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to be the prototype of a CSDI. However, Thomas Chan
Chung-Ching, Director of Lands said, “in terms of size, the

current datasets in Hong Kong are just like a local grocery
store, not comparable to a large supermarket.”

Therefore, the government's main task in the future is to
continue to expand data stations, digitise more land-related
information, and collect more information related to urban
infrastructures and facilities, and public services through
cooperation with different departments, public and private

098 organisations, and to gradually open the data. Resulting in
the enrichment of the scope and content of datasets; it is
expected to complete the work by the end of 2022.

Future

With the emergence of the internet of things (IoT), the
GIS has become the most enabling medium. The IoT is
huge, and the connected objects are far more numerous
than humans. It is estimated that from 2015 to 2025, the
electronic devices which are installed with sensors will

grow fivefold to more than 75 billion. Combining these
fragmented real-time data by spatial location and artificial