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Upgraded GeoInfo Map launched. More to be done.
The Lands Department quietly launched a revamped GeoInfo map (see: www.map.gov.hk). This makes HK smarter. But there is more to do. GeoInfo provides accurate maps and is part of the Common Spatial Data Infrastructure initiative by the Hong Kong Government. Everyone can now identify land/lot boundaries and their number. With click-through access to the paywall you can find out about private owners. There are many benefits. It certainly will help concern groups with monitoring and reporting eco-vandalism and incompatible developments. The maps also include lamp post and fire hydrant numbers, which helps accurate reporting of accidents, potholes, and fly-tipping for a faster response. You can search for public transport options and nearby facilities. Unlike Google there is no routing for pedestrians or private vehicles. In the future, overlays of the Transport Department maps of pedestrian, cycling and carriage ways, as well as traffic aids, should be included. Because InfoGeo Map is a survey measurement tool the correct stitching of satellite photos takes a lot of effort. As a result the OrthoMap offered is not refreshed as often as Google which can stretch photographs when they update their satellite maps. To compete the Lands Department should consider a direct click-through from the GeoInfo map to the aerial photographs it has produced since 1924. (https://www.landsd.gov.hk/mapping/en/paper_map/photo.htm) Glaring though is the absence of the boundaries of government responsibility over allocated and unallocated land. With one-click everyone should be able to find the name of the department responsible for a piece of land or structure – whether it is a road, park, utility, works site, building, vacant site, unallocated land, shore or beach. It is madness that it can take weeks and hundreds of man hours chasing around to find out who in Government has responsibility over a piece of land or structure. This has been done for slope maintenance responsibility, so why not for government land? (see: http://www2.slope.landsd.gov.hk/smris/map). Where there are disputes, the Lands Department should be given the responsibility to adjudicate between departments, determine the boundaries, and mark them on the map for everyone to see, at all times. 地政總署推出新版地理資訊地圖，為香港邁向智慧城市踏出重要的一步，但新版系統仍有可改進的地方。 新版地圖是一個空間數據共享平台，旨在提供更準確的資訊。市民可於新版地圖查閱土地或地段界線記錄、地段編號等，只要輕按地段編號，便可前往土地註冊處的綜合註冊資訊系統，付款後更可查閱土地擁有人等記錄。關注團體亦能使用新版地圖，監察和舉報生態破壞和不相容的發展。 新版地圖還顯示燈柱和消防栓號碼，有助準確和快速報告事故和非法傾倒泥頭等。 雖然市民現在可於新版地圖查閱公共交通運輸工具和鄰近設施，卻與Google地圖不同，未能顯示行人及車輛道路。政府將來可考慮於新版地圖包括運輸署的行人路，單車和車輛行車道地圖，以及交通輔助設施地圖等。 地政總署自1924年起便開始製定航空照（可參閱https://www.landsd.gov.hk/mapping/tc/paper_map/photo.htm）。新版地理資訊地圖現階段是一種測量工具，政府可仿效Google 地圖自動定期更新或縮放衛星圖片功能，並於新版地圖連接上衛星圖片供市民查閱。 此外，政府地圖需讓市民清楚查閱負責/擁有/管理各土地或結構的部門名稱 - 無論是道路，公園，公用設施，工地，建築，空地，未分配的土地，海岸或海灘。現在，市民需花數十小時至數週去尋找管理或擁用土地和結構的政府部門。政府已經完成了斜坡維護責任地圖（可參閱：http://www2.slope.landsd.gov.hk/smris/disclaimer?lg=tc），為什麼不為新版地理資訊地圖的政府土地標示出負責管理的政府部門呢？ 如在土地管理權上有爭議，地政總署應負責在各部門之間進行裁決，確定職權界線，並在地圖上標記，供市民隨時查閱。 |
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