Abdulhakim Malik, Director of Information Technology Department.
Dubai Municipality has announced a new electronic service as part of its e-Government initiative to provide the public with visual information products and services including images and videos, through the civic body's web portal: www.dm.gov.ae.
Abdullah Al Shaibani, Assistant Director General of Dubai Municipality, said the initiative is the result of a new major public-private partnership between Dubai Municipality and Photint Technology. The joint alliance will be known as Dubai Photint, and the roll-out program and deliverables will be branded and marketed as Oyoon.
'The new venture is a natural and logical extension of e-Government services and its purpose is to introduce and provide state-of-the-art visual information products and services,' he said.
Through a marriage of skills and resources - the Dubai e-Government initiatives, Municipality archive library, its data reserves, access to present and future infrastructure developments, and Photint's breakthrough image capture and processing technology - a family of Services and Products will be made available through Oyoon for use by other government authorities, commercial enterprises, educational and charitable institutions, and eventually the public at large, Al Shaibani explained.
He noted that work has also begun on developing the Middle East's first, branded, multi-lingual, multi-format image collection. Using Photint technology and the Dubai Government's image archives, this image bank will tell, through the eyes of the camera, the story of Dubai - its historic past, the evolving present and its undoubtedly iconic future. The new initiative will act as a global platform for independent publishers and photographers to distribute their creativity to the global audience.
Abdulhakim Malik, Director of Information Technology Department, said:
'The Oyoon products and services recognize that 'content is king' and richer the content greater will be the impact and more deserving will be the reward. It represents the nurturing and acceleration of existing assets, which will grow and be leveraged in many ways and directions, by a gamut of mixed users,' added Malik
Tim Brookes, of Photint Technology said: 'We will, in essence, be providing the most contemporary and imaginative imaging technology to visually represent the most contemporary global societies. Through a 360 approach, not just to content capture but also to the way in which images are enhanced, delivered and distributed, our mission is to do justice to past, present and perhaps, most importantly, future Dubai. A first in the series of Oyoon deliverables will be the production of DVDs containing the very first interactive, highline 360 degree still and video capture of Dubai City.'
'The new venture is a natural and logical extension of e-Government services and its purpose is to introduce and provide state-of-the-art visual information products and services,' he said.
Through a marriage of skills and resources - the Dubai e-Government initiatives, Municipality archive library, its data reserves, access to present and future infrastructure developments, and Photint's breakthrough image capture and processing technology - a family of Services and Products will be made available through Oyoon for use by other government authorities, commercial enterprises, educational and charitable institutions, and eventually the public at large, Al Shaibani explained.
He noted that work has also begun on developing the Middle East's first, branded, multi-lingual, multi-format image collection. Using Photint technology and the Dubai Government's image archives, this image bank will tell, through the eyes of the camera, the story of Dubai - its historic past, the evolving present and its undoubtedly iconic future. The new initiative will act as a global platform for independent publishers and photographers to distribute their creativity to the global audience.
Abdulhakim Malik, Director of Information Technology Department, said:
'As e-media enters the mainstream of the mix, it is of huge importance that Dubai, with its exponential growth and increasing world focus and interest, is presented in the most creative and visually exciting manner, and with Dubai Photint we can ensure that the interactive 'Virtual Tours' match the real experience.'
'The Oyoon products and services recognize that 'content is king' and richer the content greater will be the impact and more deserving will be the reward. It represents the nurturing and acceleration of existing assets, which will grow and be leveraged in many ways and directions, by a gamut of mixed users,' added Malik
Tim Brookes, of Photint Technology said: 'We will, in essence, be providing the most contemporary and imaginative imaging technology to visually represent the most contemporary global societies. Through a 360 approach, not just to content capture but also to the way in which images are enhanced, delivered and distributed, our mission is to do justice to past, present and perhaps, most importantly, future Dubai. A first in the series of Oyoon deliverables will be the production of DVDs containing the very first interactive, highline 360 degree still and video capture of Dubai City.'
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