The Development of The ASEAN Mineral Database

Mohamad Fitri Bin Ramlifitri@sgis.com.my

Consultant

SGIS I-Net Sdn Bhd

http:// www.sgis.com.my

Our Company

SGIS I-net Sdn. Bhd., started as a department in Sepakat Computer Consultant Sdn. Bhd. in 1992 and was incorporated as a subsidiary in June 1998 to focus explicitly on the development of Geographic Information System (GIS) and Internet applications.

In April 2005, the new board of directors acquired the company's equity from Sepakat Computer Consultant Sdn Bhd. thus establishing the company to be completely independent from Sepakat Computer Consultant Sdn. Bhd.

This episode formally marks the progress made by SGIS I-net Sdn. Bhd. to become a full-fledge IT company that focuses on GIS and Internet application development along with the necessary services including IT support and data preparation services.

Backed by more than 13 years of IT experience in land systems, land management, GIS, remote sensing, web application and the related services the team at Sepakat GIS I-net Sdn. Bhd. has acquired hundreds of man-years' worth of business skills and technological expertise. The group is the pioneers of GIS and the related industry in the country and continues to spearhead the development of many important GIS sites and activities in

Malaysia.

ASSETS

Paid up Capital RM 1,000,000.00Authorised Capital: RM 1,000,000.00Employees 30 Locally in Kuala Lumpur

12 Contract Staff Nationwide

Principle Activities

SGIS I-Net Sdn. Bhd. has as its core activities engagements in the Internet and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).Current activities in the company comprise 3 broad categories according to the technologies and skills applied, namely GIS, Internet application and IT related consultation. The suite of services available in the Company include:

Internet, Intranet and Extranet ServicesGeographic Information System (GIS) ServicesIT Strategy, Implementation & Management ServicesIT Staff Training, Planning & Development ServicesMaintenance and Customer Support

Internet Applications

Emphasizing on web-enabling of distributed databases, information sharing and on-line updating, the areas of applications that have been developed are:

Enterprise and Corporate PortalE CommerceEnterprise solutionRich Internet ApplicationMessaging services deployment and managementNewsgroups creation and management

List of Our Customers

• Government Sector– Jabatan Mineral dan

Geosains– Kementerian Pertahanan– Jabatan Perangkaan– Jabatan Perikanan– Jabatan Haiwan– SUK Pahang – SUK Negeri Sembilan– SUK Selangor– Kementerian Tanah &

Pembangunan Koperasi• SPDK Upgrade• NALIS (K.T.P.K) • NALIS Second Phase

– Kementerian Sains & Teknologi

– Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia

• Government Sector (Cont’d)– Institut Penyelidikan Galian

Malaysia– Jabatan Perhutanan

Semenanjung Malaysia– Perak State Treasury– PSEDC (Perak)– Kementerian Belia & Sukan– Majlis Peperiksaan Malaysia– Majlis Perbandaran

Seremban– Majlis Bandaraya Ipoh– Pejabat Tanah & Galian

Negeri Sembilan– Jabatan Bekalan Air

Trengganu– Jabatan Kerja Raya

List of Our Customers (Cont’d)

• Education Sector– Universiti ITM (UITM)– Universiti Teknologi

Malaysia (UTM)– Universiti Pertanian

Malaysia (UPM)– Universiti Malaya– Universiti Islam Malaysia

• Telco and Utilities– Telekom Malaysia Bhd – Tenaga Nasional Berhad– Sarawak Electricity Supply

Corp– Lembaga Letrik Sabah

• Transportation– Johor Port Malaysia– Miri Port Authority– Keretapi Tanah Melayu

Berhad

• Banking Sector– Bank Muamalat Malaysia

Bhd– Bank Bumiputra Malaysia

Berhad– BSN Commercial– Cempaka Finance Berhad– Affin Credit Berhad– MBF Finance Bhd– Malayan Banking Berhad

• Other Sectors– Utusan Melayu Group– United Nations

Developments– Kumpulan Karangkraf– Perbadanan Kemajuan

Kraftangan

List of Our Customers (Cont’d)

• ISP– Putrajaya SmartSchool– Universiti Malaya

– Treasury Malaysia

– Ministry of Human Resource– Dept. of Town & Country

Planning.– Padi Beras Nasional Berhad

– Sistem Permodenan Pejabat Tanah

– Putrajaya Convention Centre

– NAPIC– And Others

• GIS– Jabatan Mineral dan Geosains– Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan– Jabatan Perangkaan– Jabatan Alam Sekitar– Jabatan Perhutanan Malaysia– Asean Institute of Forest

Management– Institut Peyelidikan Perikanan– Institut Peyelidikan Galian

(Perak)– Universiti Teknologi Malaysia– Jabatan Pertanian– Jabatan Kajicuaca– Universiti Pertanian Malaysia- Jabatan Perancangan Bandar

dan Desa

Proposed Solution

Objective

To develop an application for sharing of mineral database accommodating the need to access and update the database to ensure currency and proper dissemination of the data

Principal of Solution

CONSISTENT

USER FRIENDLY

SCALABLE RELIABLE

SECURED

INTEGRATED

Application features

• Web base application.• Distributed database design.• Open integration• Extendible for GIS features.

N-Tier Approach

Solution Architecture

Proposed Infrastructure Architecture

Data Sharing

SOAP request for web service

SOAP respond from web service

Data

Data

Report request

Formatted Report

*SOAP- Simple Object Access Protocol

Advantages of web services

• Easy integrations• Secure and protected• Integration at application layer not database

layer.• Each data maintained by each custodian.• Open integration which others application.• Platform independence

GIS (Future Development)

Proposed Software

Application Server- Macromedia Coldfusion MXRDBMS- MSSQL ServerDevelopment tools- Dreamweaver MX

Why Macromedia CFMX

ODBCOracleSybaseInformix

DB2MySQL

PostgreSQL

Relational Databases

ExchangeLotus Notes

GroupWisePOP

Server

Email Servers

NT Domains

Active Directory

LDAP Server

DB Directory

EnterpriseDirectories

MiddlewareCOM

CORBAEJB

Java/C++

EnterpriseSystems

HTMLFlashXML

Web ServicesJava Servlets

FTP/HTTP

InternetStandards

ColdFusion MX

Why Macromedia CFMX

Windows 2003Windows XP

Windows 2000Windows NT

SolarisHP-UX

AIX

Red HatSuSE

TurboLinux

COLDFUSION MX

Proposed Hardware

Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) 1800 ServerMicrosoft(R) Windows(R) SBS 2003 Standard Edition

2 X Intel(R) Xeon(TM) Processor 3.0GHz/1M, 800MHz FSB

2GB (4x512), DDR-2 400MHz ECC 1R Memory 3 Years Next Business Day (8x5) Onsite Response (Parts + Labour)

80GB (7200 RPM) SATA Hard Drive

Development Approach

Iterative development.Concurrent designObject Oriented

Project Start-Up

Assessment &Requirement Stage

Planning Stage

Design &Development Stage

ImplementationStage

Acceptance TestingStage

Production (Post-Implementation)

Stage

Establish Project TeamsDefine Project ObjectivesDefine roles and responsibilitiesInitial Project Plan consisting of projectscope of work, project schedule.Project kick-off meeting.

Review business, client and systemrequirements.Review and confirm on the requirementsof the proposed solution

Generate revised and final Project PlanReview Technical AnalysisDefine critical success factorsDefine scope of workRevised Project Team membersPrepare Project ScheduleGenerate Aceptance CriteriaGenerate Project Quality Plan

Development or customization of anysoftware (if required)Application developmentSolution prototype development

Install and configure hardware and/orsoftwarePrepare Test PlansPrepare documentations

Perform User Acceptance Tests baseupon test criteria and test casesgenerated in the Test PlanConfirm solutions and productfunctionalities meet the requirements.

Review of implementation deliverables.Knowledge transfer to client support staffAssist client in generating a support plandetailing the support procedures of thesystem.

Initial Project PlanProject Objectives & approachProject organization structureProject scope and deliverablesProject schedule

Requirements documentSolution requirements andintegration requirements

Revised Finalized ProjectPlan

Customized software/application

Hardware acceptancedocumentSolution implementationdocumentAcceptance Test Plan

Acceptance Test Plan -Results

User and Operations manualKnowledge transfer sessionmaterialsSupport Plan

PROJECT CLOSURE

Phase Project Activities Project Deliverables

Development Life Cycle

Assessment & requirement RequisitePro

Rational Unified Process

Assessment & requirement > Design& Modeling > Development > Testing > Implementation

Software Requirement Specifications

Development Life Cycle

Assessment & requirement > Design& Modeling > Development > Testing > Implementation

Design and ModelingROSE

XDE

Design Models

Component1

Database Model

Component Model

System Design

Software Requirement Specifications

Development Life Cycle

Assessment & requirement > Design& Modeling > Development > Testing > Implementation

Development

System Design

Component1

Component1

Component1

Component1

Component1

Application

Development Life Cycle

Assessment & requirement > Design& Modeling > Development > Testing > Implementation

Testing

Application

Testing Document

Unit Test

Integration Test

Application Test

Security Test

Stress Test

Test result document

Development Life Cycle

Assessment & requirement > Design& Modeling > Development > Testing > Implementation

Implementation

Installation

Network configuration

Connection test

Security Test

Stress Test

Systems up and running

Implementation Strategy

Support and Warranty

6 months after signing of FAT8-5 X 5 days telephone and web support2 days respond time

Problem handling

Client (WGMD) call

Support via Telephone

•Key in fault into helpdesk system support•Route to support officer

•Support officer will call the client•Analyze the problem with client.•Advice the client

Support via web (RDS)•Log into the system using RDS

Onsite Support

•Our support officer will be there within 2 days after step 2

End

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER APPROACH

Application Training• Objective

– To expose the user to the new application and how to use, trouble shoot, maintain and backup.

• Number of days– To be determined

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER APPROACH

SeminarsSeminars are used mostly to do transfer technical knowledge, user requirement and policies.