Al Murshid - iPad Version
iPad / Navigation
A bilingual (Arabic/English) iOS app developed by The Centre for GIS - Ministry of Municipality & Urban Planning - State of Qatar. As the meaning of its name in Arabic implies, Al Murshid guides its users through geospatial related services and displays Aerial/Satellite imagery and vector maps for streets, street names, landmark symbols for the State of Qatar and provides the following services:
- Search/Locate address through Qatar Area reference (QARS) address data i.e. Building Number, Street Number, Zone Number.
- Search/Locate Landmarks (POIs) by entering whole or part of landmark name.
- Search/Locate Geographic names through entering whole or part of Geographic name.
- Search/Locate a user personal geographic bookmarks.
- Marking and tracking current user location.
- Spatial query and distances for landmarks from either current location or selected landmark.
The new version is designed specifically for iPad and a new version for iPhone will be released soon. This version was completely redesigned with the following additional functionalities:
- Searching and locating Parcels Identification Numbers "PIN".
- Searching and locating Zones, Districts and streets.
- Locating coordinates.
- Coordinates conversion between Qatar National Grid "QND95" and "WGS84" and vice-versa.
- Landmark identification with photographs.
- Map drawing according to predefined selectable scales.
- Tools for map navigation.
- Problem reporting related to addresses and landmarks.
Quoi de neuf dans la dernière version ?
Modified search functionality of Parcels
Major changes in Land Use functionality
Improved performance and bugs fixed
