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Comagnie D’Energie Electrique du Togo
(Electric Power Company of Togo)
Mapping Electric Works for
a Village
The Electric Power Company of Togo (CEET)
was founded in 1963 to ensure the generation,
transmission, and distribution of electrical energy
in Togo. This map represents electric works and
equipment in the town of Kaboli in northeastern
Togo. This plan was established within the framework
of a project to expand electrification of villages and
manage customers with a database.
Map and data courtesy of Comagnie D’Energie Electrique du
Togo (Electric Power Company of Togo) (CEET).
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Department of Surveying and
Geoinformatics, University of Lagos,
Nigeria
Geomatics Engineering
for Effective
Telecommunication
Management
Maps and data courtesy of Department of Surveying and
Geoinformatics, University of Lagos, Nigeria, and Starcomms Plc.
Communication
services
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an
indispensable part of contemporary life, and in
Nigeria, information technology (IT) is the driving
force behind the efficiency of such systems.
Telecommunication service providers are enjoying
a large patronage. The ever-increasing number of
subscribers to these services calls for reengineering
these important utilities using appropriate modern
technology to cope with the demand.
The use of geomatics engineering was researched to
improve planning, implementation, and operation of
the telecommunication sector through the provision
of timely, reliable, sufficient, and accurate geospatial
data to facilitate decision making.
To achieve this, street network and facility distribution
network maps of the study area were vectorized, the
position of the telecommunication masts were plotted,
and the spatial database of the facility was designed
and created using a relational database model. The
system was tested by carrying out a number of GIS
queries and analysis. Good reception indoors and
outdoors were determined, and locations of black
spots in the Starcomms wireless network were also
determined. These maps show all base transreceiver
stations (BTS) with a mast height of 50 meters and
frequency of 613 gigahertz, all BTSs serviced by
maintenance zone B, the locations of all Starcomms
BTSs in Lagos state, and a buffer of 1.5 kilometers
around all BTSs.
With periodic updating and monitoring, geomatics
engineering tools will enable modeling and mapping
of the distribution networks and consumer databases,
which will, in turn, help improve load management,
loss reduction, better revenue realization, assets,
work management, and possibly better consumer
satisfaction and relationships.
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Office National de l’Eau et de
l’Assainissement (National Office for
Water and Sanitation)
Investment in Water and
Wastewater Infrastructure
in Burkina Faso
Maps and data courtesy of Office National de l’Eau et de
l’Assainissement.
Office National de l’Eau et de l’Assainissement
(ONEA) (National Office for Water and Sanitation)
is the nationwide utility managing water treatment,
drinking water distribution, and wastewater
collection in Burkina Faso. ONEA is responsible for
the engineering, operation, and maintenance of
equipment and water infrastructures entrusted to it
by the state and/or local authorities.
The goal is to serve population needs and economic
development while considering issues of water
stress in a responsible way. Toward that sustainable
development vision, ONEA developed a rich GIS
to describe existing infrastructures and to study
renovation and new construction programs.
As illustrated by the map examples, ONEA developed
a substantial series of thematic maps to bring a true
understanding of the situation to decision makers.
The maps show a summary of investments per city
over the last decade (2000–2009) using BoboDouliasso as an example; a summary and localization
of past, current, and future investment programs;
and a density map of infrastructures over the last two
decades (1992–2009) in Ouagadougou, the capital of
Burkina Faso.
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Office National d’Irrigation et de
Drainage (National Office for Irrigation
and Drainage)
Managing Urban
Development as a
Sustainable Vision
Maps and data courtesy of Office National d’Irrigation et de
Drainage.
Office National d’Irrigation et de Drainage (National
Office for Irrigation and Drainage) (ONID) is
managing all activities in agricultural water irrigation
perimeters. The agency is responsible for engineering,
operation, and maintenance of equipment and water
infrastructure in irrigation schemes on both the state
and local levels. ONID provides agricultural water,
manages irrigation flow, operates irrigation systems
and related networks, and provides assistance and
advice to agricultural water users.
To help decision makers promote agricultural
development while considering water stress within a
sustainable development vision, ONID developed a
rich GIS that describes agricultural land use, parcel
ownership, irrigation infrastructure to manage water
resources, and water consumption.
This map is an illustration of a land-use study in the
plain of Cheliff produced by using ArcGIS for Desktop
tools. The map on page 84 illustrates the final results
of ONID’s work with a complete view of all assets
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In confronting water stress, ONID’s mission is to
define a sustainable development plan by investment
in and management of modern infrastructures. ONID
is the Algerian national agency, placed under the
authority of the Ministry of Water Resources that
manages water resources and infrastructures for
agricultural activities.
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Senegal Rural Electrification Agency
(ASER)
GIS and Rural
Electrification
Development
Maps and data courtesy of Agence Sénégalaise d’Electrification
Rurale (ASER) (Senegal Rural Electrification Agency).
Located in the poverty-stricken, sub-Saharan region
of Africa known as the Sahel, the Republic of Senegal
hosts a population of thirteen million, of which more
than 55 percent live in rural areas. The electrification
rate in those areas currently stands at only 23 percent,
in sharp contrast to the urban areas, where about
80 percent of the residents are on the national grid.
Generally speaking, the electrification process is very
costly because of the huge investment required to
produce, transport, and distribute power. Traditional
electrification can require the investment of hundreds
of thousands of dollars before a single kilowatt of
electricity is generated. For developing countries like
Senegal, these costs pose virtually insurmountable
hurdles to electrification; however, without this
strategic resource, poverty in Senegal will surely be
perpetuated.
To jump-start the electrification process of rural
Senegal, the government is implementing an
ambitious program spearheaded by the Senegal
Rural Electrification Agency and sustained by
local initiatives. The goal is to bring electricity to
50 percent of those people residing in rural villages
during the next two or three years. With the use of
GIS technology, this agency can make an optimal
allocation of the limited resources provided by the
government for the benefit of thousands of the
rural poor, people who need access to an electricity
service compatible with their level of income.
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