User:Asmatali

Serving as Director at Survey of Pakistan. In 1991, I got post graduate diploma in Land Survey from Survey Training Institute Islamabad Pakistan as well as Professional Master Degree in Geoinformatics in 1998 from ITC, The Netherlands. Then after spending about ten years in Geo-information production discipline at Survey of Pakistan I switched over from Geo-information production to Geo-information management and in 2008 earned Master of Science Degree in Geo-information Management from ITC, The Netherlands. Presently am working as Central Database Administrator in Survey of Pakistan. I have been identified by SDI-Asia and Pacific as focal point for SDI in Pakistan. My research and interest areas are GeoICT that includes but not limited to: Spatial Data Infrastructure-SDI, Spatial databases, Geographic Information System (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS), Cartography, GIS Data Conversion, Land Surveying and Cadastre. Some of my publication are:

Factors influencing integrated information management: Spatial data infrastructure in Pakistan https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/02666669211048483

The Evolution of National Spatial Data Infrastructure in Pakistan- Implementation Challenges and the Way Forward https://ijsdir.sadl.kuleuven.be/index.php/ijsdir/article/view/500

National Spatial Data Infrastructure vs. Cadastre System for Economic Development: Evidence from Pakistan https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/2/188

Is Public Private Partnership an Effective Instrument to Implement SDIs? 

Spatial Data Infrastructure for Land Administration in Pakistan.  What does Spatial Data Infrastructure mean to Pakistan? 

Natural Resources-Neglected Pillars of Pakistan’s Economy. 

Assessing Readiness for National Geospatial Data Clearinghouse-A Milestone for SDI Development in Pakistan. 

Assessing SDI Readiness in Pakistan 

Is e-Government an SDI Implementation Strategy? 

Is Indian NSDI an example to follow?, Available at

NSDI Implementation Strategies. Available at: 

Pitfalls of SDI's Hierarchy. 

Potential of Public-Private Partnership for NSDI Implementation in Pakistan.