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ESCAP‐ITU Interactive Terrestrial Transmission Maps:

Current Status and Proposals for Phase II of Map Development

Expert Consultation on the Asian Information Superhighway and Regional Connectivity 

24 & 25 September 2013, Manila, Philippines

Chris EmbersonPaul Hamilton

Hamilton Research Ltd

Chris Emberson, Senior GIS Expert, ITU

Mapping transmission networks in Asia‐Pacific region

Technical architect – Interactive Transmission Map

Hamilton Research Ltd ‐ ESCAP

Asian Highway, Trans‐Asian Railway, UN Map data

Structure of presentation

Project progress to date

Challenges faced, case study locations

Data gaps and looking forward

Executive summary

49 Network Operators & Regulatory Authorities

35 countries mapped so far

Over 500,000 kms Fibre Optic and Microwave

Work in progress…

The process

Publicly available source materialValidation processhttps://www.itu.int/itu-d/tnd-map/validation

Map updated monthlyhttps://www.itu.int/itu-d/tnd-map

Attribute information

Capacity

Node location

Link status (Operational, Under Construction etc)

Distance (calculated)

No assumptions

Capacity

Node location – “undefined”

Cross‐border connectivity – qualitative data

http://headlinesindia.mapsofindia.com/business-news/telecom/bharti-airtels-indiabangladesh-terrestrial-ofc-is-now-operational-140374.html

New Delhi, July 24: Telecom service provider Bharti AirtelWednesday said that its high capacity terrestrial optical fiberlink between India and Bangladesh has been activated.

The link, which extends from Bongaon in West Bengal to the Petrapole-Benapole border, will enhance voice and data connectivity between the two countries as well as transit traffic between Bangladesh and the rest of the world.

Where are the gaps?

Validation process / mapping application

Feedback and comments

Validation

Type the name of operator or country into the search box

Navigate bycountry

Navigate byValidationStatus

Or navigate byRegion

Red: Information was sourced from a restricted document (for example on TIES), a potentially unreliable publicly available source (such as a third party), may contain information which is confidential or regarded as sensitive by the network operator, and/or is very old and could be out of date (if it is more than 3-5 years old). Information must be validated by network operator or stakeholder to provide clearance that the information is correct, up-to-date, and is not confidential.

Amber: Information was not taken from a publicly available source, may be unreliable because of difficulties reading or interpreting the source material, and/or may be old and out of date. Operator is asked to provide clearance that the information is correct, up-to-date, and is not confidential.

Green: Information was sourced from an authentic, reliable publicly available source (such as a company website, annual report, presentation, or other publication), and has been deliberately put into the public domain by the network operator or administration (it is therefore not confidential). The information is current and correct, and there is no reason why a public version could not be put into the public domain.

Public: Information has been actively checked and validated by stakeholder through the TIES interactive web map platform, specifically granting permission for this information to be put into the public domain.

Each link in the map is given a validation status. We use a simple trafficlight system:

Validation

To validate theinformation shown in themap, leave a comment orany other feedback, justclick the Leave a Reply

link. 

Validation

Looking forward

Consolidation work, gap filling

International connectivity

‘Live’ database – constantly growing

Thank you

We value your feedback and contributions. Please log in using your ITU TIES usernameand password, to submit comments, feedback and to validate the information shown in

the map through the Validation Framework.

Project homepagehttp://www.itu.int/en/ITU‐D/Technology/Pages/InteractiveTransmissionMaps.aspx

ITU Interactive Terrestrial Transmission Maphttps://www.itu.int/itu‐d/tnd‐map/

Validation Frameworkhttps://www.itu.int/itu‐d/tnd‐map/validation/