Existing and potential MIKE by DHI users participated in a one-day introduction course in MIKE Urban Flood. The course was held in Mexico City at the training facilities of SIGSA, DHI’s local software agent.
The participants represented federal and states authorities, local municipalities and private companies. Higher priorities are given to improve infrastructure and mitigating measures to meet increased urbanization and more frequent floods. Consequently, increased focus on methods and tools, such as MIKE Flood, to be used for planning, design and operational purposes are shown.
An opportunity to present and demonstrate some of DHI’s technologies and meet with many hundreds of local GIS users came with the invitation to participate in the annual SIGSA-ESRI User Conference 2-4 September. A presentation in plenary entitled “Water modelling in a world with challenges’ gave an introduction to; key methods applied by DHI water policy unit to ensure good water governance, examples of technologies and services offered by the DHI group to meet the challenges of urbanization, energy, food supply, climate changes, infrastructures and health.
A workshop was arranged where local users of MIKE by DHI software gave examples of their model applications;
“Cálculo de la hidrodinámica y del cambio de la configuración del fondo en el Río Mezcalapa”, MIKE 21C
by Carla Alejandra Rivera Ramirez, CFE
“Cálculo de la hidrodinámica y calidad del agua en la Laguna de Cuyutlán” MIKE 21 HD & ECO Lab
by Alejandro Lara Hernández, CFE
“10 años de experiencia en la aplicación del MOUSE en el sistema de drenaje de la ciudad de México“
by Bernardo Echavarria Soto, EFE Asesores
“Estudio y gestión del riesgo de inundación en Tlaltenango Zac. México, utilizando MIKE FLOOD“
by Daniel Ortega Covarrubias, SIGSA
The workshop closed with a short introduction to the MIKE by DHI software family and to the new features in release 2009. Further discussions on the use of the modelling tools took place in the exhibition area.
Next year SIGSA will be hosting the Latin American ESRI User Conference in Mexico.