Dubai: In line with the directives of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Duba, to transform Dubai into the smartest city in the world, Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, inaugurated the Makani (My location) initiative for geographic address systems that was completed by the Dubai Municipality.
The first of its kind in the world, the system will enable users to reach different locations across Dubai with great precision. The new Smart System receives its coordinates directly from satellites that provide various forms of information regarding access to buildings and installations.
During his meeting with the project’s work team, Shaikh Hamdan placed the digital address plate of Emirates Towers on the building’s wall.
Shaikh Hamdan said, “We are keen to launch quality initiatives that contribute to the achievement of the vision of Shaikh Mohammad to transform Dubai into the smartest city in the world and demonstrate our seriousness in creating a global role model of a smart city.
“We always focus on providing innovative solutions for achieving happiness for both residents and visitors,” he added. “These solutions are linked to the details of their daily life and how to facilitate it. Since the announcement of the initiative to transform Dubai into the smartest city across the globe, the world is watching the emirate to make its experience a standard measure.”
Shaikh Hamdan emphasised that the transition to a smart city model requires the development of applications and intelligent services, along with a qualitative change in engineering and finding the best digital infrastructure.
In a city which has 10 million tourists visit it annually and where more than 200 nationalities reside, such a system is much needed, Shaikh Hamdan said.
