Location Based Services, or LBS, as is more commonly called, is an offshoot of the developments in the field of geospatial services. This has developed to such an extent that LBS has become a domain in itself. The edition would deal with various issues pertaining to map data management, including its acquisition/generation with respect to LBS. The aspects of policy, methods and techniques of acquisition, data updation, data pricing, data quality, etc. would be highlighted in the edition.

July: Defense, C4ISR
Defense is one sector, which has been the pioneer in the use of any technology, including geospatial technologies. The issue shall focus on the recent developments happening in the R&D labs of the development centres, in the field of geospatial technologies that are helping the defense forces in guarding the country better. C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) is the playground where these technologies are being deployed. User stories shall also be published where these technologies have been utilised and implemented.

August: Spatially Enabled Government and Social Infrastructure
Besides the use of geospatial tools in the physical infrastructure, there has been progressive and continuous growth in their use for the social infrastructure as well. Digital map-based analyses and implementation of developmental programmes, be it pertaining to land development, taxation, health, education, etc., aim at ensuring better delivery of services to the end users. The issue will talk on mutiple aspects of the application of GIS tools in these sectors as part of governance.

September: GIScience
The geographic information system is slowly evolving into a science. Geographic information science (GISc or GISci) is the academic theory behind the development, use, and application of geographic information systems (GIS). This issue shall try to discuss the basics behind the emergence of GIScience and the latest developments related to the same.

October: Open Source, WebGIS, UbiGIS
There have been various developments in the field of WebGIS using commercial as well as the open source software. With the rising prices of the commercial software and their daily maintenance costs, individuals and organisations are looking for open source solutions that give them flexibility in terms of development of new tools and implementation across different sections of the organisations. This issue shall cover the new tools and technology developed in the field of open source for deployment of WebGIS.