Design of Renewable Sources GIS for ASEAN Countries

Abstract

The chapter prescribes fundamental properties of GIS, their special features in usage of evaluating gross potential, regional energy consumers of different types, and distributed energy grids development possibilities. Description of GIS elements for Republik of the Union of Myanmar is given: solar, wind, hydro, tide, and wave energy resources, their allocation, source distribution, type, and value of energy consumers. The chapter contains figures (colored print screens) of sections from prototype GIS for different renewable sources (due to the number of sources, but no less than 8) and also additional information that should be included in the GIS of the country with methods of information processing and presenting it to the user.