Time Line
1990
The Education and Research Network (ERNET) starts in India.
1991
NATMO comes out with India’s first map on Natural Hazard, "India - Natural Hazard Map", at 1: 6million scale.
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The Prime Minister of India, Mr. P.V. Narsimha Rao starts the process of economic reforms.
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Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), India established in 1968, starts with the TCS GIS group to provide services in the areas of GIS, Digital Image Processing, Automated Mapping and Facility Management.
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‘The Mountain Natural Resource Information Systems (MENRIS) division by ICIMOD, Nepal is established to facilitate the application of GIS and remote sensing.
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MapInfo Professional is launched.
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The first European Remote-Sensing Satellite (ERS-1) launched that carried radar altimeter.
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India launches second Remote Sensing satellite IRS 1B.
1992
Integrated Digital Systems, a GIS company is establishedin Calcutta.
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RMSI is launched in India with the support of RMS Inc of US.
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Natural Resource Data Management Systems (NRDMS), Department of Science and Technology designs GRAM-GIS (GeoReferenced Area Management) for the entry, storage manipulation, analysis and display of spatial data for a low cost computer configuration.
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First Issue of ‘GIS Today’, now known as ‘GIS India’ is published by Geomap Society of India.
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Bihar Geographic Information Systems made by Manosi Lahiri, completed at the end of 1991,becomes operational.
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Indian Resources Information & Management Technologies (IN-RIMT) is established at Hyderabad.
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RAMTECH Corporation, established in 1965, starts GIS activities, with prime emphasis on AM/FM/GIS and CAD/CAE solutions.
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Integrated Mission for Sustainable Development (IMSD) was initiated, which is an important user of IRS data. Department of Space establishes Antrix Corporation for overseas marketing of ISRO capabilities.
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CADD Centre, an imaging solution company starts its operation.
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The National Space Development Agency (NASDA), Japan launches JERS-1 satellite.
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In Lebanon, the Electricite du Libau (EDL) decides to rebuild the entire nations electricity network in GIS environment.
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An European magazine, ‘GIS Europe’ starts.
1993
The Election Commission, India creates Pollmap, a digital cartographic database, during the Assembly Elections.
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The European Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information (EUROGI) is established in Europe.
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Foundation of the monthly magazine ‘Business Geographics’ to meet the information needs of business people seeking to use geographic technology.
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Computer Eyes is formed.
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Indian Society of Geomatics is formed at Ahmedabad.
1994
The creation of Geomatics Laboratory by the French Research Institute of Pondicherry.
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IRS-P2 is launched by India.
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National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) is formed in US by an executive order of President Bill Clinton.
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International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM) is established with members and advisors from NGOs, NMOs and academicians.
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PCI Geomatics, a geomatics solution company is formed .
1995
Integrated Digital System (IDS), a Calcutta based GIS company, surveyes all the Calcutta retail outlets by its own team to provide the retail data clubbed with the map data on a GIS.
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Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific (CSSTE - AP) is established on with initiatives taken by the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs.
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RADARSAT - SAR satellite is launched.
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Launch of third operational Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, IRS-1C.
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Infodesk Technologies Pvt. Ltd. starts GIS activities.
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National Geographic Data Framework (NGDF) established in UK.
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The bi-monthly magazine, ‘GEOAsia Pacific’ starts.
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RADARSAT
Radarsat is an advanced Earth Observation satellite project developed by Canada to monitor environmental change and to support resource sustainability. The Radarsat project was launched on November 4, 1995 by the Canadian Space Agency and then Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS). Radarsat, planned for a lifetime of five years, is equipped with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). The SAR is a powerful microwave instrument that can transmit and receive signals to "see" through clouds, haze smoke and darkness and obtain high quality images of the earth in all weather at any time.
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