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Overview
  1. Challenges to sustaining a city’s infrastructure (January 2010)

  2. Scientific GIS Digital Base Maps - Urban Planning using GIS/RS Technologies (January 2010)
    Muthalagan Chidambaram

  3. Urban Greens – A Critical Agenda
    Dr Rituparna Sengupta

  4. The capability of GIS to analyze data and determine the best locations
    Alshehri Mushabab

  5. Property Tax Assessment System using GIS (January 2008)
    Priya Dagar, Apurv Danke

  6. Using Geo-informatics for Development of Rural Roads Under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojna (Map India 2008)
    K. K. Mishra, Naresh Thakral

  7. Geographic Information Systems for Construction Industry: A Methodology to Generate 3D View of Buildings (Map India 2008)
    V. K. Bansal

  8. New Urbanism - An Automated Approach  (Map India 2008)
    Mr. Sanket Dinesh Shah

  9. Unexpected Benefits from GIS in a Water District (Map Asia 2007)
    Mr. Michael Samuel

  10. 4D GeoSpatial Urban Information System via Object Relational Approach (Map Asia 2007)
    Hooshang Eivazy

  11. How GPS Technology Can Help India Succeed Globally -- An Americans Perspective
    Warren Apel

  12. Quick Map Fast, semi-accurate mapping Rapid mapping of cities, deserts, shallow waters and the natural environment


    13. (Map Middle East 2007)Tom Tadrowski

  13. Evaluation of cellular automata and agent-based modeling for urban growth simulation

    14. (Map Middle East 2007)
    Majeed Pooyandeh

  14. Two years worth of GIS development at the Planning and Surveying Sector, Al Ain Municipality, UAE

    15. (Map Middle East 2007)
    abdul Kareem AL-Raisi

  15. Analysis of traditional urban land use change from remote sensing data;A case study of Ibadan city (Map Africa 2006)
    Fabiyi Oluseyi .(PhD)

  16. Digim.GZ -- The Digital Municipality of Guangzhou Project (Map Asia 2006)
    Dr. Pu CHENG, Ms. Jie RAO

  17. Metropolitan Spatial Data Infrastructure Empowering Government Authorities Through Modern Spatial Tools and Techniques (Map Asia 2006)
    Vivian Raiborde

  18. Detection of Land Surface Changes and Environmental Impact Brought on by Urban Development Using Remote Sensing Data (Map Asia 2006)
    JongGyu Han

  19. Characteristic of Urban Development and Commuters in Metropolitan Bandung (Map Asia 2006)
    Kuswara, Ramalis Subandi Prihandana, Rian Wulan Desriani

  20. Man Made Change Detection Using IRS Images (Map Asia 2006)
    Abolfazl Aghaee Meybodi, Dr.Mohammad Reza Saradjian

  21. Application of Spectral Mixture Analysis to Urban Change Detection (Map Asia 2006)
    Meysam Argany

  22. Monitoring the Physical Growth of Mandya City: Using GPS (Graticule 2005)
    Dr. Ashok Hanjagi, Shivakumara Naik Lal H.S., Prasad R. Garag, Karisidh B. Khot

  23. Assessing Applicability of GIS as a Development Management Tool at Local Level: A Case Study of The City District Government, Lahore-Pakistan (Map Middle East 2005)
    Mubushar Hussain, Faisal Masood Qureshi, Kashif Siddiqi

  24. Web 3DS Business Models
    Sudhagar Nagarajan, Karuppasamy Sudalaimuthu  (May 2006)

  25. Bringing the citizens closer to local government: The innovative GIS of the La Coruña Local Council
    Jaume Royo Llobet, José Manuel Peña Penabad

  26. The Design and Research of Inner Mongolia Tourism Resources Management Information System   (Map Asia 2004)
    Zhang Meiying

  27. Corporation Information Management System (E-governance Solution; based on PARIS Technology)   (Map Asia 2004)
    Juber Ahmed

  28. Suitable living condition within cities   (Map Asia 2004)
    Rami Badawi

  29. A Revolutionary approach for public safety in Andhra Pradesh 2004 Elections (This is not a case study)   (Map Asia 2004)
    Pavan Dayaker TK

  30. Accuracy of Land Suitability Modeling using Spectral Characterization   (Map Asia 2004)
    Sutat Dansagoonpon

  31. Study on land use management with Geographic Information Systems   (ACRS 2000)

  32. Application of Satellite Images and GIS in the Preparation of Development Plans: Case Study: Master Plan for TUDA Region and Zonal Development Plan for Tirupati Town (Map Asia 2003)
    Shirley Ballaney, Bindu Nair

  33. Logistics Management and Spatial Planning for Solid Waste Management System using Geographic Information System (Map Asia 2003)
    Aurobindo Ogra

  34. Remote Sensing & GIS in assessing physical transformation of Bhopal city, India (Map Asia 2003)
    Dr.Aruna Saxena

  35. Object-oriented GIS Data Modelling for Urban Design (Map Asia 2003)
    Simon Yanuar Putra, LI Wenjings.edu.sg and Perry Pei-Ju Yang

  36. Delineation and incorporation of socio-infrastructure database into GIS for land use planning: A case study of Tan Phu Thanh village, ChauThanh District, Cantho Province (Map Asia 2003)
    Vo Quang Minh and Le Quang Tri, Yamada

  37. To apply the GIS for Land-Use and Housing Management in a District of Hochiminh City (Map Asia 2003)
    Trung Tran Vinh, Phuoc Tran Vinh

  38. GIS – Tool for Simplifying the Collection Management System in Banks and Financial Service Organizations (Map Asia 2003)
    P K Panigrahi, P. Vijay Sagar, P. Ronald Raajesh

  39. A Study of Psychological-Analysis on Sense of Places - A Case of Fujisawa City (Map Asia 2003)
    Kana Takada, Hiromichi Fukui

  40. Remote Sensing and G.I.S. for efficient Urban Planning (Map Asia 2003)
    D. P. Tiwari

  41. A GIS based water demand analysis for municipal application (Map India 2003)
    Vivek Shandas, Marina Alberti, John Gibson, Steve Moddemeyer, Jacqueline Meijer-Irons

  42. Structure plan for newly merged villages in Pimpri-Chinchwad using Remote Sensing data (Map India 2003)
    Dr K A RajuTata, S D Landge

  43. Presenting urban development model by using environmental models &GIS & RS, North-West of Tehran (Map India 2003)
    Alireza Gharagozlou

  44. Municipal GIS: The Gorakhpur experience (Map India 2003)
    Vaishali Nandan

  45. Urban governance through people’s participation and micro planning with the use of Geographical Information System by Kolkata metropolitan development authority (Map India 2003)
    Suchandra Choudhury, Tapas Ghatak

  46. Maps for planning and development of urban areas (Map India 2003)
    L. R. Rudraiah

  47. An Analysis of Expressways Accidents in Singapore (December, 2002)
    Kamalasudhan A, Mitra S, Bo Huang and Chin H C

  48. Monitoring Urban Heat Environment in East Asia (December, 2002)
    Shiro Ochi, Daisuke Uchihama, Wataru Takeuchi and Yoshifumi Yosuoka

  49. Urban Planning and Information System for Municipal Corporations (December, 2002)
    G K Tripathy

  50. Directions for GIS in Urban Planning (December, 2002)
    Vivek N Patkar

  51. An Application of Geographic Information System (GIS) to Model Commercial Land Use Development (Map Asia 2002)
    Mohd Faris, Ruslan Rainis

  52. Application of Remote Sensing and GIS tools in delineating Environmentally-Fragile-Areas (EFAs) for sustainable land use planning: A case study of Delhi Region (Map Asia 2002)
    Dr. Amarjeet Kaur, Venkatesh Dutta, Dr. D. K. Chaddha

  53. Identification of Levels of Availability of Facilities: Case Study of DehraDun City (Map Asia 2002)
    Suman Sao

  54. GIS for the planning and management of Sewer infrastructure in Mesaieed Industrial City, Qatar (Map Asia 2002)
    A. Deva Kumar Varm

  55. Challenges in Urban Planning for local bodies in India (Map Asia 2002)
    D.P. Tiwari

  56. Application of GIS to describe historical urban development of Kharga city, Egypt (April 19, 2002)
    Arch. Ashraf M. S. Mahrous, Prof. Eng. Mojmir Kyselka

  57. Automated interpretation of the spatial distribution of socio-economic conditions (Map India 2002)
    Dr Jack Massey

  58. Strengthening municipal governence through GIS: A decentralised West Bengal model (Map India 2002)
    Jayanta Basu

  59. District Information and Planning System (DIPS) (Map India 2002)
    Dr. Megha Phansalkar

  60. Are we ready for urban disaster mangement? Application of GIS in fire service management –A case study in Kolkata (Map India 2002)
    Tapas Ghatak

  61. Web-GIS based urban planning and information system for municipal corporations - A distributed and real-time system for public utility and toen planning (Map India 2002)
    G. K. Tripathy

  62. Property enumeration & mapping system for Bangalore (Map India 2002)
    Harmit Kalra

  63. “CITY GREEN PLAN “ as a means to achieve sustainable development - GIS APPROACH (Map India 2002)
    Ar. A. Meenatchi Sundaram

  64. GIS – MIS - GPS for solid waste management (Map India 2002)
    Senthil Shanmugan

  65. IRS-1B based FCC image interpretation for land use and land cover mapping: An expert system approach (Map India 2002)
    Rajkishore Prasad, A. K. Sinha

  66. Land use planning using GIS and linear programming (Map India 2002)
    Stuti Shukla, P. D. Yadav, R. K. Goel

  67. Urban GIS development for planning and management in Bhutan (GIS Forum South Asia 1999)
    Shobhit Shah

  68. GIS as front end for district administration & property management. (Map India 2000)
    V. N. Shukla, Satyajit Rath

  69. Problem and prospects of adopting GIS in urban development. (Map India 1999)
    Tapas Ghatak

  70. Landuse change analysis of three selected panchayats in Kuttanad using Remote Sensing data and GIS (Map India 1999)
    John C. Mathew

  71. Urban planning: A GIS experience (Map India 1998)
    Ajit Jere and Ajay Sarin

  72. Computerisation of development plans and associate information using GIS (Map India 1998)
    Dr. Smita Sengupta

  73. Mirzapur: A GIS that works (Map India 1998)
    Scott Gibbons

  74. Learning about GIS implementation from a public sector GIS experience in Brazil
    Karla Albuquerque de Vascocelos Borges, Sundeep Sahay

  75. GIS for urban environment improvement and land management
    Shankar K. N.

  76. A facelift to Mumbai: Courtesy GIS.
    Dr. V. N. Patkar, D. Sampath Kumar

  77. The garden city blooms ….with GIS projects.
    Sreeshaila G., Sathish Selvakumar

  78. The Gorakhpur Geographical Information System
    Vaishali Nandan

  79. Applications of GIS and Remote Sensing in urban planning, implementation and monitoring of urban projects - Case study of Rohini and Dwarka project, New Delhi
    P.S.Uttarwar

  80. GIS only makes the municipal solution possible, not guaranteed
    Michael Duffy

  81. E-Governance: Mirzapur sets the trend...
    Scott Gibbons

  82. E-Governance in urban planning
    Vaishali Nandan

  83. The Changing Paradigm of Governance
    P. K. Garg

  84. Prospect for the method of urban safety analysis and environmental design   (ACRS 2000)
    Osamu Murao and Fumio Yamazaki

  85. Remote Sensing and GIS as a tool in exploring the dynamics of urban spatial structure: The case of the Shanghai city  (ACRS 1999)
    Zeng Shan

  86. Development of a personal hybrid positioning system for high density urban areas  (ACRS 1999)
    Yusuke Konishi, Ryosuke Shibasaki and Masako Tsuruoka

  87. Use of GIS for the method of urban safety analysis and environmental design  (ACRS 1999)
    Osamu Murao and Fumio Yamazaki

  88. An approach to the study of urban degradation through Remote Sensing: A case study of the eastern sector of metropolitan Manila  (ACRS 1998)
    May Celine T. M. Vicente

  89. Construction of vegetation cover map in metro Manila for urban environmental evaluation  (ACRS 1998)
    Donkyu Yun, Akira Hoyano Tsuneo Matsunaga and Takao Katoh

  90. GIS for the development of a cebu geographic planning atlas  (ACRS 1998)
    Eng'r .Christine Delfin -Homez

  91. Using nighttime DMSP/OLS images of citylights to estimate district-level population distribution in developing countries  (ACRS 1998)
    Takahiro Konami, Roysouke Shibasaki, and Guoxin Tan

  92. Comparison of urbanization and environmental condition in Asian cities using satellite Remote Sensing data  (ACRS 1997)
    Makoto Kawamura, Sanath Jayamana, and Yuji Tsujiko

  93. Analysis of urbanization trend in the greater Colombo area from 1956-1994 using air photos  (ACRS 1996)
    Malik Majeed
Abstracts Only
  1. Public Parking Site Selection using GIS   (Map World Forum 2007)
    Vahid Karimi,vahid


  2. Changing Space of Pune – A GIS perspective    (Map World Forum 2007)
    Dr (Mrs) Sulochana Shekhar


  3. Impact of IT-Park on Urbanisation- A Case Study : Pune   (Map World Forum 2007)
    Vahid Karimi,Anuj Kumar Singh


  4. Integration of the Multicriterion Analysis Methods in a GIS Application to the issuance of urbanism authorizations   (Map World Forum 2007)
    Boualem Chorfa,BENSID Sofiane,BARKI Ali


  5. Evaluating GIS in Urban Landscape: the impact of technology and GIS on Organizations and Environmental Problem Solving    (Map World Forum 2007)
    Amit Jain


  6. Strategic Alignment of Municipal Reform Processes in India: Challenges and Opportunities    (Map World Forum 2007)
    P.V.Rajasekhar


  7. SOA based web solution for Integrated Urban Planning and Management System    (Map World Forum 2007)
    Dr Sukanta Kumar Jena ,Dennis Paul,Krishna Ramesh,Ravi Ayyagiri


  8. 3D City Models for Urban GIS    (Map World Forum 2007)
    Raghuveer Jalli,Pramod Kumar D


  9. Study Of Cellular Automata Models For Urban Growth    (Map World Forum 2007)
    PROF I V MURALIKRISHNA,K V CHALAPATI RAO


  10. GIS and Townships:An integrated Approach   (Map World Forum 2007)
    Vahid Karimi,Ranjana Pushkarna


  11. Urban Planning with Free and Open Source Geographic Information System   (Map World Forum 2007)
    V.Ravi Kumar,A.V.Satya Kumar,P.K.Sinha


  12. 3d City Modelling using GIS & VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)    (Map World Forum 2007)
    Venkatesh Balaji S,Krithika M,Sathish K


  13. Application of Spectral Mixture Analysis to Urban Change Detection (Map asia 2006)
    Meysam Argany

  14. Role of Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques in Urban Planning and Utilities–A Case Study of Visakhapatnam City, Andhra Pradesh, India (Map asia 2006)
    Prof. S. Sachi Devi ,V. Govindu

  15. Land Use Changes Detection and Spatial Distribution with Using GIS Techniques, Case Study Lajim Rood Drainage Basin, Iran (Map asia 2006)
    A. Kelarestaghi

  16. An Investigation of Urban Green Space Changes Using Arial Photographs (A Case Study of Babolsar Town, Iran) (Map asia 2006)
    Dr. S. Lotfi

  17. Applications of Geospatial Information Technology to Alleviate Urban Problems in Mumbai, India (Map asia 2006)
    Dhananjay Satale Prof. M. N. Kulkarni

  18. Sub-Meter Resolution Satellite Imagery and GIS Techniques for Improving the Conventional Urban Administrative System (Map asia 2006)
    VAmjed S. Almas ,Dr. Abdul Rahim

  19. The Changes of Urban Land Use on Housing in Siem Reap/Angkor Town (Map asia 2006)
    Vongvithyea Srey ,Disan An ,Soksothea Ly

  20. Man Made Change Detection Using IRS Images (Map asia 2006)
    Abolfazl Aghaee Meybodi ,Dr.Mohammad Reza Saradjian

  21. Spatial Analysis of Governmental Services in Arafat (Map Middle East 2005)
    Dr. Nabeel Koshak, Eng. Abdullah Fouda, Dr. Ahmed Shehatah

  22. GIS Installation in Abu Dhabi Town Planning - Utility Data Base (Map Middle East 2005)
    Eng. Marcin Kunka, Eng. Shujaa A. Salih

  23. Public Participation and Community Access to Technology as a Force for Change and Development (Map Middle East 2005)
    Eng. Mahmoud Ramadan

  24. GIS application in Urban planning and Urban Management of Al Ain City (Map Middle East 2005)
    Dr. Ahmad N. Sadek, Dr Abdullah H. Ghareeb

  25. GIS Application in the management of the Territory (Map Middle East 2005)
    B.Chorfa, L.BenMohammed

  26. GIS and Disaster Planning (Map Middle East 2005)
    Philip Burden

  27. Homeland Security for Urban Areas (Map Asia 2004)
    Steve du Plessis

  28. Map Improvement for Policy Makers, Case of Hanoi Peri-Urban Agriculture Planning (Map Asia 2004)
    Borne Frederic

  29. GIS Implementation in Municipality: Trends, Techniques and Challenges (Map Asia 2004)
    Lalan Kumar

  30. A Spatial Temporal Analysis of the Development of TONGI Municipality: A Sub-Regional Scale of Development (Map Asia 2004)
    Prof. Golam Rahman and Mohammod Samiun Nabi

  31. Event-Driven Change-Detection in Urban Environments Using SAR (Map Asia 2004)
    Timo Balz

  32. Practical solution to Monsoonal Water Stagnation in Chennai with RS, GIS and GPS (Map Asia 2003)
    O. M. Murali

  33. GIS & government role in Public Systems (Map Asia 2003)
    Srikiran. Busi

  34. e-Gram Suvidha : A geomatics approach for facility planning for sustainable development in Rural Areas (Map Asia 2003)
    Vivek Chitale and V. V. Sreedhara Rao

  35. Application of GIS for Land Use Planning- A Case Study Of Nashik City (India) (Map Asia 2003)
    Dr. N. R. Kapadnis

  36. An Internet based Geotechnical Information System for Singapore (Map Asia 2003)
    K Joshphar, G. R. Dasari & T. S. Tan

  37. Development of Spatial and Attribute Database for Planning and Managing Rural Service centers, in Kendrapara District, India (Map Asia 2003)
    Ranjan Kumar Mallick

  38. Use of Satellite Images Urban GIS Application (Map Asia 2003)
    Dr. Smita Sengupta

  39. An Investigation into the Provision of GIS in Earthquake Impact Reduction on Water Supply Network in Urban Areas (Map India 2003)
    Zahra Mehrizi

  40. Urban growth management: A case study of Hyderabad influence region (Map India 2000)
    Francis Christopher, Deva Pratap, S. Raghava Chari

  41. Problem & prospects of adopting Geogrpahical Information System in urban development (Map India 1999)
    Tapas Ghatak

  42. Large scale topographical database generation for urban mapping  (Map India 1998)
    Dr. K. Kalyanraman

  43. Urban management programme in Asia & the pacific

  44. Delhi: Encroachers encroached

  45. RS and GIS for disrict level planning in Haryana