Many utility companies , engineering consultants , computing system consultants and education institutes are using the digital maps provided by the office as a common graphical base and reference for various purposes , such as automated mapping , facilities management , customer support and geographical information systems 目前有不少公用事业公司、工程顾问、电脑系统顾问及教育机构，都采用测绘处提供的数码地图，作为通用的图形基础和参考资料，以供各种用途，例如自动绘图、设施管理、顾客支援服务和地理信息系统等。
New technologies , which would help increase the efficiency of the operation and improve the dissemination of the census results , would be adopted in various aspects . these included the application of digital maps , the use of high speed machine to capture and recognize data with the aid of optical technology and the dissemination of statistics via electronic means 政府统计处正在发展支援人口普查运作的电脑系统，并会在各个范畴采用有助提高运作效率和改进发布人口普查结果的新科技，例如使用数码地图、利用以光学技术辅助的高速机器收集和识别数据、以及用电子方式发布数据。
In this project , two business partners make use of the digital maps developed by the office as the basis to show the locations of places of interest and community facilities , and this information can easily and freely be accessible via the internet . another example of a digital map product developed by one value - added - reseller is the es map which makes use of the digital maps supplied by the office and applies the geographical information technology and global positioning system ( gps ) technique for the development of an intelligent navigation system 参与该计划的两名商业伙伴，利用由测绘处制作的数码地图作为底图，在图上显示与生活息息相关的地方及公共设施的位置。公众人士可透过互联网免费浏览这些资料，简单方便。另一项由增值转售者创制的数码地图产品是“电子资讯地图” 。
In addition , many value - added - resellers ( var ) are using the smo s digital maps as the reference base and add on specific information to develop their own tailor - made commercial map products or more advanced applications , such as for in - car navigation systems and for fleet management 此外，不少增值转售者也采用测绘处的数码地图作为参考根据，再加上特定的附加资讯，自行发展特别设计的商业地图产品或更先进的应用系统，例如车内导向系统和车队、船队管理系统。
