of 1 GB. 10 P a g e

12 In most cases, GPS handheld units are used for mapping with geospatial data referenced to the UTM 43 North, WGS84 coordinate system. For the southern part of the country it is necessary to use the UTM 43 South, WGS84 coordinate system. In the absence of a GIS, these geospatial data are managed in Excel spreadsheets and other non-spatial data file formats. It is important to note that there are no metadata for EPA owned data and data management policy (e.g., backup and versioning). Marine Research Centre The MRC is the owner of the following data: Fish Taxonomy Database: 2,500 records linked to islands with each record having 12 attributes. Reef Fish (Grouper/Aquarium Fish Catalogue): 450 records linked to reefs with each record having approximately 20 attributes. Coral Reef Monitoring Database: 1000 records (an additional 500 records per year expected) with each having an x-y coordinate (UTM43N/S, WGS84). Coral Reef Fishery Monitoring Database: 200 records (expect to grow to 1500 records) with each having an x-y coordinate (UTM43N/S, WGS84). Darwin Initiative Fish Monitoring Database: 10,000 records anticipated over next 5 years with each having an x-y coordinate (UTM43N/S, WGS84). Tuna Length Frequency Data: Summary statistics rolled up to the atoll or island level. Livebait Fishery Monitoring Information: 500 records per year anticipated linked to the atoll or island level. Protected Species Monitoring Data: 50 records per year anticipated linked to the atoll or island level. Turtle Monitoring Data: 100 records per year expected with each record having an x-y coordinate (UTM43N/S, WGS84). Tuna Long Line Data (line) The MRC is dependent on the following data from other agencies: Position of Fish Aggregate Devices (FADS) (points) Source: Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture The majority of the data owned by the MRC are not in a geospatial file format, but are georeferenced (i.e., have x-y coordinates) or can be tied to some existing geography (e.g., an island or atoll). These data will need to be converted into a geospatial format before the data can be imported into the NGIS. Once public, data owned by the MRC are not anticipated to have any usage restrictions. The right to use partner data (e.g., FADS) will need to be confirmed. Metadata would need to be created as none exist currently. The data owned or managed by MRC that are geospatial in nature is not expected to exceed 100 GB. Environment Section The ES is the owner of the following data for Baa Atoll, which was created through the AEC project and stored in a MapInfo GIS: Atoll Lagoon Inhabited Islands Uninhabited Islands Reef Pass Reefs Natural Atolls Turtle Nesting Sites 11 P a g e

13 Mangroves Sea Grass Bird Nesting Sand Mining Coral Mining Agriculture Bait Fishing Grouper Fishery Grouper Holding Cage Aquarium Fishery Tuna Fishery Lobster Fishery Reef Fishery Sea Cucumber Fishery Area for Sea Cucumber Harvesting (diving / non-diving) A 2004 Land Use Map for Baa Eydhafushi was provided by the ES depicting the following features; however, it was unclear if these data were owned by the ES or sourced from elsewhere: Residential Area Public Facilities Commercial Activities Recreational, Sports & Cultural Facilities Utility Services Harbor Vegetation Coconut Trees Atoll Media Centre Boat Yard Road Waste Disposal Area Considering that these data are currently managed using a GIS, it will be a simple process to migrate these data from the MapInfo file format to the new format used by the NGIS. The status and quality of metadata could not be confirmed. The data owned or managed by the ES is not expected to exceed 10 GB. 12 P a g e