1 Table of Contents Entry to Geographic Information System... 4 Geographic Information System... 7 1.1 Search by Name... 10 1.1.1 Screen buttons: Search by name :... 10 1.2 Find a Health Facility by Location (Spatial Search)... 12 1.2.1 Screen Buttons Spatial Search Window... 12 1.3 Find a Health Facility by Distance (Buffer)... 14 1.3.1 Screen Buttons _ Search by Buffer... 14 1.4 Search Nearest... 16 1.4.1 Screen Buttons- Search Nearest Window... 16 1.5 Search by Coordinates... 18 1.5.1 Screen buttons: Search by coordinates :... 18 1.6 Measure... 20 1.6.1 Screen buttons Measure Window... 20 1.7 Navigation... 23 2
Table of Figures : MOH Portal Homepage... Figure 1 4 Services List : Figure 2... 5 : GIS Services Figure 3... 7 (1) : GIS Figure 4... 8 : GIS 2... Figure 5 9 : Find a health facility by name (2... Figure 6 10 : Search by name (2)... Figure 7 11 Find a health facility by name (3)... : Figure 8 11 Figure 9:Spatial search (1)... 12 : Spatial search (2)... Figure 11 13 : spatial search (3)... Figure 11 13 Figure 12: Find a health facility by distance (1)... 14 : Find a health facility by distance (3) Figure 13... 15 Figure 14: Search nearest (1)... 16 : Search nearest (2)... Figure 15 17 Figure 16: Search by coordinates (1)... 18 Figure 17: Search by coordinates (2)... 19 :Measure... Figure 18 20 Figure 19: zone s Area... 21 : Measure distance Figure 21... 22 Figure 21: Measure - Location... 22 Figure 22: Navigation... 23 3
Entry to Geographic Information System The user of MOH portal can us Geographic Information System by accessing the URL (moh.gov.sa), to the following screen: 1 Figure : MOH Portal Homepage The MOH portal homepage contains 4 main sections: 1. Ministry 2. Ministry Sectors 3. Awareness 4. Services To access (Geographic Information System), please click services on the homepage, then the list of services will show as below: 4
2 Figure : Services List The above Figure shows that the Ministry offers many e-services for its beneficiaries, which include: 1. Medical Licences services that include: Facilities Medical Licensing, Individuals Licensed for Health Facility, Individuals Medical Licenses, Medical Licenses Department (Eastern Region), Medical Licenses Department (Jeddah), Medical Licenses Infringement, Query on the Prevention of the Practice, and Query on the Prevention of Travel 2. Tenders System- Riyadh 3. Tenders System- Jeddah 4. Electronic Medical Directories that include: Governmental Health Centers Directory, Governmental Hospitals Directory, and Private Health Facilities Directory 5. Employment Services 6. Staff Services that include: Update Employee Information & Issuing MOH Electronic ID Assignments, Assignments and Rewards, Email Service, Payroll, and Overtime Hours 7. Transactions Inquiry Service 8. Exchange Orders Inquiry Service 5
9. Citizen s Voice System 10. Geographic Information System that consists of: Find a health facility by name, Find a health facility distance, Find a health facility of geographical coordinates, and geographical information system 11. Hajj Health Services which consist of: Ejad System, Ykez System, Temporary Visiting Hajj Manpower 12. Poison control centres Eastern, which includes: Ask poison specialist, Awtar, and Results of analysis 13. Hospital Services which include: Deaths System- Eastern, and Emergency System Eastern 14. Patient Services that include: Tickets- Eastern This user manual booklet will focus on illustrating Geographic Information System available under the Geographic Information System list of services. 6
Geographic Information System The user of MOH Portal can access Geographic Information System by following the below steps: Go to the homepage, and then go to Services. Click on Geographic Information System services, the below screen will appear: 3 Figure : GIS Services 7
You can click (Geographic Information System), the below screen will appear: 4 Figure : GIS (1) You can see above a definition of GIS, which explains the target of providing a group of services by the MOH, which assists the visitors of the portal to geographically locate health facilities 8
To start using the service, please press (Click here to start the service), the below screen will appear: 5 Figure : GIS 2 9
1.1 Search by Name To start using the service, you can press on click here to start the service, the below screen will appear: 6 Figure : Find a health facility by name (2 Screen buttons: Search by name : 1.1.1 Button s Name Search by name Results Minimize Close Hide Search Clear Description To show search by name To show results To minimize the search by name To close the search by name To hide the search by name To search according to the entries specified To clear entries Table 1: Screen buttons: Search by name Through the previous Figure, you can press Tools and select search by name. A search by name will show up in the same screen, you can enter the type of facility in the search layer space, the city in the health region space, and the name, then press search. The following will appear: 10
7 Figure : Search by name (2) From the previous figure, you can notice that by entering (type of facility, region/city, and title), then pressing (Search), search results will appear as illustrated below. Search results include a list of all health facilities under the specified name in the region. You can select the desired health facility from search results to be displayed on the map, the below screen will appear: 8 Figure : Find a health facility by name (3) 11
1.2 Find a Health Facility by Location (Spatial Search) The GIS enables a spatial search by pressing search tools, then selecting (spatial search), a spatial search will appear in the same screen as illustrated below: Figure 9:Spatial search (1) 1.2.1 Screen Buttons Spatial Search Window Button s Name Spatial search Results Minimize Close hide Search by rectangle Search by polygon Clear search results Description To display spatial search To display results To minimize spatial search To close spatial search To hide spatial search To Search by rectangle To search by polygon To clear entered results 12
Table 2: Spatial search From the pervious figure, you can press on (Tools) then select (Spatial Search), a special search will appear in the same screen. You can enter the type of facility (Directorate) in the search layer box, then select a search tool (Rectangle,Polygon), and locate the location on the map; the results will show as follows: 11 Figure : Spatial search (2) From the previous figure, you can see that by entering the type of facility (Directorate), then selecting the search tool (rectangle, polygon), and specifying the location on the map, the results will appear as you can see above. Search results include a list of all health facilities in the location. You can select the health facility from the results list to be displayed in the map. The below screen will appear: 11 Figure : spatial search (3) 13
1.3 Find a Health Facility by Distance (Buffer) The GIS allows search by buffer (Distance) feature by pressing on (Tools), then selecting (Search in Buffer), a search by buffer will appear, as illustrated below: Figure 12: Find a health facility by distance (1) 1.3.1 Screen Buttons _ Search by Buffer Button s Name Search by Buffer Results Minimize Close Hide Search by buffer Clear results Description To display search by buffer To show results To minimize search by buffer To close search by buffer To hide search by buffer To search in the desired buffer specified in the map To clear search results Table3: Search by buffer 14
From the previous figure, you can press on (Tools), and select search by buffer in the same screen. You can enter the name of the directorate (facility) in the search layer, Kilometres, then click on (search in buffer) icon, and click on the desired location on the map. The search results will show as follows: 13 : Find a health facility by distance (3) Figure From the previous figure, you can notice that by entering (Directorate type, and desired kilometres), then pressing (search in buffer button), and specifying the desired location to search on the map, the results will show up as illustrated above. The results include a list of all health facilities in the region according to the desired distance. You can select the health facility from the list of results for the location to be displayed on the map. 15
1.4 Search Nearest The GIS allows you to search for the nearest health facility by pressing (Tools), then selecting (Search nearest), a (Search nearest) will appear as illustrated below: Figure 14: Search nearest (1) 1.4.1 Screen Buttons- Search Nearest Window Button s Name Search Nearest Results Minimize Close Hide Search nearest Clear results Description To display search nearest To show results To minimize search nearest To close search nearest To hide search nearest To search the nearest location to what s specified in the map To clear search results Table 4: Search Nearest 16
From the pervious figure, you can press search tools, then select (search nearest), a search nearest will appear in the same screen. You can enter the facility type in search layer box, then press the ( search nearest icon), and click on the desired location to look for on the map. The results will show as illustrated below: 11 Figure : Search nearest (2) From the previous figure, you can see that by entering the facility (Directorate) type, then clicking the (search nearest) icon and specifying the desired location to look for on the map; the search results will show as illustrated above. The search results include all health facilities in that location. You can select the health facility from the results list to be displayed on the map, as illustrated above. 17
1.5 Search by Coordinates The GIS allows you to search by coordinates by clicking on Tools and selecting search by coordinates (XY), as illustrated below: Figure 16: Search by coordinates (1) 1.5.1 Screen buttons: Search by coordinates : Button s Name By coordinates Results Minimize Close Hide Locate Clear Description To show results by coordinates To show results To minimize the search by coordinates To close the search by coordinates To hide the search by coordinates To search for coordinates To clear results Table 5: Screen buttons: Search by coordinates 18
From the previous Figure, the user then clicks on Tools and selects search by coordinates. A search by coordinates will show up in the same screen, the user enters the coordinates ( east, north) and clicks locate for the requested results to appear as illustrated below: Figure 17: Search by coordinates (2) 19
1.6 Measure The system enables the user to measure distance, area as well as to identify the degree by pressing on Tools, and then selecting Measure. A for the measure feature will appear in the same screen, as illustrated below: 81 Figure :Measure Screen buttons Measure Window 1.6.1 Button s Name Minimize Close Area Distance Location Unit of Measure Description To minimize measure To close measure To measure the zone s area To measure the zone s distance To identify the location s degree To display and select the desired unit of measure Table 6: Screen button Measure 20
The user can utilize Measure feature to know the following: (measure zone s area, measure distance, identifying the locations by degree), by following the next step: Clicking on Tools and then selecting Measure Measure will appear in the same screen. To display the result of measuring a zone s area, please click on the icon, then specify the area on the map by clicking in the starting point, to the next point, and finally double click the end point. The following screen will appear: Figure 19: zone s Area To display the results of measuring distance, please click the icon, then specify the desired distance on the map by clicking on the starting point, then to the next point reaching to the end point and double click. The below screen will appear: 21
02 Figure : Measure distance To identify the degree of the location, please click the icon, and then press on the desired location. The below screen will appear: Figure 21: Measure - Location 22
1.7 Navigation For a complete navigation experience, the user can click on Navigation, the select the desired tool; the Navigation tool includes the following: (zoom in, zoom out, previous extent, next extent, full extent, move map, legend, overview map, bookmarks), as illustrated below. Figure 22: Navigation 23