Addressing misrepresentations of the geomatics industry, legislative impact

Geomatics involves the measurement, collection, analysis, interpretation and management of spatial data derived from the earth's surface, subsurface, including oceans, and even space. It has wide applications across many industries, including oil and gas.

PETALING JAYA: There appears to be little evidence provided to substantiate the Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry (NRES)'s recent claim that the industry is riddled with poor data collection, says practitioners in the geomatics industry.

In a statement to The Star in response to NRES' claim that the poor collection of geomatics data is costing the government “millions” (www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2024/10/03/poor-collection-of-geomatics-data-costing-government-039millions039-says-nres), the geomatics professionals under the ambit of the Institution of Geospatial and Remote Sensing Malaysia (IGRSM) said the suggestion by the regulators that the local geomatics industry is suffering from significant data collection failures is a very broad claim that needs to be proven.