June 2009
Vol. 13 Issue 6
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ARTICLES
- Where citizen is the czar
Common man is the ultimate client in a government.
While governments in India provide policy guidelines
and monitor implementation of services, it is a challenge
to create a standardised dataset that meets the demands
of various needs...
Prof. Arup Dasgupta
- A coordinate(d) hub
Local authorities in UK have a statutory responsibility
to create all addresses. However, those authorities
did not hold a unified list of addresses until NLPG
rationalised databases across the authority...
Gayle Gander
- Share to Synergise
Sharing land
information is not
new to Singapore.
What started as Land
Data Hub (LDH) in
1980s culminated in
to LandNet to enable
Singapore’s vision
of integrated
government...
Matt Freeman
- Governing it right
Under National e-Governance Plan, it is mandatory
to incorporate latest technologies in government
programmes. Here’s how AIILSG is using GIS to
improve governance in the purview of ULBs...
Dr. Abhijit Khandge
- Adding 3rd dimension
The advantage of
3D in high definition
is its ability to
understand a city,
its areas, its
functioning and its
dynamics as they
are on the ground.
This article talks
about the power of
3D interactive in
decision-making
and in territory
governance...
Caroline Tasse
- Technology on cross hairs
In the last decade, applications of
digital terrain models (DTM) and
digital surface models (DSM)
have rapidly increased. DTMs are
routinely used in engineering applications
and environmental studies...
Dr Ireneusz Baran
- Navigate to reign
Governance, in its simplest
sense, refers to
how an organisation,
including a nation, is
run. It includes all the processes,
systems and controls that are
used to safeguard and grow
assets...
Simmi Sinha
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