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Map India 2002 : Report
The 5th Annual International Conference Map India 2002, Asia's largest Conference and Exhibition on GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing was organized by Centre for Spatial Database Management and Solutions at Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi during February 6 - 8, 2002. The theme of the conference was 'Maponomics' and 'Power on Demand by 2012 for India'. The conference was sponsored by Ministry of Power and Department of Science and Technology (Govt. of India). The industry sponsors of the conference were Autodesk, HP, Tata Infotech and Leica Geosystems. It was also supported by host of organizations viz. Anna University, Survey of India, Census of India, Department of Space Govt of India, Geological Survey of India, National Hydrographic Office, Ministry of Rural Development, National Remote Sensing Agency, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Ministry of Information Technology Govt of India, National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation, Geospatial Information Technology Association and Asian Association on Remote Sensing. The highlights of the conference were attendance of over 900 delegates, over 85 Technical paper presentations and 37 exhibitors. Inaugural Session Dr M P Narayanan , President, CSDMS, while delivering welcome address recollected the events of last year such as Bhuj earthquake, WTC attack, Afghanistan war, launch of Test Experimental Satellite, etc. He emphasised that there is a need to ensure that these technology facilitates more and more development. Mr. Suresh Prabhu , Union Minister of Power Govt of India, while delivering presidential address, congratulated CSDMS for spreading the culture of using GIS and related technology in day to day activities of development. He said that power ministry will incorporate this technology in every sector of power viz, generation, transmission and distribution. He also released a document "Role of GIS, GPS and Remote Sensing in Power Sector" at the conference. Mrs. Sheila Dikshit , Chief Minister of Delhi, in her inaugural address, expressed the need to use the benefits of mapping in various utilities such as power, communication, water etc. Also she told the gathering about Delhi's government plan to use GPS in the buses of Delhi. She released the proceedings of Map India 2002 at the conference. Professor V S Ramamurthy, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India delivered the keynote address. He stressed upon the need to address several issues such as availability of maps to users without compromising the security concerns, quality of maps, development of metadata standards, etc. He also told that maps of India are being developed which would be available to the users. He highlighted the benefits of National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) initiative where data generating agencies will make their data available to the user segment. Mr R P Singh , Chairman & Managing Director, Powergrid Corporation of India Ltd. in his guest address agreed that GIS can play a major role in power sector especially in finding the routes of transmission lines, analyzing the data related to forest, terrain, topography, soil, geology, etc. Technical Sessions 
There were keynote sessions on Maponomics, High Resolution Imaging, Mobile Mapping and Virtual GIS. 31 technical sessions in the conference on topics ranging from technology trends, photogrammetry to various application sector of GIS such as utility, transport, coastal management, mineral resources, business geographics, urban development, rural development, environmental planning, nature conservation, health, water, agriculture, education, disaster management, etc. There were sessions on the impact of recession on Indian GIS industry.
The keynote session on Maponomics which was chaired by Mr. Amitabha Pande, Joint Secretary, Department of Science and Technology had very interesting presentations by Professor Shunji Murai who analysed the business scenario and opportunities in Asia vis a vis Japan, Dr. P. Nag, Surveyor General of India who explored the market potential of map products and Dr. Sjaak Beerens, Director External Affairs, International Institute of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation. In the session, a very interesting presentation was made by Ms. Preetha Pulusani, President Intergraph Mapping and GIS, highlighting the history of mapping, cost and quality of maps and future trends. The keynote session on Mobile Mapping was chaired by Mr David DiSera, President, GITA had presentation by Mr. George Moon, CTO, MapInfo, Mr Kent D Lee, President and CEO of East View Cartographic and Ms Eve Clieman, President Product Manager, Oracle Corporation. The keynote session on GIS in ICT (International & Communication technology) era was chaired by Mr. N Vittal, Central Vigilance Commissioner, Government of India. The presentations were made by Prof. Alex (Sandy Pentland, Founding Director, Media Lab Asia, MIT, USA; Dr. N Vijayaditya, Diretor General, National Informatics Centre and Prof. Brian Rosborough , Sr Fellow with Media Lab Asia. The session explored if the role of ICT in extending the benefit of ICT for rural development. 
The keynote session on
High Resolution Imaging was chaired by Professor Shunji Murai and there were presentation by Richard
McKay, Vice President (Sales), Leica Geosystems,
Col. Michael Gavish, Director (Remote Sensing
Applications) ImageSat International and Dr. K. Kalyan
Raman
, Director General, DAA, NRSA, Hyderabad.
The sessions on Impact of Recession on Indian GIS industry had several interesting presentations from Rajesh Mathur, President, ESRI India, Chandrashekhar Nori, Director, Speck Systems Ltd, Rakesh Verma, CEO, Computer Eyes InfoSystems, Ajay Lavakare, CEO, Risk Management Software India Pvt. Ltd. and K C M Kumar Managing Director Speck Systems. The general view which was emerging is that the impact of recession is yet to be assessed and felt. In power sector, three sessions were there on Power Distribution, chaired by Mr. V V R K Rao, Chairman, Central Electricity Authority, Power Transmission chaired by Mr. Bhanu Bhusan, Director (Operations) Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd and Hydro Power chaired by Mr. M K Yadav , Managing Director, Assam Electronics Development Corporation Ltd. The power sessions came out with following recommendations:
 The valedictory
session was graced by the presence of Dr. K.
Venkatasubramanian, Member Planning Commission, Government of
India who highlighted the present status of Geography in schools of India
and emphasized the importance of maps in developmental activities.
Mr J K Banthia ,
Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India elaborated about the initiatives taken in the field of cartography and GIS by the census department.
Exhibitors 
The conference organized at Map India was well attended and appreciated. Following exhibitor participated in Map India 2002:
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