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Map World Forum 2007
In 10 years 'Map India' reaches to 'Map World


Fig. 1: Glittering Exhibition Hall at MWF

The topics discussed in seminars included

• Cartography
• Geospatial Technologies in Utilities & critical Infrastructure Protection
• Spatial Data Infrastructure
• LIDAR
• Disaster Management
• Geo Web Services
• Global Outsourcing in Geospatial Industry
• Aerial Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing: Digital sensor systems and automatic production
• Urban Renewal and Information Systems
• Standards and Interoperability and
• Surveying and Mapping

Technical Sessions
In total there were 14 technical sessions running parallely in six different halls. These sessions provided opportunity to speakers to present papers on varied fields of technical and social applications of spatial technology. The technical sessions covered were

• GIS in Mountain Environment
• Earth Sciences
• Health and Medical GIS
• Natural Resources and Ecology Monitoring
• Agriculture and Forestry: Monitoring and Analysis
• Transportation Management
• Global Positioning Systems
• Urban Planning and Infrastructure Development
• 3D Terrain Modeling
• GIS Based Modeling
• Web GIS
• Crime Detection and National Security
• Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry
• GIS Applications and Trends

Exhibition
The exhibition space was spread over an area of 1500 sq ft with over 69 exhibitors from across the globe showcasing and displaying products, services and solutions. It also presented 3 best exhibitor awards based on participants' feedback, which went to UAE Armed Forces, Autodesk and Leica Geosystems.

Other highlights
The other highlights of the conference were Workshops, Poster sessions, Editors forum, Students forum and User meets. The conference had 5 specialized successful workshops, which were executed under the guidance of GIS experts. Poster sessions at the conference provided a chance for various speakers to share their experience and expertise in GIS and related topics.

MAP WORLD FORUM-2007 AWARDS
Best Paper Award – Technical Session in Seminars
Metadata and Data quality: Does it Impact Interoperability?
Manoj Mishra, Formed Head of GIS and Strategic Business Development, RMSI, India

Best Paper Award – Technical Session
Industrial Resiting in View of Impending Urban Sprawl : A Case Ctudy of EIA, Industrial Estate of Hyderabad S Padmaja, Professor, Osmania University, India

Best Paper Award- Student
Calculation of Human Resources Index using GIS Software and GUI Customization
G Saradha and N Muthulakshmi,
College of Engineering, Anna University

Best Student Poster Award
Development of a System for 3D
Visualization of LiDAR Data
Sudhasheel Ghosh, Ph.D Student, IIT Kanpur

Best Exhibitors
UAE Armed Forces
Autodesk
Leica Geosystems