 EDITORIAL
NSDI for India ? To be or not to be...?
The Goa Communiqué Part 2
The data is available, infrastructure (base) is in place but the
networking among the various governmental departments is to be set-up.
In the last six years, the Node Design and meta Data Standards, Village
Level Mapping, initiatives like 'Neighbourhood mapping', release of the
Aerial Photography, High Resolution Imaging and Mapping policies along
with grass-root level capacity building exercises have been completed.
The new map policy needs to be interpreted, at least by the governmental
organisations in an 'open' context. The very ethos of setting up a NSDI
is lost if legal beagles are used or needed to understand and
interpret policies.
The multitude of man hours and efforts spend on nurturing the NSDI
cannot be thrown on horns of uncertainty resulting from a bureaucratic
fear psychosis - all due to a matter of interpretation...
The report from Stanford University depicting a 300 percent increase in
urban areas between 1988 and 1996 in some environmentally sensitive
areas should jolt our town planners from their complacent slumber. The
very nonchalant attitude by the world's nations towards Gaia is due to
the absence of a surveillance and monitoring mechanism. The historic
international treaty on climate change mooted in 1997 and finally
'entered into force' from 2005 will now have a watchdog. The GOSAT is
JAXA's offering in support of the Kyoto Protocol. The Michaelson
interferometer on-board GOSAT will measure global CO^2 at more than
18,000 sample points everyday. The launch of this monitor is sure to
consolidate the position of Climate Exchange Plc. the principal behind
the Chicago Climate Exchange and the European Climate Exchange.
Philanthropic activities of Google Earth like the Outreach Programme and
the postings of air pollution values for every industrial unit in North
America by environmental agencies using Google Earth, if merged with
data from the GOSAT when it becomes operational will influence the stock
markets in the coming years. It will also impact the real estate values
around most industrial areas. In a tagged world, who knows, their may be
ways of monitoring 'Personal Carbon Allowances' too... Mayer Hillman
will be happy
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 Dr. Hrishikesh Samant
hrishikesh@gisdevelopment.net |
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ARTICLES
Geospatial Infrastructure software
Dr. Satyaprakash, Ananya Ghosh
GIS Development
Infrastructure designing has come a long way since the initial years, when the designing was done on drawing boards. Presently, software are used not only for designing but also for generating alternative scenarios and calculating the cost. In this article, we have compiled a list of geospatial solutions being offered by some of the software companies. The compilation has been done from their respective websites and the view points presented by two major companies viz., Bentley and Autodesk... |
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Geo Intelligence 2007
 A conference on geospatial applications for Defence andInternal Security - is being organised by GIS Development on 26-27 July at Hotel Intercontinental, New Delhi.
The theme for this year's seminar is "C4ISR for Decision Support". The four Cs are Command, Control, Communication and Computers, whereas ISR is Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance. The 4Cs and ISR are the key elements in any defence operation and mission. The seminar has been divided into Plenary and Vision sessions.
Click Here to Visit GeoIntelligence 2007, website.
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Rolta India ltd. acquires Orion Technology Inc., a Canada based GIS firm. Orion will continue its operations under the same name and management team that is currently in place...
Satellite images have been used to demonstrate a link between rapid city growth and rainfall patterns, as well as to assess compliance with an international treaty to protect wetlands by Karen Seto and her colleagues...
The spatial interferometer aboard the new Japanese satellite GOSAT (Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite) will enable Japanese scientists to study and measure greenhouse gases.
TeleAtlas and Systems and Technology Corporation join forces to form TeleAtlas Taiwan Co., ltd., that will deliver a complete digital map of the territory for portable, Internet, in-car and wireless navigation systems and application.
Raytheon's IIS ( Intelligence and Information Systems) business in collaboration with UCSD will be designing and constructing information technology and networking capability for the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI)...
High resolution satellite images used to create agriculture based map product, AgroWatch, along with calibrated ground data. The three AroWatch's map products are the Green Vegetation Index map, Soil Zone Index map and TreeGrading map that can be used for management and control of agricultural resources.
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ISC announced the release of MapDotNet Server 6.1 a development platform for data visualization and mapping applications that can also integrate with the newest geospatial technologies from Microsoft.
Leica launches its one-stop field to finish solution for high-accuracy mobile GIS the MobileMatriX...
