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GIS matters to quality of life
“GIS matters to quality of life”, said Dr. M. P.
Naranyanan, President CSDMS while presiding the opening ceremony of National
Workshop on Corporate GIS. “Much talked micro-level planning is not possible
without GIS. The emphasis of present government on infrastructure development
won’t bring desired results if the concerned authorities don’t use the latest
technology such as GIS and RS”, he emphasised.
The workshop was organised
by Centre for Spatial Database Management & Solution (CSDMS) in
collaboration with Department of Business Economics, University of Delhi on
February 24, 1999. The event has highlighted the potential of GIS and its
applications in Marketing and Management. The workshop was widely attended by
delegates from corporate sector and organisations dealing with GIS and IT.“
IT as a key driver to world economy”, said Mr. Saurabh Srivastava
Executive Chairman. IIS Infotech, Ltd. in his inaugural address. “There is a
need for interaction between sales personals and IT professionals. One not only
needs to have access to wide data but one also needs tool to get it at any time.
In the background of several challenges before the world such as rapidly
increasing competition, more informed and more demanding customers, Corporate
GIS, ERP, database mining will continue to be an effective tool in corporate
sector”, Mr. Srivastava added.
Professor Abad Ahmad, Pro-Vice
Chancellor, University of Delhi emphasised on the close interaction between the
industries and the universities. The interface between the two is critical. He
suggested that projects should jointly be done with industry. GIS should be
introduced as compulsory component.
Mr. Richard Lindsay, CEO, MapInfo,
Australia said that mapping has come to the corporate sector, and this is not
without reasons. He explained in detail various applications of GIS in corporate
sector. Mr. Ravi Gupta, Editor GIS @ development, discussed the strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities and threats for GIS growth in India. Mr. Gupta
considered that the process of liberalisation and positive approach of
government of India towards telecom surely offers a conducive atmosphere for GIS
growth in India. “India has the capacity to lead developing countries in the
field of GIS as it does have high-resolution satellites and skilled software
professionals, the two basic ingredients for GIS. There are problems on the
front of data availability. The data are not available and the problem is
further compounded by the government’s approach towards dissemination of data on
the premises of imaginary and real security reasons. India should take up the
leadership in GIS technology otherwise someone else will do that. There is need
of National GIS policy”, said Mr. Gupta.
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