The Development Bureau today launched the District-based Spatial Information Dashboard and the Geo-tagging Tool.

They are two of the four quick-win projects under the Common Spatial Data Infrastructure (CSDI) implemented by the bureau for promoting smart city development.

The dashboard is a web-based application comprising three prototypes of temporary vacant government sites, elderly services and childcare services.

It presents on a single screen the district-based analytics that are of interest to the public, using simple interactive data visualisation tools.

The tool is a convenient web-based tool that allows the public, who do not have advanced technical skills in operating a geographic information system, to geo-enable their own data.

Both of them are free of charge via the Hong Kong GeoData Store – CSDI Portal.

The CSDI aims to provide a map-based digital infrastructure to enhance the use, management, discovery and sharing of spatial data for robust policy-making, driving innovation and value creation of society.

The other two quick-win projects are Map Application Programming Interface, which has been launched since December 3 last year and Address Data Infrastructure, which will be made available to facilitate address searching by the fourth quarter this year.