Latihan: BOMBA Selangor dapat latihan QGIS
Dalam perbincangan kolaborasi antara JPBD dan BOMBA untuk membangunkan peta pili barukini, pihak BOMBA telah menyuarakan minat untuk mendapat latihan QGIS dari JPBD serta bantuan untuk tunjuk ajar staf mereka teknik untuk menyediakan kawasan tadahan bagi stesen bomba sedia ada dan cadangan. Kawasan tadahan stesen hendaklah merangkumi keluasan 10min response time. Saya jawab akan saya cuba tetapi no promises kerana ketika tu tak pasti adakah dan apakah modul yang sesuai dalam QGIS. Seperti biasa setelah mengodek-godek QGIS nampak jawabnya adalah modul Road Graph plugin. Setelah menjalankan percubaan berasaskan peta jalan Alor Setar, menandakan origin dan destination serta memberi anggaran kasar bagi tahap kelajuan kereta BOMBA lalu di "run"-kan modul tersebut. Dalam beberapa saat, jarak terdekat atau "shortest distance available" dipaparkan. Berasaskan kejayaan ini, satu prototaip kawasan tadahan stesen disediakan bagi stesen BOMBA diDamansara, Selangor dan pihak BOMBA amat berpuashati dengan hasil ini. Dalam latihan yang diberi, 2 pegawai yang langsung tidak pernah guna GIS diberi latihan QGIS sepanjang hari: teori belah pagi dan applikasi belah petang. Kawasan projek perinitis mereka adalah daerah Petaling dan menjelang 4:30 petang, mereka dapat siapkan kawasan tadahan stesen sedia ada secara kasar dan akan bermula menyediakan kawasan tadahan stesen bagi cadangan stesen baru selanjutnya. Manual pengguna yang disediakan oleh pengarang terdapat disini.
Training: BOMBA Selangor get trained in QGIS
From collaborative discussion between JPBD and BOMBA to develop the latest fire hydrant plan, the fire department made known their interest to get QGIS training from JPBD and assistance in guiding their staff in the technique of preparing a catchment area for existing and propose fire stations. The catchment area needs to have a coverage of 10mins response time. I told them I would try but no promises since I was not sure if there was a suitable module in QGIS. After tinkering with QGIS, it appears that the answer is the Road Graph module plugin. After a few trials base on the Alor Setar plan, doing an origin-destination and rough estimate of the average speed of the fire engine, I made the module run. In a few seconds, the shortest distance available appeared. Based on this success, a prototype catchment area for fire stations was prepared from the BOMBA station at Damansara Selangor and the BOMBA authorities were most satisfied with the output. Training was given and 2 officers whom had no experience whatsoever in GIS were given QGIS training the whole day long: theory in the morning and application in the evening. Their project area was the Petaling district and by 4:30p.m. they had already completed a catchment area for an existing fire station and will proceed to prepare the propose catchment area later. The author's user manual is located here.
BOMBA Selangor
Azmi Sadon (azmiesadon@yahoo.com)
Mohd.Zamri Mohd Ayub (resqboy@yahoo.com)
Abbas, I'm curious about the topics you discuss in your training sessions.
ReplyDeleteCan you post an outline of the day-to-day topics that are discussed? And, what's the profile of your participants?
Basically, a brief introduction of OSS and QGIS. Then GIS basics followed by software acquisition, installation and plugin configuration. Next, how to transform physical features represented by point, line and polygon into GIS format. Then, how to rectify topology and attribute error. Lastly, how to use key modules often used for planning purpose e.g. Query Builder, Print Composer, GeoReferencing, OpenLayers, Delimitied Text Layer and eVis depending on how quick they learn. Main participants were from local authorities and state planning departments but upon request from whatever government agency we have provided QGIS training. So far so good, I've managed to answer most of their questions and they leave happy.
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