Egypt's survey authority to build two data centers in digital shift

Egypt's irrigation minister outlined a digital transformation plan that will launch two data centers for the Egyptian General Survey Authority before expanding nationwide.

• Irrigation Minister Hani Sweilam convened a meeting to review the Egyptian General Survey Authority's digital transformation plan.
• The authority has digitized its fixed-station network's text data, geodetic data and topographic map files, with paper map scanning under way.
• The plan establishes data centers at the authority's headquarters and one governorate directorate as a first phase ahead of the nationwide rollout.
• Sweilam said digital transformation is a core pillar of the second-generation Water System 2.0 program.