Dr. Victor Khoo is the Director for Survey and Geomatics Division at the Singapore Land Authority (SLA). He received his PhD and Master of Engineering degree from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He obtained his Bachelor degree in Land Surveying from the University Technology of Malaysia (UTM). Victor is a Professional Surveyor, registered under the purview of Land Surveyors Act, Singapore.
Prior to joining SLA in 2002, he was involved in research and collaboration work for 8 years, in the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP), NUS and School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NTU; focused in the areas of Satellite Remote Sensing and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS).
In SLA, Victor led diverse geospatial and mapping related initiatives and projects for agencies and industry. These included the setting up of Singapore’s National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI), the establishment of national positioning infrastructure (the SiReNT), the digital transformation in cadastral survey, and the 3D national mapping program. He also initiated the Digital Underground project in 2017, to develop a holistic ecosystem for the mapping of underground utility networks. Currently, he is driving the development of Singapore Digital Twin which involved a program to modernise 3D national mapping; development of new datasets, data models and standards; new 3D data management; and the collaboration for applied research in smart cities applications. His other areas of interest include Cadastral Survey and GNSS positioning.