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Introduction
Bangalore is the capital city of the state of Karnataka and the economic and real estate pressures that it faces; the setting up of a systematic land information system is very important for the city of Bangalore. The land records of Bangalore created between 1880 and 1920 were updated only occasionally. It is thus totally obsolete today and covers little more than 20% of the urbanized area. The amelioration of the quality of the cadastre in its current form as well as the evaluation process of potential assets and the implementation of the tax system (optimization of tax collection) is an indispensable condition for the success of the envisaged projects.

In fact, the updating of town planning documents for the city of Bangalore will necessitate the mobilization of massive urban data to foresee and gauge the necessary developments: Services, transports, road network etc. The revision and development of the existing cadastre leads to:

• Creation of Proper property rights information (cadastral data)
• Census of the built-up areas(in terms of landuse, architectural and urban forms)
• Create a base for the local tax policy
• Optimize the collection of tax

GIS and Remote Sensing technology have capability to provide necessary physical input and intelligence for preparation of base maps, formulation of planning proposals and act as monitoring tool during implementation phase. Satellite imageries help to maintain truthful record of terrain during that period. Thus GIS and Remote Sensing are emerging as a powerful land related technologies for monitoring and management of land. Thus GIS and Remote Sensing has capability to provide FOURTH dimension to the city i.e. - TIME

Background

Bangalore Geoinformation System (BGS)
It is a set of geo information tools (Bangalore Geo Info Tool, BGT, Bangalore Cadastral Information Tool-BCIT) with number of applications designed to manage urban areas efficiently; this is based on the Geographic Information System (GIS). Long-term goals of the BGS are towards the development of a comprehensive urban information system to address the issues of:

• City planning and development
• Transportation system and traffic management
• Planning and development of civic amenities-Schools, Hospitals, Shopping centres etc
• Property tax collection and urban development fund generation
• Planning, development and managing the utilities-water supply, sewerage system, telephone system and power.

Bangalore GEO Information Tool (BGT)
The Bangalore Geo Information Tool (BGT) is part of the Bangalore Geo Information System (BGS). This tool will act as a guide for the visitors, locals, and various civic/government authorities to locate the various facilities or assets. It acts as a base for the future (GIS) applications development.

BGT provides information about the city. The BGT presents free, up-to-date, interactive information in a visual format. The service includes five primary information - transport, sightseeing, food and drink (shopping), industries.

This tool can be applied:
In airports and on railway stations; in trade complexes, large business and financial centers; on exhibitions, trade-shows, fairs and in museum; in official bodies; in tourist bureaus, shops, drugstores; in any places, where to the people the information is necessary.

• Street Finder - The operating software includes an integrated mapping system that allows the user to find specific street addresses, landmarks, cities and tourist attractions. The GIS-based map display is fully interactive and allows the user to zoom in, zoom out or pan around the map to achieve a view they wish to print. This is all done with an easy touch with the finger!
• Interactive Business Directory - The interactive business directory module provides a powerful database driven touch screen directory application that allows the user to quickly search through business listing such as restaurants, retail shops.
• Multimedia - To further enhance the tourist's experience using the tool, the tool operating system supports full multimedia capabilities including full-motion video, stereo sound, animation and high-resolution photographic images.

Four different types of operations are proposed at present,

• For visitors - At the locations where visitors move around like Airports, Railway stations, Bus stations, major hospitals, industries and the major exit and entry points to the city
• For local residents - The essential services like commercial centers, hospitals, hotels, eateries, etc.
• Transit points-bus shelters, bus stand, etc
• Local Area maps of specific interest (Thematic maps)-Tour of walks, parks, industries, Bike/Bicycle routes, tour of major landmarks, tourist sites, and temples etc.

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