UN-GGIM: User case studies BRAZIL
Brazil: Use of GIS improves monitoring and reduce crime in the State of Amazonas With over 1.5 million km2 and 3.5 million inhabitants, the State of Amazonas is the largest of the 27 states in Brazil and the second most populous in the Northern Region. The Challenge: Need for faster police response to incidents and to improve the Integrated Public Safety System (SISP). The Solution: Investment of US$ 150 million to map major cities, to implement a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and for hardware acquisition (monitoring cameras and GPS navigator). Benefits: 10% Reduction in police incidents and 13% reduction in homicides in May 2012 in comparison with May 2011, due to the benefits of "crime map" in the State. Data integration between civil and military police. Source: Imagem / Amazon State Governament
Brazil: City of Rio de Janeiro invests in project for integrating geographic and socioeconomic data The Secretary of Finance of Rio de Janeiro (SMF - RJ) is responsible for coordinating the fiscal policy, budget and assets in a city of more than 1 million km2 and more than 6 million inhabitants. It s the entity wfho sets taxes values as well as collection and inspection methodology. Investment of $10 million comprising: georeferencing the asset data base in the City of Rio de Janeiro, the development of GIS applications for visualization and planning and providing GIS technical training for users and analysts. Geo Socioeconomic Benefits: Cost reduction, optimization of resources and increase in municipal tax revenue. Source: Imagem / Rio de Janeiro Municipality
Brazil: Police in Bahia, uses Geospatial Technology to monitor Carnival in Salvador The Public Safety Secretary in the State of Bahia needed to monitor police patrols and criminal incidents during Carnival in Salvador in 2011, and to optimize decision-making and planning. GIS web application for managing police incidents and monitoring Carnival elements, such as: the parade, the location of public stands, firefighters and medical assistance. To monitor georeferenced video images taken by security cameras, and GPS tracking of trucks (electric trios) and police patrols. Please insert image here Benefits: Allowed for event investigation and analysis and in more detail. From the information gathered, thematic maps and charts indicating areas of greater criminal activity and the percentage of each type of offense was generated Source: Imagem / Public Safety Secretary of Bahia
Brazil: Use of Geospatial Technology to improve production of sugarcane CTC The Sugarcane Technology Center, located in Piracicaba, in the state of São Paulo, operates throughout the whole production chain of sugarcane, alcohol, sugar and bioenergy, researching and developing added value products to the various phases of the production process. CTC shareholders represent 60% of grinding sugarcane in the central-southern area in Brazil, a region in which the culture of sugar cane occupies approximately 8.3 million hectares. The Challenge: To monitor production areas of sugar cane and to identify problems and their causes; take management decisions for solving these problems. The Solution: Mapping and monitoring of production areas of sugar cane, using satellite images, maps and tables. Create thematic maps and do field surveys to identify the causes of problems, and to monitor the result of the actions taken. Benefits: Early diagnosis of occurrences. Greater control in the area. Planning and rationalization the application of agrochemicals. Reduce costs and environmental impacts. More uniform crop. Productivity,. Anticipation and confirmation of decision making to reform the land. Source: Imagem / CTC
Contact information Coordenação dos Contatos no Brazil: Valéria Oliveira Henrique de Araújo Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística - IBGE Comitê para a Infraestrutura de Dados Geoespaciais para as Américas - CP-IDEA Rua General Canabarro, 706, Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil - Tel.: + 55 21 2142-4751 Imagem Geosistemas Ltda Lucio Muratori de Alencastro Graça Ministério do Desenvolvimento Social e Combate a Fome MDS Secretaria de Avaliação e Gestão da Informação - SAGI Paulo de Martino Jannuzzi e Caio Nakahima Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística - IBGE Valéria Oliveira Henrique de Araújo, Moema José de Carvalho Augusto e Luiz Paulo Souto Fortes Santiago e Cintra Geotecnologias Iara Musse Felix Companhia Estadual de Águas e Esgoto - CEDAE Ricardo Ramalho