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31.10.2003
Crossing municipal borders in map sharing in Southwest Finland
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ICT Turku Oy Project Assistant, Timo Huttunen (left) and Master Planning Engineer of Turku, Olavi Ahola scrutinise plans in the electronically stored land use atlas. |
The Regional Council of Southwest Finland updates the regional maps in the electronic atlas, while the municipalities take care of the joint plans and their own master plans and detailed plans. Thanks to the technical compatibility of maps made possible by the electronic land use atlas the municipalities will have the option of outsourcing maintenance of plan maps.
"Land use is of interest to regional and urban planners, owners of real estate, consultants, credit agencies and surveying officials among others." Mr. Pekka Hallikainen, director of planning in the subregion of east Uusimaa, anticipates that the electronic atlas developed in Southwest Finland will make land use planning more efficient and easy. The fact that the maps transcend administrative borders makes it easier to form an overall picture, especially near regional borders. "The Turku area is a pioneer and an electronic atlas like this offers an alternative to ordering maps, copying and mailing. At last both officials and consumers can focus on their own work instead of spending time acquiring and archiving papers", says Mr. Hallikainen.
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Pekka Hallikainen |
This electronically compiled atlas developed by ICT Turku Oy is a good action model for comparable map and location information services anywhere in Finland. The technical realisation of the electronic land use atlas is the work of the Department of Geography, University of Turku. The development work was funded by the Environmental Centre of Southwest Finland, the Regional Council of South-West Finland and the EU Regional Development Fund. The development work formed part of the joint InnoELLI programme of Southern Finland.
Electronic Plan Atlas: www.lounaispaikka.fi
Further information:
ICT Turku Oy Timo Huttunen, Project Assistant tel. +358 40 719 2335 timo.huttunen@ictturku.com |
ICT Turku Oy Sirpa Simola, Project Manager Tel. +358 50 557 0031 sirpa.simola@ictturku.com |
Turun kaupunki Olavi Ahola, Master Planning Engineer tel. +358 50 541 7925 olavi.ahola@turku.fi |
Itä-Uudenmaan liitto Pekka Hallikainen, Planning Chief tel. +358 40 580 3126 pekka.hallikainen@ita-uusimaa.fi |
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