Lands department launches 3d maps for lantau, kowloon with street image function, available on online platform open3dhk for smart city development
The Lands Department (LandsD) today (June 28) launched a 3D Visualisation Map of Lantau and the Islands, a 3D Indoor Map of Kowloon East and Kowloon Central as well as a new street image function "Streetscape 360" for the previously launched 3D Visualisation Map of Kowloon East and Kowloon Central, which are available on the online application platform "Open3Dhk".
The 3D Visualisation Map of Lantau and the Islands covers around 16 600 buildings and about 660 infrastructure facilities, including flyovers, footbridges and subways. The 3D Indoor Map of Kowloon East and Kowloon Central covers around 130 buildings including government and private buildings, and community facilities, and provides information on floor locations, units and points-of-interest for promoting innovative indoor data applications such as location-based services, tourism and indoor navigation.
Moreover, the new "Streetscape 360" function is added to the 3D Visualisation Map of Kowloon East and Kowloon Central released by the LandsD in December 2022 and September 2023 respectively, offering 360-degree street-level panoramic images for users to virtually navigate through the streets of the city.
The datasets of the abovementioned 3D Digital Maps, relevant Application Programming Interface services and sample codes have been uploaded to the Common Spatial Data Infrastructure Portal (portal.csdi.gov.hk) and "Open3Dhk" (3d.map.gov.hk) for free downloading by the public to facilitate the development of web services and smart applications by the innovation and technology sector as well as the academia.
To promote smart city development, the LandsD will continue to develop and release 3D Digital Maps for other districts.
2024 honours list and justices of the peace (jps) appointments revealed in government gazette - 502 honours awards and 59 jp appointments announced today.
The 2024 Honours List and Justices of the Peace (JPs) appointments are published in the Government Gazette today (July 1).
For the Honours List, a total of 502 persons have been awarded by the Chief Executive this year. Details are as follows:
Award |
Number |
(a) Grand Bauhinia Medal (GBM) |
5 |
(b) Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) |
12 |
(c) Silver Bauhinia Star (SBS) |
24 |
(d) Distinguished Service Medals for the disciplined services and the ICAC |
14 |
(e) Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) |
40 |
(f) Meritorious Service Medals for the disciplined services and the ICAC |
46 |
(g) Medal of Honour (MH) |
105 |
(h) Chief Executive's Commendation for Community Service |
86 |
(i) Chief Executive's Commendation for Government/Public Service |
170 |
502 |
The citations of the award recipients of the 2024 Honours List are provided in Appendix 1.
A Government spokesman said, "The award recipients come from different walks of life with diverse backgrounds. They have made significant contributions to Hong Kong, benefitting various domains and sectors of the community, including public and community service, education, medical and public health, finance, trade and industry, innovation and technology, charity, arts and culture, sports, housing, transport, construction and urban development, environment, religion, labour and welfare, women and youth affairs, and professional services. The Chief Executive expresses gratitude and extends congratulations to all award recipients, and hopes that they will continue to excel in their own fields and serve the community."
The presentation ceremony for the awards will be held later this year.
Moreover, a total of 59 persons have been appointed as JPs by the Chief Executive, of whom 42 were appointed under section 3(1)(b) of the Justices of the Peace Ordinance (Cap. 510) (commonly referred to as Non-official JPs), and 17 were appointed under section 3(1)(a) of the same ordinance (commonly referred to as Official JPs).
The main function of JPs is to visit correctional institutions, detention centres or other institutions to ensure their effective management and that no individual is unfairly treated or deprived of his or her rights. JPs will ensure that complaints lodged by individuals are handled in a fair and transparent manner.
The name list of JPs appointed under section 3(1)(b) and section 3(1)(a) of the Justices of the Peace Ordinance is provided in Appendix 2.
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