Dagupan City e-SOC hosts PDRRMO on technical uses of LIDAR Map

(PHOTO:From -L-R) Ms. Karen Caybyab( PHEC Project Team Leader) Engr. Al Penamante( Supervising Consultant e-Smart Operation Center) Col. Popoy Oro (PDRRM Officer) ,Senior Staff Engr.Ruben Aquino(PDO),  Avenix Arenas( spokesperson PDRRMDO ), Joven Solis (PDRRMO staff) and Prof. Nicanor O. Melecio, MBM( Project Director ASEAN CHALLENGE 2015-2016)

Dagupan City e-SOC hosts PDRRMO on technical uses of LIDAR Map

August 11,2015, Dagupan City---Dagupan City 's e- Smart Operation Center (e-SOC) in response to the ASEAN CHALLENGE as An  Emerging Smart City recently hosted Pangasinan Disaster and Risk Reduction Management Office (PDRRMO) in the use of LIDAR Map and Arc-GIS.  The stream of visitors coming from various entities both public and private to Dagupan city's e-SOC is a growing testimony to Mayor Belen T. Fernandez’ vision of "bridging communities"  by providing solutions to common problems. On August 5, 2015 ,PDRRMDO led by Col. Popoy Oro) accompanied by Senior Staff Engr.Ruben Aquino, Avenix Arenas, and  Joven Solis showed the LIDAR maps received from U.P. DREAM to the Flood Trackers of Dagupan City's SOC . According to Engr. Al Penamante (e-SOC Supervising Consultant) and Flood Mapper led by Edward Ugale who undertook the review and evaluation , the "lidar" maps are "JPG" files only and cannot be manipulated by the Arc-GIS software to show elevation. It will be noted that Dagupan recently acquired its own "LIDAR MAP"  in " ADC" file which can show the terrain elevation as well as structure elevation using Arc-GIS.

Consequently, the PDRRDMO team were advised to follow up the original request signed by no less than Governor Amado T. Espino to UP Dreams  Project Director Dr. Paringit to provide the province with a LIDAR MAP in ADC file format and the corresponding End Users License Agreement (EULA) the same as that entered into by  City Mayor Fernandez and UP-DREAM Project Director Paringit.

The PDRRMO team agreed to do the follow up. In turn the Dagupan Flood Tracking Team assured them of the use of the e-SOC facilities, such as Arc-GIS software and their newly acquired work station equipped with 1 terra byte storage capacity which can easily store and process the expected "LIDAR MAP of Pangasinan" in its ADC file format.

(Ronnel A. De vera)