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India Surges Ahead...
Welcome to the various additions and updates of GIS Development portal of the month of Februaury 2004. Recently GIS Development endeavoured to interact with certain sectors of the GIS community in India. 'Interact' in the form of interviews and discussions. This lead to some interesting observations. We bring you this month in a section below that puts forth the voices of these various sectors. In crux, an opinion is coming out strongly on the need of indigenous GIS, not only for the Indian market but also for the global market. Academicians insist on more compatible interface between industry and academia and tend to do away the present scenario where industry retrains the professionals to suit their needs. However, there is a concern not to end up in producing technicians rather than experts. If there is a realization that the line between IT and GIS is getting blurred, the introduction of GIS course as a major field still has to go a long way in most of the institutions. There are certain issues which have assumed a sense of permanency figured again such as unreasonable restrictions on the maps and digital data, availability of accurate and up-to-date spatial data in standard format, affordability of technology, lack of trained and skilled manpower, capacity building, etc. However, issues pertaining to data ownership and need of adequate regulations to check data pilferage and piracy have also come into focus. Despite all, there is a change and that is a significant one. The Government of India starts speaking a language that is digital: the Survey of India claims to digitize all the 1:50,000 scale maps and enters in partnerships with private sector; the Department of Space wants to touch the moon; the Geological Survey of India initiates the process to build up an organizational network infrastructure and enterprise cum information portal; the Forest Survey of India says that it uses state of the art techniques in forest cover assessment; the National Informatic Center moves from developing standalone systems to providing web based GIS solutions... And it is said that an Indian NSDI is on the anvil! Sounds like a surge? |
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Thesis
GIS Development, in its continued focus towards developing coordination of various stakeholders in the Geo-informatics arena and spreading the works and knowledge created to the right beneficiaries, have recently made an important addition in its Thesis section.
In the thesis submitted to the Faculty of SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome, Prasad Salunkhe, speaks of GPS technology as one of the significant inventions of the twentieth century. It points out that GPS has become a popular device in western countries but has not yet reached the household of the common man in India. This thesis studies what are the factors that prevent GPS from being used widely in India. The problems faced by GPS/GIS vendors in tapping the GPS market in India are also addressed.
Underestimation of GPS service in India
Prasad Salunkhe
Downloads
We also welcome you to the Downloads section of GIS Development. The section holds numerous downloadable applications and software catgorised into nine technology heads. A recent addition to the section is ScanMagic. We also invite you to write to us to get your downloadable tool enlisted here.
ScanMagic
ScanMagic is a software application for the visualizing, analyzing and processing remote sensing data. In most of the cases, ScanMagic makes it possible to carry out a complete range of activities on preparation of Earth remote sensing output products without application of additional software tools.
India Surges Ahead…
The section has 17 significant interviews from the government, academia and industry conducted recently by GIS Development. GIS Development started off with an intention to accumulate opinions from various segments and players of GIS about the overall scenario of geomatics in India and in the process got these very rich inputs that traverses various types of issues.
The NSDI is transforming itself from paper to reality
Prof V S Ramamurthy
Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
Spatial data of sensitive areas cannot be allowed to fall in wrong hands
Lt Gen Davinder Kumar
Additional Directorate, General Information Systems and Colonel, Commandant Corps of Signals
SOI takes up projects of national priorities
Dr Prithvish Nag
Surveyor General of India, Survey of India
ISRO has provided high-quality leadership to NSDI
V Sundararamaiah
Scientific Secretary, Indian Space Research Organisation, Department of Space, Government of India
GI organisations should upgrade their data and business processes to better address user concerns
P C Mandal
Director General, Geological Survey of India, Government of India
NRSA has matured into a fully operational remote sensing service provider
Dr R R Navalgund
Director, National Remote Sensing Agency, Department of Space, Government of India
With availability of digital data on forest cover, there are immense opportunities for value addition
Dr J K Rawat
Director, Forest Survey of India
NIC has moved on from developing standalone systems to providing web based GIS solutions
Dr Vandana Sharma
Head, Remote Sensing and GIS Division, National Informatic Centre, Ministry of Communication and Information Government of India
The border between GIS and information technology is becoming blurred
Prof Murali krishna V Iyyanki
Head, Centre for Spatial Information Technology, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad, India
IIRS plays an important role in disseminating knowledge and building professional excellence in geoinformatics
Dr P S Roy
Dean, Indian Institute of Remote Sensing
Introduction of GIS as a major field of study in Indian educational institutes is still a dream
Dr Madhav N Kulkarni
Professor of Geodesy & Remote Sensing, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay, India
Institutions may be generating only technicians and not experts
Dr SM Ramasamy
Professor and Director, Centre for Remote Sensing, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India
Users’ profile has changed considerably
Rajesh Mathur
President, ESRI India
The main issues are the quality and accuracy of data supplied by the agencies
S Rajagopalan
Managing Director, Spatial Data Pvt Ltd., Bangalore, india
Adequate regulations should be adopted to check on data pilferage and piracy
Rakesh Verma
CEO, CE InfoSystems
GIS can be used for better access health care for poor
J P Mishra
Advisor-Health, European Commission, India
Lack of resource personnel is a hurdle for applying the technology in Government departments
A S Dhingra
Commissioner, CADWM, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India
International Geospatial Organisations
GIS Development brings you a cross-section of our recent discussions with some leading personalities representing 7 key international geoinformatics organizations. The idea was to assimilate and update our understandings of international organisations with a role of working towards integration of digital geospatial data at regional and global level.
ISPRS is conducive to encouraging cooperation
John C Trinder
President, International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS)
The future definitely lies in mutual cooperation and respect
Milan Konecny
President, International Cartographic Association
Experiences have influenced thinking and capability
Peter Holland
President, Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia & the Pacific (PCGIAP)
Dedicated to international cooperation in support of local, national, and international SDI developments
Ian Masser
President, Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI)
Global Map is an operational Global Spatial Data Infrastructure
D R F Taylor
President, International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM)
ISO standards are the international ‘standard’ for credibility and acceptance
Henry Tom
Co-Chair, ISO/TC 211 Advisory Group on Outreach, International Organization for Standardization
The OGC uses a global consensus process
Carl Reed
Executive Director, Specification Programme, Open GIS Consortium (OGC)
Featured Article
Mapping out the future of GIS display : Matrox
This featured article is from Matrox and discusses innovations in graphics technology to increase geotechnology professionals' efficiency and productivity with support for enhanced visualization across multiple displays and on specialty high-resolution panels. It talks on the subject of facilitating the use of GIS applications in areas such as planning and management of land use, natural resources, fleet dispatch, transportation, urban facilities, and government, specifically with focus to Matrox products.
Conference Reports : Map India 2004
Map India 2004 was the largest and the 7th Annual International Conference and Exhibition in India, in the field of geographic information technologies like GIS, GPS, Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing. The three-day event, held on 28 - 30 January 2004 at Taj Palace Hotel, Delhi, was jointly organized by the Centre for Spatial Database Management and Solutions (CSDMS), GIS Development and Survey of India (SoI), Government of India.
We bring you a report.
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Conference Proceedings Online
In its continued dedication towards bringing the synergism and coordination of various stakeholders in the Geo-informatics field, GIS Development collaborates and brings to all its visitors, full proceedings of conferences and events across the globe online (for free). This month a number of conference proceedings have been uploaded with detailed papers for all sections of these conferences. For elaborate listing and readings visit our very popular Proceedings section.
1) GITA Oil and Gas Conference (2000, 2001, 2002)
GITA’s “GIS for Oil & Gas Conference” is the only one of its kind, devoted exclusively to applications and technologies for upstream/downstream oil and gas industries including, Exploration and Production, Gathering, Land/Lease, Pipeline and Retail, Refining, and Marketing. It is held each September in Houston, Texas, the center of the oil and gas pipeline industry in the USA. The 1998 conference was the first held under GITA’s exclusive management. In 2002, GIS Development came in an strategic alliance with GITA.
2) Digital Earth 2003
The third international symposium on Digital Earth was held at Brno, Czech Republic in September 2003. It dealt with: Earth observation and processing technologies for Digital Earth, the meaning of sustainability and policy of its formulation, delivery, monitoring and evaluation in the conditions of the Information Society. Other important parts of the symposium were the Global Society Dialogue as well as e-government, e-governance and e-parliament as accompanying factors of a networked knowledge society. The complete proceedings at one place are put forth for you.
3) ACRS (1980, 2002)
‘Asian Conference on Remote Sensing’ is an annual conference, which is held under the auspices of Asian Association on Remote Sensing. AARS was formed in 1981, and its principal activity is to hold the Asian Conference on Remote Sensing. The Association also conducts other remote sensing activities consistent with its aims. The first ACRS was held in 1980 in Bangkok. We bring you the proceedings of the first ACRS and the latest in 2002 as the latest entry.
Events
In its continued dedication towards the synergism and coordination of various stakeholders in the Geo-informatics arena, GIS Development have evolved initiatives to support events that bring together the best practices of the world on a common platform. We invite you to these events. Following are some of the GIS Development events:
Directory of Professionals
Hundreds of professionals got themselves enlisted in the directory of professionals at GISdevelopment.net in the year 2002. One can find specialized professionals in GIS, GPS, Remote Sensing, Image Processing, Image Compression, Data, Surveying, Cartography and so on. Check out the latest members that have joined in the last month. Join now.
Directory Map of Companies
Numerous companies across the world with details of their competences are enlisted and updated in the directory of companies at GISdevelopment.net every month in 11 different categories. You will find company details with specialization in GIS, GPS, Satellite Images, Aerial Photography, Image Processing, Surveying / Mapping, Cartography / Map Publishing and DATA. Check out the latest companies that have joined in the last month.
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