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Knowledge Driven GIS Modelling Techniques for Copper Prospectivity Mapping in Singhbhum Copper Belt – A Retrospection
Basab Mukhopadhyay, Asit Saha, Niladri Hazra
Geodata and Database Division, Geological Survey of India
27, J. Nehru Road, Kolkata - 700016
E-Mail: gsi_chq@vsnl.com
Abstract
The pace of development of both communications and computer hardware and software
capabilities continues to be quite rapid, resulting in a number of new technologies for GIS
(geographic information system) and enterprise information systems. One of these is
technology for performing rapid spatial queries on information stored in standard
relational databases either within an organization or on servers scattered across a network.
Another is object technology for embedding GIS capabilities in new or existing
applications on desktop computers. A third is the ongoing development of new GIS-related
capabilities for the Internet and World Wide Web (WWW), including
componentized GIS capabilities and metadata standards. Other technical developments
are also important. All these recent technical developments are about to make profound
changes in the way in which GIS can be applied to AM/FM. By spatially enabling
enterprise information systems they will leverage AM/FM investments made over many
decades in some of the largest information warehouses in the world. They will pave the
way for AM/FM spatial information resources to flow on the Information Highway which
the Internet and the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) will soon provide. The
implications of these changes are discussed.
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