The Singapore Geospatial Masterplan (2024-2033) (“Masterplan“) was launched on 6 March 2024 at the Geo Connect Asia 2024 opening ceremony by Mr Edwin Tong, Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, and Second Minister for Law. The Masterplan will enable geospatial-enabled innovations to benefit more segments of society, while addressing the complex challenges Singapore faces as an island-nation. Building on the first masterplan, this second iteration integrates land and marine spatial data development and charts the trajectory of national geospatial development for the next decade across terrestrial and maritime domains, towards the vision of Singapore as “A Leading Global Geospatial Hub”.
Spearheaded by the Singapore Land Authority (“SLA“) and Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (“MPA“), the Master Plan outlines three key strategies for geospatial development over the next decade – Mainstreaming, Deepening Capabilities and Going Global. Under these key pillars, several new strategic partnerships and key initiatives were unveiled.
Mainstreaming
(a) Pioneering Preventive Healthcare for a Healthier Future. At the event, two SLA collaborations were signed: (i) with SingHealth Community Hospitals to co-develop a living asset map portal tailored for social prescribing; and (ii) with the Ministry of Health Office for Healthcare Transformation to expand the Digital Local Connect initiative to benefit more neighbourhoods.
(b) Barrier-Free Access Routing Function to Promote Inclusivity. SLA launched the barrier-free access routing function on OneMap, as an additional mode of wayfinding, in support of the Enabling Master Plan 2030.
Deepening Capabilities
(a) Leveraging Synergies Between Geospatial and Generative AI. Following the successful launch of the SLA OneMap GPT Challenge in October 2023 to explore ways to incorporate AI technologies for innovative solutions on OneMap, two winning teams revealed their prototypes at the opening event.
(b) Using Marine Data to Support Climate Change Protection and Adaptation Planning. GeoSpace-Sea is an initiative by MPA to integrate and provide access to authoritative and consolidated marine and coastal geospatial data.
(c) Driving Geospatial Innovations Across Maritime Domains. MPA is building capabilities across various domains to establish comprehensive situational awareness of its operating environment to support operations planning and incident management.
(d) Education and Training. SLA is working with key partners to provide more opportunities for mid-career professionals to make the shift into the geospatial technologies and industries.
Going Global
Singapore has and will continue to exercise thought leadership and participate actively in various international forums and initiatives.
Click on the following links for more information:
- Opening Address by Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong SC at Geo Connect Asia 2024 (available on the Ministry of Law website at www.mlaw.gov.sg)
- 10-year Singapore Geospatial Master Plan outlines key land and maritime initiatives for geospatial enabled outcomes to improve lives and enable solutions to complex urban challenges (available on the MPA website at www.mpa.gov.sg)
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