New geospatial systems help Sabah prepare for disaster

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s vulnerability to landslides and earthquakes has prompted a call to urgently adopt two newly ­developed geospatial systems to strengthen disaster preparedness and improve land-use planning.

The National Geospatial Terrain and Slope Information System (NaTSIS) and the Malaysian Minerals and Geoscience Geospatial Information System (MyGEM) were presented during a four-day engagement programme in Sandakan that brought together 17 government agencies.