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HE Shaikh Salman Bin Abdulla Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Head of the SLRB, received in his office on Thursday 31 May 2007 the Director of MAPS Group which is undertaking aerial photography project for the Kingdom of Bahrain for the year 2007 which began on 1.6.2007. The meeting took place in the presence of Mr. Naji Sabt, Director General of Survey and Mr. Waheed Hadi, Director of Topographic Survey.

Shaikh Salman praised the efforts being made to implement the project which is considered part of the strategic plans executed by the SLRB.

Mr. Naji Sabt explained that aerial photography will cover the entire Kingdom of Bahrain in accordance with the specifications and conditions specified by the SLRB in terms of scales and the airline route. Waheed Hadi said aerial photographs will be produced, using scale 1:5,000 and with a 10 cintemetres accuracy and photographs with a scale of 1: 25,000 and 60 cintemetres accuracy covering the Kingdom as a whole, including all marine lagoons (fashts) located within Bahrain's territorial waters in addition to an oblique photography for certain areas of multi-storey urban style, including Seef District, the Diplomatic Area and Juffair to obtain a more accurate and detailed data for three dimensional models.

The project will also make it possible to update and produce topographical, qualitative maps, GIS and analytical topographical studies to identify the changes which have occurred as a result of the constant reclamation work on Bahrain's coastal areas and monitor urban areas in Bahrain as a result of the urban development and progress witnessed by different areas of Bahrain. He concluded saying that the oldest aerial photography in Bahrain dates back to 1947 and that photography is done once every about five years, using different scales.