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Previous Interviews
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Mark Steele
Chief Operating Officer,Tele Atlas Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd.
Dynamic content is going to be the thing next
(February 2008)
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Prof. D. R. Fraser Taylor
Distinguished Research Professor, Faculty of Geography and Environmental Studies
Carleton University, Canada
Challenge for the industry is brainware!
(December 2007)
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Robert Moses
CEO & President
PCI Geomatics, Canada
Algorithms for near real time image analysis are today’s need
(December 2007)
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Mr. Kaushik Chakraborty
Vice President India, Middle East, and Africa,
Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging
Opening Soon: Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging India Pvt. Ltd.
(December 2007)
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Professor Sir Martin Sweeting
Chairman,
Surrey Satellite Technologies Ltd. (SSTL), UK
"Small satellite constellation allow greater understanding of space"
(November 2007)
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Brendan Boyle
Chief Executive
Land Information New Zealand (LINZ India)
“We do not compete with the private sector”
(November 2007)
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Lawrence Cheung
Vice Chairman
Wireless Technology Industry Association
Hong Kong
"Mobile Phone Penetration rate in Hong Kong is 140%"
(October 2007)
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Upender Bhati
Head - Business Development
Applied Electro-Magnetics Pvt. Ltd.
India
"Fleet Management in India is still at Nascent Stage"
(October 2007)
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"We Aim to Enhance the Global Standing of the Surveying profession"
(September 2007)
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Nazek Al Sabbagh
Chief Civil Engineering Officer, Civil Engineering Deptartment
Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation, Dubai, UAE
"We would like to see the GIS technology spreading around"
(September 2007)
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(September 2007)
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(September 2007)
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Mr. Greg Bentley
CEO, Bentley Systems, Inc.
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(August 2007)
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David Schell
President
Open Geospatial Consortium Inc.
"Gaining acceptance by leadership"
(August 2007)
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Bob Morris
President
Leica Geosystems Geospatial Imaging, USA
"Raising Geospatial Imaging Standard
Consolidating recent acquisitions and developing innovative and accurate Geospatial Tools"
(August 2007)
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Marc Tremblay
Vice President, Commercial Business Unit,
DigitalGlobe, USA
"Aerial and satellite imaging are complimentary in nature"
(July 2007)
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Dr. Vincent Tao
Director
Microsoft Virtual Earth
Business Unit
"Map is being evolved as social media"
(July 2007)
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Jack Dangermond
President, ESRI
"We need technical people who can manage the infrastructure"
(June 2007)
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Dr BVR Mohan Reddy
CMD, Infotech Enterprises
India
“You need to have a vision for yourself, a mission to accomplish it and suitable strategies to achieve them”
(June 2007)
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James Scott
Vice President (Engineering)
MapInfo, USA
james.scott@mapinfo.com
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(April 2007)
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Gaw Seng Suan
Director, Land Data Division
Singapore Land Authority
GAW_Seng_Suan@sla.gov.sg
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(April 2007)
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Jim Quanci
Director
Autodesk Developer Network
"Interoperability is like import and export of data in geospatial world"
(January 2007)
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- Rear Admiral B R Rao (January 2007)
NM, VSM ,Chief Hydrographer Government of India
- Kapil Sibal (January 2007)
Minister of Science & Technology and Earth Sciences Government of India
- Thomas Eckart (December 2006)
CEO, Hansa Luftbild
- Ralph R. Peterson (December 2006)
Chairman, President and CEO, CH2M HILL
- Pontsho Maruping (October 2006)
Chief Director, Frontier Programmes -DST South Africa
- Nikolaus Faller (October 2006)
Chief Operating Officer, Infoterra GmbH
- Hiroshi Sanui (November
2006)
General Manager, International Marketing Overseas Division, PASCO Corp.,Japan
- Johannes Kebeck (October
2006)
Microsoft Virtual Earth Technology Specialist, UK
- Ron Lake (September-October
2006)
Chairman & CEO, Galdos Systems Inc.
- Mr. Norikazu Watanabe (July 2006)
Managing Director, Sokkia Singapore
- Geoff Zeiss (June 2006)
Director of Technology, Autodesk
- Michael Jones (May 2006)
CTO, GOOGLE Earth
- Prof Mohd Ibrahim Seeni Mohd (May 2006)
Dean, Faculty of Geoinformation Science and Engineering, UTM, Malaysia
- Prof. David Rhind (April 2006)
Vice Chancellor, City University, London
- Joern Tjaden (April 2006)
Head of Technical Division
‘The full operation of GALILEO will be achieved in 2010’
- Matthew O’Connel
CEO of GeoEye
Talking to Matthew O’Connel( January 2006 )
- Jake Jenkins
Director,
Airborne Terrestrial Survey Division, Optech Incorporated
“Potential of Lidar is yet to be realized” ( January 2006 )
- Holger Magel
President,
FIG Chair, UN Habitat Professionals Forum and of Joint Board of Geoinformation Societies (JBGIS)
“The role of surveying is paramount and critical”
( January 2006 )
- Ashbindu Singh
Regional Coordinator,
UNEP Division of Early Warning & Assessment - North America,
Washington, usa
“Satellite data stimulates major environmental policies”
( December 2005 )
- Bred Koziey
Sales Director, Applanix Corporation
“Industry does not view Galileo as alternative to GPS”
( December 2005 )
- Ian Dowman
President, ISPRS
‘Photogrammetry has always been technology led.’
( November 2005 )
- K K Singh
Chairman and Managing Director, Rolta India Ltd.
“Customer’s satisfaction guides our vision statement”
( November 2005 )
- Uri Lupolianski
Mayor, Jerusalem Municipality
“There are plans to expand the use of GIS in the future”
( November 2005 )
- Mr Glen Gibbons
Managing Director
Gibbons Media & Research LLC
Founding Editor
GPS World
"GPS applications fields have touched so many unexpected areas"
( October 2005 )
- B V R Mohan Reddy
Founder, Chairman and CEO
InfoTech Enterprises Ltd.
“Today there is an immense need for bringing in innovations”
( October 2005 )
- Styli Camateros & Bhupinder Singh
Vice President, Bentley Geospatial & Senior Vice President,
International Development,
Bentley Software
“Bentley shall always have customer-focused strategies”
( October 2005 )
- Ashutosh Pande
Managing Director, SiRF Technology (India) Pvt. Limited
"The challenge now is to bring context to content"
( August 2005 )
- Joe Astroth
Vice President and General Manager, Autodesk Location Services
‘LBS is not a killer application; it is the "killer enabler" of existing and new wireless services'
- Dr M K Munshi
Senior Executive Director, Rolta India
"The role of industry is significant in maturing the Geospatial market"
( May 2005 )
- Hans Hess
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Board,
Leica Geosystems
"Industry has a big role in shaping mindsets"
( April 2005 )
- Greg Tilley
President, VARGIS LLC, USA
"There is increased demand for direct digital capture"
( March 2005 )
- Carol Bartz
Chairman, President and CEO of Autodesk
"Delivering functionality at a fraction of the cost"
( February 2005 )
- Chuck Herring
Director of marketing communications for DigitalGlobe in Longmont, Colorado
"We work collaboratively around the world to understand regional requirements"
( January 2005 )
- Karen K. Kemp
Professor of Geographic Information Science, Director of the International Masters Program in GIS, University of Redlands Redlands, CA
"Those of us currently teaching GIS must set the example"
( January 2005 )
- Kapil Sibal
Honourable Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and ocean development,
Government of india
"India will have its map policy in next six months"
( September 2004 )
- Bob Morris
President, Leica Geosystems GIS & Mapping
"We will continue to be the experts in geospatial imaging"
( August 2004 )
- Wendy Watson
Vice President of Product Management & Marketing, Leica Geosystems GIS & Mapping
"In Asia, we are primarily focusing on reaching the civil government and defense markets"
( August 2004 )
Brian Nicholls
General Manager, AAMHatch
"Governments and corporations have come to realize that accurate and up- to date spatial information is a fundamental piece of infrastructure"
( July 2004 )
K K Singh
President, Chairman and CEO, Rolta India Pvt. Ltd.
"A non-conformist entrepreneur"
( August 2003 )
Bob Morris
President, Leica Geosystems, GIS & Mapping
"We understand imagery from acquisition to presentation"
( June 2003 )
Preetha Pulusani
President, Intergraph Mapping and Geospatial Solutions
"A road of pleasant surprises"
( May 2003 )
Amitabha Pande
Joint Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
"Market needs to play a key role in influencing policy"
( April 2003 )
Dr Alireza Gharagozlu
Manager of Public Relations and Int’l Affairs of National Cartographic Center, Iran
"Role of NCC Iran"
( March 2003 )
Babu Ram Acharya
Director General, Survey Department his majesty’s government, Nepal
"Survey Department is playing a key role in NGII, Nepal"
( February 2003 )
Dr Joe Astroth
Executive vice president, Location services division, autodesk
"Joe Astroth on why LBS needs to be a part of IT"
( January 2003 )
Professor Martien Molenaar
Prof. of Geoinformatics & Spatial Data Acquisition
"Professor Martien Molenaar A Humble Academician"
( January 2003 )
Dr John C Trinder
President, ISPRS
"ISPRS is dedicated to contribute to the well-being of humanity and the sustainability of the environment"
( December 2002 )
Dr R R Navalgund
President Commission VII, ISPRS
"India has user-oriented and applications-driven programmes in the field of Earth Observation"
( December 2002 )
Dr Vanessa Lawrence
Director General and CEO of Ordnance Survey, UK
"Ordnance Survey has a clear customer focus"
( November 2002 )
J K Banthia
Registrar General and Census Commissioner
"Census GIS allows generating thematic maps based on census data"
( November 2002 )
Dr. Wicha Jiwalai
Chairman, GISTDA, Thailand
"Maps can make a person more complete"
( October 2002 )
Jeff Young
Vice President, Space Imaging
"In Asia, Indian market for satellite imagery is quite solid"
( August 2002 )
Ed Kennedy
President, GIAC, Ottawa, Canada
"My objective is to make Canada a world-leading exporter of geospatial information products and services"
( August 2002 )
Kim Mena
Vice President Marketing, MapInfo Corp
"MapInfo was founded first as a GPS company"
( July 2002 )
Dr. Jack Dangermond
President, ESRI
"Hard work, contribution and friendship are the keys to success"
( July 2002 )
Dr David J Maguire
Director of Products, ESRI
( July 2002 )
Mr P C Mandal
Director General GSI
"GSI plans to generate GIS compatible digital products"
( May 2002 )
Dr. J. K. Rawat
Director, Forest Survey of India
"Forest policy accords highest
priority to the environmental role of forests"
( April 2002 )
Herb Satterlee
President and CEO, DigitalGlobe Inc.
"Industry will fundamentally change in the ways government around the world map their countries"
( November 2001 )
Joe Astroth
Executive Vice-President, Autodesk Location Services Division.
"We are in the midst of a GIS technology evolution by taking mapping information off the PC and into the field"
( November 2001 )
Larry Diamond
Vice President, GIS Division, Autodesk Inc.
"... taking GIS beyond the designer, mapper, and engineer to include the business user, ..."
( October 2001 )
Jacques Coulombe
President & CEO, DVP
"I foresee the future of photogrammetry in large scale accurate data collection"
( September 2001 )
Bruce Wald
President & CEO, LH Systems
"LH Systems' objective is to offer customers a broad product palette, consisting of a range of systems for precise data acquisition and post-processing"
( August 2001 )
Dr. Harshit Sinha
Project Director,Vardaan foundation ,India
"The gap between the incoming(health) data and decision-making process for different health programmes has given momentum to the use of GIS and RS in public health programmes."
( August 2001 )
Dr. Hussein Harahsheh
The United Arab Emirates University (UAEU), Faculty of Science
"About 70% of potentially productive drylands are presently threatened by various forms of land degradation or, directly affecting the well-being and future of one sixth of the world's population"
( July 2001 )
Prof. Mark Aldenderfer
Department of Anthropology, Director, Office of Information Technology, University of California
"Archaeologists have begun to adapt both GIS and RS technologies to the investigation of individual archaeological sites, and it is here that both show great promise for the future"
( July 2001 )
Preetha Pulusani
Executive Vice President, Intergraph Mapping and GIS Solutions
"Taking GIS into IT mainstream"
( June 2001)
John Allan
Executive Director of Business Development,
ERDAS Inc., UK
"With ERDAS IMAGINE, our customers, regardless of their GIS background, can visualize, manipulate, analyze, measure, and integrate any type of geographic imagery and geospatial information into 2D and 3D environments."
( April 2001 )
Prof. Karl Harmsen
Former Rector, ITC, The Netherlands
"Government Should be in administration and policy implimentation, indicating what the boundary condition are."
( April 2001 )
Dr. David Rhind
Vice-Chancellor,
City University, London
"We tried to work out what was needed in UK rather than simply copying anyone else's"
( March 2001 )
Prof. I.V.Muralikrishna
J. N. Technological University, Hyderabad
"The GIS education should prepare the students for the real world issues"
( February 2001 )
Stuart Nixon
CEO, ER Mapper, Inc.
"India will be a world player in the spatial information market"
( February 2001 )
Dr. Lilian Pun
Prof. Department of Land Surveying & Geo-Informatics,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
"There is close industry-institution interface in Hong Kong"
( February 2001 )
Lawrie E Jordan III
President, ERDAS Inc.
"Focus on happiness for both customers and employees, everything else, including profits, will take care of itself"
( January 2001 )
K.K.Singh
Chairman & Managing Director, Rolta India Limited
"We are observing increasing interest in the publication of intelligent maps on the Web"
( November 2000 )
Chris Harlow
Founding President, GITA
"To be truly successful, GIS must move to the background, and allow the user applications to shine through."
( October 2000 )
Ted Lamboo
President, International Sales, Bentley Systems
"The company's Geoengineering configuration allows its users to create comprehensive engineering models and share information within enterprises in a way, that was difficult with isolated segments of CAD & GIS."
( September 2000 )
Christopher Roper
Founder, Landmark Information Group
"Landmark to offer a comprehensive range of tailored GIS services in conjunction with RMSI."
( September 2000 )
John Copple
CEO, Space Imaging
"Space Imaging's mission has always been to change people's lives for the better by allowing the commercial sector to harness the power of high-resolution remote sensing imagery"
( July 2000 )
Jansen EK
Vice President, Asia Pacific, SGI
"Our graphics systems combine supercomputer power (bandwidth, throughput and processing), with powerful integration capabilities"
( July 2000 )
Jonathan Wright
Director Sales, South East Asia, MapInfo Corp
"..the factor that most commonly inhibits growth and success is poor communication"
( June 2000 )
Kuldip Rai
Joint Secretary, Government of India, Department of Land Resources
"GIS a boon to LIS"
( April 2000 )
D.P. Rao
Director, National Remote Sensing Agency
"Future secenario of Remote Sensing data usage is very promising"
( April 2000 )
Dean A. Rogers
Regional Manager, Asia Pacific, ERDAS Inc.
3-D visualisation is the key
( March 2000 )
Richard Nasmith
Director, International Sales, PCI
"PCI's plan for the Geomatics Market" ( January 2000 )
Dr. David J. Maguire
Director, Product Planning, ESRI
"Arc Info - 8 sets new standard for mapping technologies" ( Nov - Dec 99 )
Shrikant Pathak
Vice President, Tata Infotech Ltd.
"TIL strives for affordable and user-friendly GIS technology"
( Sep - Oct 99 )
S. Sreedhar
Managing Director, Autodesk India Pvt. Ltd.
"Autodesk redefines the GIS marketplace" ( Jul - Aug 99 )
Dr. M. Vijayanunni
Registrar General and Census Commissioner, Government of India
"The Millennium Census - A mirror to Contemporary Society"
( May-June 99 )
Anil Sinha
Joint Secretary, Government of India, Ministry of Agriculture
Prevention Rather Cure ( May-Jun 99 )
Suresh Prabhu
Former Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Government of India
"GIS is sine qua non to development and environment"
( Jan - Feb 99 )
Hans Hess
President & CEO, Leica Geosystems
"Low cost GPS is needed" ( Nov - Dec 98 )
Jack Dangermond
President, ESRI Inc.
India needs to invest in databases ( Nov - Dec 98 )
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