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As a pre-conference programme of Geospatial World Forum, GIS Development organised a two day discussionforum for the heads of national mapping organizations (NMOs) from different countries and industry representa-tives from across the globe.

• Setting the pace of the forum, Sanjay Kumar,Sanjay Kumar,Sanjay Kumar,Sanjay Kumar,Sanjay Kumar, CEO, GIS Development observed that the geospatialindustry is growing rapidly and the major stakeholders in this industry are NMOs and the industry.

• PrPrPrPrProfofofofof. Ian Do. Ian Do. Ian Do. Ian Do. Ian Dowmanwmanwmanwmanwman, Editor – Europe, GIS Development - added that it is important to understand whatNMOs want and how the industry canserve those requirements.

• Kevin PomfretKevin PomfretKevin PomfretKevin PomfretKevin Pomfret, Executive Director, Center for Spatial Law andPolicy, USA - Deliberated upon the importance of spatial law andindustry. He opined that as spatial data becomes more commonand relationships become more complex, as applications forspatial data become more complex, the legal risks become morecomplex and the risks become greater. He identified privacy, dataownership, national security data quality/liability as issues to beaddressed in the context of spatial law.

• Maj. Gen. (DrMaj. Gen. (DrMaj. Gen. (DrMaj. Gen. (DrMaj. Gen. (Dr.) R. Siv.) R. Siv.) R. Siv.) R. Siv.) R. Siva Kumara Kumara Kumara Kumara Kumar, CEO, NSDI, and NRDMS, India:Remarked that NMOs are unable to match growing demand ofgeospatial due to conservative approach and that new strategiesand models are a challenge the NMOs face like data accuracy/integrity/ cost, a level playing field for both government andnon-government players and development of good positioninginfrastructure.

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Asia Pacific Prof. Fraser Taylor, President, ISCGM

Africa Prof. William Cartwright

Middle East and North Africa Mark Reichardt President & CEO, OpenGeospatial Consortium

Americas Prof. Orhan Altan, President, ISPRS

Europe Ben Eazzeta, Director and President – InternationalOperations, Rolta

Mapping initiatives in individual countries in various regions were discussed over several sessions

FACTORS AFFECTING ACTIVITIES OF NMOS• Socio-economic development• Funding• Political situation• Regulation• Lack of political awarenessCHALLENGES OF NMOS• Lack of collaboration between agencies• Applying interoperability andstandardisation• Recruitment, training (capacity building)• Resources• Raising political awareness• Use of crowd sourced data

S Subba Rao, Surveyor General of India, Surveyor of India, Prof. Ian Dowman, Editor – Europe, GIS Development and Kevin Pomfret, ExecutiveDirector, Center for Spatial Law and Policy, USA at the NMO Forum


Asia RisingAsia RisingAsia RisingAsia RisingAsia Rising• S. Subba RaoS. Subba RaoS. Subba RaoS. Subba RaoS. Subba Rao, Surveyor General, Survey of India remarked that along

with legacy, a mindset that makes data sharing a challenge has alsobeen carried forward, however efforts are on to overcome it.

• Raja Ram ChhatkuliRaja Ram ChhatkuliRaja Ram ChhatkuliRaja Ram ChhatkuliRaja Ram Chhatkuli, Director General, Survey Department, Nepal high-lighted the activities and pointed out that national mapping is undergo-ing tech nological transformation and this presents both risks and oppor

tunities.

• SMW FSMW FSMW FSMW FSMW Fernandoernandoernandoernandoernando, Surveyor General, Survey Department of Sri Lanka pre-sented information about digital mapping products offered by Sur veyDepartment.

• NguyNguyNguyNguyNguyen Ten Ten Ten Ten Tuan Hunguan Hunguan Hunguan Hunguan Hung, Director General, Department of Surveys andMapping, Vietnam shared information about the initiatives in his countrywhere geospatial implementation is in initial stages.

• Issues pertaining to national mapping in New Zealand were discussedby Geoff HoGeoff HoGeoff HoGeoff HoGeoff Howarwarwarwarwarddddd, Chief Topographer, Land Information New Zealand.As a way forward, Geoff informed that New Zealand will leverage its in-novation, build sustainable capability and provide easy access to de-pendable information through responsive programmes.

• DrDrDrDrDr. Asep Kar. Asep Kar. Asep Kar. Asep Kar. Asep Karsidisidisidisidisidi, Head, BAKOSURTANAL, Indonesia, proposed the busi-ness model wherein he included increasing private sector’s role ingeospatial industry and shifting the government’s role from “rowing” to“steering”.

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• Nahla Seddik Mohamed SalehNahla Seddik Mohamed SalehNahla Seddik Mohamed SalehNahla Seddik Mohamed SalehNahla Seddik Mohamed Saleh, Director –GIS Department, Central Agency for PublicMobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS), Egypthighlighted the role of GIS department inEgypt’s national mapping.

• PrPrPrPrProfofofofof. Abdullah Elsadig Ali. Abdullah Elsadig Ali. Abdullah Elsadig Ali. Abdullah Elsadig Ali. Abdullah Elsadig Ali, Surveyor General,Sudan National Survey Authority, Sudan in-formed the audience about a rehabilitationprogramme for digital mapping for the larg-est country in the African continent.

• Khan Mohammed Afroz Khan Mohammed Afroz Khan Mohammed Afroz Khan Mohammed Afroz Khan Mohammed Afroz of Ministry of Mu-nicipal and Rural Affairs (MOMRA), SaudiArabia discussed the initiatives of the countrytowards “Geospatially integrated SaudiArabia.” He stressed on the need to establishintegrated geospatial systems and informedthat efforts are on to implement integrated GIsystems to selected facets of land manage-ment by MOMRA.


SMW Fernando, Surveyor General, SurveyDepartment of Sri Lanka giving his point atthe forum

Nahla Seddik Mohamed Saleh, Director – GIS Department, Central Agencyfor Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS), Egypt highlighting theuse of GIS


• Aida Opoku-MensahAida Opoku-MensahAida Opoku-MensahAida Opoku-MensahAida Opoku-Mensah, Director ICT & S&T Division UN Economic Com-mission for Africa informing the audience about her programmatic area“Harnessing information for development” highlighted poor mapping cov-erage, lack of consistency in data production, absence of documentationon data building, retention of human capacities and finance as some ofthe key challenges.

• DrDrDrDrDr. Hus. Hus. Hus. Hus. Hussein Fsein Fsein Fsein Fsein Farararararahahahahah, Director General, Regional Centre for Mapping ofResources and Development (RCMRD) highlighted the role of the orga-nization mapping in East and Southern Africa region. The challenges iden-tified by him include coverage, maintenance and accessibility of data,outdated produc tion networks, funding, institutional framework and ca-pacity.

• DrDrDrDrDr. Der. Der. Der. Der. Derek Clarkek Clarkek Clarkek Clarkek Clarkeeeee, Chief Director – Surveys and Mapping, Department ofRural Development and Land Reform, South Africa informed about thenew programme on land use and land cover mapping and identified chal-lenges like conflict between political agenda of rural development andmandate of NMOs, budgetary cuts hampering achieving user-demandedtargets and staff limitation.

• Initiatives in Ethiopia were shared by Sultan MohammedSultan MohammedSultan MohammedSultan MohammedSultan Mohammed, Director Gen-eral, Ethiopian Mapping Agency. Sultan informed about the recently es-tablished primary GCPs. In surveying, the planned initiatives include den-sification of existing geodetic network while in mapping the initiativesinclude analogue to digital conversion of maps.

• APC NjepuomeAPC NjepuomeAPC NjepuomeAPC NjepuomeAPC Njepuome, Surveyor General, Office of the Surveyor General of theFederation, Nigeria, observed that with Nigeria under military rule for 30years out of 50 years of its existence, surveying and mapping for thecountry were completely neglected. He informed about establishment ofGNSS stations.

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Americas ThriveAmericas ThriveAmericas ThriveAmericas ThriveAmericas Thrive• Timothy TTimothy TTimothy TTimothy TTimothy Trrrrrainerainerainerainerainer, Chief – Cartographic division, US Census Bureau,

focussed on integration of technology, demographics and socioeco-nomic data for development. He illustrated the benefits of using near-real time data by citing the huge financial benefits accrued throughuse of near-real time data to influence participation in2010 censusmail

• Prashant ShuklePrashant ShuklePrashant ShuklePrashant ShuklePrashant Shukle, Director General – Mapping Information Branch,National Resources Canada identified challenges faced by nationalmapping organisations and how the organisations can respond to thosechallenges. He stressed on the need for measuring the relevance ofwork done through its impact and value

• Luiz PLuiz PLuiz PLuiz PLuiz Paulaulaulaulaulo Souto Souto Souto Souto Souto Fo Fo Fo Fo Fortortortortorteseseseses, Director of Geosciences, Executive Secre-tary of CONCAR, President, PC – IDEA, discussed the status and per-spectives of IBGE’s (Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatistica)geosciences production. He informed the audience about theorganisation’s online tools and services, processing and Combinationcentre of the SIRGAS-CON network


From top Dr. Hussein Farah, DirectorGeneral, Regional Centre for Mappingof Resources and Development(RCMRD) sharing his perspective andAida Opoku-Mensah, Director ICT & S&TDivision UN Economic Commission forAfrica in the NMO Forum

Prashant Shukle, Director General –Mapping Information Branch, NationalResources Canada stressed on variousimportant points


• DrDrDrDrDr. V. V. V. V. Vanesanesanesanesanessa Lawrsa Lawrsa Lawrsa Lawrsa Lawrencencencencence CBe CBe CBe CBe CB, Director General and Chief Ex-ecutive, Ordnance Survey highlighted initiatives of theorganisation towards enabling easy access to and facilitatingease of use of geographic information along the value chain tofacilitate user help themselves.

• Natalie Marthe BismuthNatalie Marthe BismuthNatalie Marthe BismuthNatalie Marthe BismuthNatalie Marthe Bismuth, General Manager, IGN France In-ternational, France, highlighted IGN’s contribution to the GMES,the environmental information service and the organisation’sinitiatives towards partnership with industry in fields of exportsand distribution of satellite data and an exclusive official part-nership with National Defence.

• Kees de ZeeuwKees de ZeeuwKees de ZeeuwKees de ZeeuwKees de Zeeuw, Director, Kadaster International shared in-formation on policy issues 2011, where emphasis is on focuson customers and creating value for them, collaborating withpartners, cost reduction, flexibility, quality and continuity andhaving an international perspective.

IndustrIndustrIndustrIndustrIndustry Py Py Py Py Perspectiveserspectiveserspectiveserspectiveserspectives• Kaushik ChakrabortyKaushik ChakrabortyKaushik ChakrabortyKaushik ChakrabortyKaushik Chakraborty, Vice President Asia Pacific, Erdas

observed that the number one driver in mapping is changeand the company has to address how to enable its custom-ers to manage change

• Dean Angelides, Dean Angelides, Dean Angelides, Dean Angelides, Dean Angelides, Corporate Director: International Opera-tions, ESRI opined that GIS is creating a complete platformfor SDI and national government GIS’s are already beingdeveloped.

• PPPPPeteteteteter Larer Larer Larer Larer Largegegegege, Vice President, Trimble, discussed the inter-play between technology, economics and policy and ob-served that the three are aligned – but it is easy to say, hardto do

• Kumar Navulur Kumar Navulur Kumar Navulur Kumar Navulur Kumar Navulur of DigitalGlobe stated that in creating na-tionwide databases through PPP model, data and processesneed to be co-located and computing methodologies needto be exploited faster.

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The two-day forum concluded with a paneldiscussion of session chairpersons who aimed toidentify the key takeaways from the session and keyissues to be identified. The panel observed that thegovernment needs to complement authoritative datawith crowdsourced data but with great care asappropriate to a respective culture, preserving andarchiving data, need for NMOs partnership amongthemselves, NMOs to re-examine their businessmodels. It was also observed the technology vendorsare the best sources of information regarding takingdecisions on technology deployment. It was alsoobserved that there is a need for NMOs o reach outand find new audiences and show them theimportance and power of their work. It is importantto talk to others in language that they understand.Finally it was stressed that there is a need to involveand interest children in the geospatial arena.


Dr. Vanessa Lawrence CB, Director General and ChiefExecutive, Ordnance Survey highlighted GIS initiatives

Natalie Marthe Bismuth, General Manager, IGN France International,France expressing her thoughts

Kumar Navulur of DigitalGlobe talked about creating nationwide databasesthrough PPP model


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An elegant ceremony marked the inaugural ofGeospatial World Forum which saw the confluence ofdiverse stakeholders in geospatial sector discussing the‘Dimensions and Directions of Geospatial Industry’.Welcoming the gathering, Dr M P NarDr M P NarDr M P NarDr M P NarDr M P Narayayayayayanananananananananan, Chair-man, GIS Development, outlined the core philosophy ofthe Forum in bringing together the stakeholders ofgeospatial industry to raise the awareness levels aboutthe increasing relevance of technology in every day life.

Calling on the geospatial professionals to unleash thepower of geospatial information, chief guest Kapil SibalKapil SibalKapil SibalKapil SibalKapil Sibal,Union Minister for Science and Technology and EarthSciences; Human Resources Development; and Com-munications and Information Technology pointed outthat any technology, including geospatial technology,is an enabler and a vehicle through which informationcould be delivered to the citizens, empowering them.The national geospatial data authority bill, which is onthe anvil, will be a great step in this direction, he opined.Information is a public good and government stronglybelieves in making 75- 80% of geospatial informationavailable to the citizens subject to the concerns of se-curity, the minister said. To empower common peoplewith this information, Sibal said the government is work-ing on a framework of licensing and a regulatory policywhich would streamline the activities of geospatial sec-tor. He called on the industry to be an equal partner incommunicating the meaning and utility of geospatialtechnology to one and all exuded confidence that Indiawill be a breeding ground of geospatial solutions in thefuture. Detailing the high level of awareness level andcommitment towards geospatial technology at the high-est level of policy making in the country, Dr KDr KDr KDr KDr KKasturirangan,Kasturirangan,Kasturirangan,Kasturirangan,Kasturirangan, Member, Planning Commission, said

– geospatial industry in India has several supportersand added that the prime minister has mandated thePlanning Commission to use geospatial tech for na-tional development in the subsequent Five Year Plan.Dr Rangan said, the government is working on estab-lishing a national system for GIS. The idea is tosynergise many spatial data systems available acrossthe country and create a seamless system to accessdata. Delivering the message of K K SinghK K SinghK K SinghK K SinghK K Singh, President,Chairman, Rolta Group, Atul D TAtul D TAtul D TAtul D TAtul D Tayayayayayal,al,al,al,al, Joint ManagingDirector, Rolta India Ltd, said advances in space tech-nology, internet and GIS have significantly transformedway we live. With latest technology making all thingseasy, the one challenge that remains now is to makethe fruits of this technology reach the common man.Enumerating the business drivers for the industry, Atulsaid that the one input required to make exciting solu-tions in this sector is ‘geographic information’. Emeri-Emeri-Emeri-Emeri-Emeri-tus Prtus Prtus Prtus Prtus Prof Fof Fof Fof Fof Frrrrraser Taser Taser Taser Taser Taylaylaylaylaylororororor – Chairman, UN InternationalSteering Committee for Global Mapping, stressed thesignificance of location information to all aspects ofmodern society. But to realise its potential, he said sev-eral challenges need to be met.

Calling climate change as the greatest challenge of thecentury, Dr Shailesh NayakDr Shailesh NayakDr Shailesh NayakDr Shailesh NayakDr Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, Ministry ofEarth Sciences, Government of India enumerated thesignificance of geospatial technology in understandingthe complex interaction between and among differentcomponents like atmosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere,cryosphere etc. Ocean and seabed mapping is the nextbig frontier for geospatial industry as future genera-tions will increasingly depend on ocean for their re-sources, he said.

Kapil Sibal, Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences; Human Resources Development; and Communications andInformation Technology addressing the Inaugural Session


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The Plenary Session I was chaired by Dr Shailesh NayakDr Shailesh NayakDr Shailesh NayakDr Shailesh NayakDr Shailesh Nayak, Secretary,Ministry of Earth Sciences, India.

Innovation without destroying the environment was the focus of thespeech of guest speaker Dr F J RadermacherDr F J RadermacherDr F J RadermacherDr F J RadermacherDr F J Radermacher, Director, ResearchInstitute for Applied Knowledge Processing/n (FAW/n), Germany.Radermacher said, “We expect innovations from industry. But we needto respect environment to serve generations to come.” Elaboratingfurther, he said, “IT/GIS is the key for it. Through innovation in technol-ogy, we can deliver more goods by using less resources, if we do itright.” Stressing upon the need for the right use of resources for thebetterment of people, Radermacher said, “Every person has a right toa dignified right. The main issue today is to create conditions underwhich dignity of every individual can be protected.”

Ola RollenOla RollenOla RollenOla RollenOla Rollen, President & Chief Executive Officer, Hexagon AB, Swedenand Jeff JonasJeff JonasJeff JonasJeff JonasJeff Jonas, Distinguished Engineer and Chief Scientist Entity IBM,USA: Emphasized that now it’s time for defining the future technology.He also talked about the need to move from 2D to 3D. “By combiningthese technologies, we can find all kinds of solutions.”

Jeff JonasJeff JonasJeff JonasJeff JonasJeff Jonas, Distinguished Eng. and Chief Scientist Entity, IBM, UnitedStates : Introduced the audience to terms like ‘sensemaking on streams’and called upon companies to evaluate new information against pre-vious information, as and when it arrives. He then explained the audi-ence how data collection is good for a company. Jonas explained theimportance of space-time travel.

Jeff Jonas, Distinguished Eng. and ChiefScientist Entity, IBM, United States, Dr F JRadermacher, Director, Research Institute forApplied Knowledge Processing/n (FAW/n),Germany and Ola Rollen, President & ChiefExecutive Officer, Hexagon AB, Swedenaddressing the audience in Plenary Session 1


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The session was chaired by Lt. Gen. N. B. SinghLt. Gen. N. B. SinghLt. Gen. N. B. SinghLt. Gen. N. B. SinghLt. Gen. N. B. Singh, VSM,Director General of Information System (DGIS), India.Talking about geospatial database, Lt. Gen. Singh said itis a tool to develop interactive maps that can be manipu-lated digitally for real-time situational awareness.

Collaboration with geospatial technologies is enablingto deal with various challenging areas including envi-ronment, economic as well as social challenges, observedJill SmithJill SmithJill SmithJill SmithJill Smith, Chief Executive Officer, DigitalGlobe. Accord-ing to her, sustainability is the capacity to endure. In ad-dition, in human context, sustainability is the potential forlongterm maintenance of well-being, which has envi-ronmental, economic and social dimensions.

Bryn A FBryn A FBryn A FBryn A FBryn A Fosburosburosburosburosburghghghghgh, Sector President – Engineering &Construction Emerging Markets, Trimble, talked aboutConstruction – The Five Dimensional World. According toFosburgh, additional two dimensions of construction are

cost and time. He precisely talked about Building In-formation Modeling (BIM) and aid of Trimble technolo-gies in getting the optimum output. He said that thethese five dimensions have not changed over time, how-ever, method of modeling, collecting, measuring andmanaging of the construction work has changed dra-matically.

Rajesh V MathurRajesh V MathurRajesh V MathurRajesh V MathurRajesh V Mathur, Vice Chairman, NIIT GIS, India talkedabout a new emerging trend on the horizon of geospatial

technology, Geodesign – intersection of geography anddesign. He demonstrated how GIS will remain in thecenter of the core practice of geodesign. He said thatdesign is all about geographic planning and decisionmaking. In addition, Mathur talked about other marketdriven geospatial practices like Web GIS and locationintelligence.

Rajesh V Mathur, Vice Chairman, NIIT GIS talked about the new trendsin Geospatial

Bryn A Fosburgh, Sector President – Engineering & ConstructionEmerging Markets, Trimble, USA

Jill Smith, Chief Executive Officer, DigitalGlobe, USA discussed variouschallenging areas of Geospatial


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The session was chaired by Anil K Sinha IASAnil K Sinha IASAnil K Sinha IASAnil K Sinha IASAnil K Sinha IAS, ViceChairman of Bihar State Disaster Management Author-ity. Referring to the rehabilitation of people affected byfloods in the river Kosi, he called for greater under-standing of the ground realities he underscored the needfor development.

Prashant ShuklePrashant ShuklePrashant ShuklePrashant ShuklePrashant Shukle, delivering the Late Dr Robert MosesMemorial Lecture, instituted by Open Geospatial Con-sortium, recalled the commitment of Late Dr RobertMoses to the field. He said the Geospatial technologywas essential to help make the world a better place forour descendents. He called for the bridging of the di-vide between those who understand the power ofgeospatial technologies and those who do not. He raisedthe question of ‘trust’ in the dissemination of informa-tion and underlined the need for viewing at moresources of information and not being restricted to con-sidering Government alone as the ‘trusted’ source ofgeospatial information.

Jurgen DoldJurgen DoldJurgen DoldJurgen DoldJurgen Dold, President and CEO of Leica Geosystems,Switzerland talked of the importance of tracking ofchanges by Mother Nature, changes created by man-kind. Reminding everyone that there is no ‘spare earth’,he urged people to understand, plan and develop theexisting resources. He underlined the importance ofdynamic updation of GIS to capture reality and createinfrastructure, manage and share it.

Shankar Aggarwal IASShankar Aggarwal IASShankar Aggarwal IASShankar Aggarwal IASShankar Aggarwal IAS, Joint Secretary, Departmentof Information Technology, Ministry of Communication

and Information Technology, Government of India,spoke about the Application of GIS in National e-Gov-ernance Plan. He called for making it mandatory forthe GIS data to be updated to ensure proper use of theinformation by the people.

Manny RiosManny RiosManny RiosManny RiosManny Rios, Senior Vice President, P&C Underwriting,USAA, United States, spoke about the initiative of theNational Alliance for Public Safety GIS Foundation thatwas established in the United States as a not-for-profitorganization. The vision of the organization was to en-sure greater use of the GIS information and reduce theimpact of disasters like Katrina. He talked of develop-ment of new applications like twitter that can be used topinpoint a disaster location speeding up the relief op-erations.

The Minister for Information Technology, Governmentof Andhra Pradesh, Ponnala LaxmaiahPonnala LaxmaiahPonnala LaxmaiahPonnala LaxmaiahPonnala Laxmaiah, called uponthe industries to look at the Advantage Hyderabad andset up their operations here. He said that initiatives likeGIS were essential to promote greater welfare of thestakeholders. He said there was vast potential in de-velopment of technologies like the GIS which have avast reach. Noting that a large number of private com-panies and Government agencies were involved in thissector, he said that there was great potential for thedevelopment of such an industry in Andhra Pradeshwhich is known as the intellectual capital of India. Hesaid the Government of Andhra Pradesh was at the fore-front of harnessing information technology.

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The plenary panel session on the inaugural day ofGeospatial World Forum 2011 saw industry stalwartsdeliberate upon the dimensions and directions of thegeospatial industry. Session chair DrDrDrDrDr. V. V. V. V. VanesanesanesanesanessasasasasaLawrence CBLawrence CBLawrence CBLawrence CBLawrence CB observed that geospatial industry is fastbecoming part of the mainstream industry worldwide.

In his address to the audience through a video presen-tation, Jack Dangermond,Jack Dangermond,Jack Dangermond,Jack Dangermond,Jack Dangermond, President, Esri, shared hisvision on the new modality of the geospatial industrythat builds upon enhanced sharing of knowledge anddata as technologies evolve. According to him, puttingmap on the Web involving volunteered geographical in-formation would result in development of integratedsystem where all devices are connected.

DrDrDrDrDr. B V R Mohan Reddy. B V R Mohan Reddy. B V R Mohan Reddy. B V R Mohan Reddy. B V R Mohan Reddy, Chairman and Managing tech-nological aspect of dimensions, he opined that the fu-ture is the cloud. Sharing his vision for industry direc-

tion, he observed that the outlook is very positive. Heconcluded that the industry needs to ensure that theydeliver value to customers.

Kanwar ChadhaKanwar ChadhaKanwar ChadhaKanwar ChadhaKanwar Chadha, Founder, SiRF Technologies dis-cussed the trends in geospatial industry from consumerperspective and discussed the impact of cloud contentand relevant location on geospatial industry. Observingthat devices are getting connected and world gettingclouded, he said that content in cloud is accessible any-where, anytime. These dynamics are creating new chal-lenges and opportunities for the geospatial industry.

Steven HaganSteven HaganSteven HaganSteven HaganSteven Hagan, Vice President, Development of ServerTechnologies, Oracle discussed the drivers of geospatialindustry from point of view of platforms. The four glo-bal drivers according to him are big data, big software,real-time analytics and big hardware and scalability isneeded to support all these.

Dr. B V R Mohan Reddy, Chairman and Managing Director, InfotechEnterprises, India and Brian Bullock, Chairman, Intermap Technologies,USA

Steven Hagan, Vice President, Development of Technologies Server,Oracle, United States and Matthew O'Connell, CEO, President andDirector, GeoEye, United States

Dean Angelides, Corporate Director International Operations, ESRI USAand Kanwar Chadha, Founder, SiRF Technologies, United Sates

Dr. Vanessa Lawrence CB, Director General & Chief Executive, OrdnanceSurvey, United Kingdom chairing the Panel Discussion


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Will the satellite Industry be able to survive without thegovernment’s support?” This question was the focus ofthe symposium “Dimensions and Directions of EarthObservation Systems” and continued to remain the talk-ing point in the panel discussion on“Commercialisationof Remote Sensing Industry.” The question had cometo limelight when GeoEye and DigitalGlobe wereawarded the Enhanced-View contract by NGA in 2010.Some of the French satellite industry players had ex-pressed their disappointment with the government fornot providing financial assistance to them. They hadexpressed fear that the industry may not be able tosurvive without the government’s backing. The ques-tion once again popped up today when PhilippePhilippePhilippePhilippePhilippeCampenon,Campenon,Campenon,Campenon,Campenon, Director-Asia Pacific Business Develop-ment, Astrium, USA, said, “It’s not easy to survive in thesatellite industry if the government is not funding theorganisation.” While no one disputed his views, every-one agreed with the fact that the commercial sectorhas a bright future. “We see growth in commercial sec-tor,” said Andy StephensonAndy StephensonAndy StephensonAndy StephensonAndy Stephenson, Senior Regional Sales Di-rector, Asia, GeoEye, adding, “Satellite images shouldbe freely available to anyone and everyone. However,images should not be free.” The discussion then figuredaround release of images during natural disasters andthe United State’s new space policy. EvEvEvEvEve Douglas, e Douglas, e Douglas, e Douglas, e Douglas, Se-nior Programme Analyst, Office of space commercial-ization national oceanic and atmospheric administra-tion, United States, & PrPrPrPrProfofofofof. Dr Orhan Alt. Dr Orhan Alt. Dr Orhan Alt. Dr Orhan Alt. Dr Orhan Altananananan, Presi-dent, ISPRS, Turkey, were of the view that the new policy

would result in positive growth in thisindustry. Prof. Dr Altan was the mod-erator of the panel which also hadMyrna James YMyrna James YMyrna James YMyrna James YMyrna James Yoooooooooo, Publisher, Im-aging Notes, United States, andPrPrPrPrProfofofofof. Ian Do. Ian Do. Ian Do. Ian Do. Ian Dowmanwmanwmanwmanwman, Editor-Europe,and First Vice President, ISPRS,Turkey, as its panelist. PrPrPrPrProfofofofof. Dr Alt. Dr Alt. Dr Alt. Dr Alt. Dr Altanananananalso chaired the two sessions of thesymposium which witnessed ahealthy exchange of ideas. If Prof.Dowman described cloud comput-ing as the future of the geospatialsector, K R Sridhara MurthiK R Sridhara MurthiK R Sridhara MurthiK R Sridhara MurthiK R Sridhara Murthi, Se-nior Expert, Office of Advisor to PMInnovation and Public InformationInfrastructure, India, focussed onthe information and said, “Informa-tion is the key for sustainable de-velopment.” He then talked aboutchallenges to sustainable develop-

ment like land degradation, managing water needs etc.Meanwhile, TTTTTerry Molerry Molerry Molerry Molerry Moloneoneoneoneoneyyyyy, President and CEO, PCIGeomatics, Canada, raised an interesting point whenhe asked, “The more difficult question we are now fac-ing as an industry is how do we elevate the importanceof geospatial technology to government policy makersas this is critical to the future of our world?” The discus-sion then centred around challenges in data collectionand analysis with Dr Ashok KaushalDr Ashok KaushalDr Ashok KaushalDr Ashok KaushalDr Ashok Kaushal, Senior DivisionalDirector, Enterprise Geospatial and Defense Solutions,Rolta India Limited, explaining the Geoimaging Accel-erator (GXL). The day ended with speakers agreeingthat the industry is going through a challenge phase butis geared up for the challenge.

Myrna James Yoo, Publisher, Imaging Notes, United States addressingthe symposium

Chairperson Prof. Dr Orhan Altan, President, ISPRS, Turkey with the symposium Speakers


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Issues of development sector came to the fore at theSymposium on Geospatial for Development Sector. Thepre-lunch session, chaired by the Director of NATMO,Dr Prithvish NagDr Prithvish NagDr Prithvish NagDr Prithvish NagDr Prithvish Nag, saw some interesting discussionson ongoing development programmes in Africa and In-dia. The post-lunch session, chaired by Diector Generalof RCMRD, Kenya, Dr HusDr HusDr HusDr HusDr Hussein Fsein Fsein Fsein Fsein Farararararahahahahah, saw some casestudies on use of GIS in development process. Settingthe discussion rolling, Dr Hussein Farah elaborated thechallenges faced by the centre supported by resourcechallenged African countries. His centre has helped inresult oriented planning in livelihood development,health services planning among others, he elaborated.Dr PadmanabhanDr PadmanabhanDr PadmanabhanDr PadmanabhanDr Padmanabhan, Emergency Specialist of the UNDPin India, spoke at length on the issue of disaster mitiga-tion and disaster risk reduction programmes. He pointedout that the reallocation of development funds to post-disaster activities hampers development. Director ICTs& S&T Division of the UN Economic Commission forAfrica Aida Opoku MensahAida Opoku MensahAida Opoku MensahAida Opoku MensahAida Opoku Mensah, talked at length about thesteps being taken for eradication of poverty by con-necting rural communities. She urged for relevant lo-cal content and pointed out that ICT is an enabler inpoverty reduction. Director of Gujarat Government’s ini-tiative the Bhaskaracharya Institute of Space Applica-tions and Geo Information, T P SinghT P SinghT P SinghT P SinghT P Singh spoke at lengthabout the programmes being taken up by his institutefor spread of GIS. He underscored the need for the GISapplication being user-friendly and said that the appli-cations need to be developed based on the needs andunderstanding of the user. He noted that the GujaratGovernment had taken steps to ensure that a multi-purpose multi-hierarchical common geospatial data-base through seamless integration was in place.

Dr Kaushalya RamachandranDr Kaushalya RamachandranDr Kaushalya RamachandranDr Kaushalya RamachandranDr Kaushalya Ramachandran, Principal Scientist &ICAR National Fellow, CRIDA, India, talked about thescope of GIS in watershed development and evalua-tion. She elaborated on the challenges at the field leveland noted that sustainability of the programme was amajor issue. The post-lunch session, chaired by DrDrDrDrDrHusHusHusHusHussein Fsein Fsein Fsein Fsein Farararararahahahahah, saw some case studies in use of GIS indevelopment process. Keya Kunte of Society for thePromotion of Area Resource Centre (SPARC), Mumbai,spoke on her Organisation’s efforts to use GIS for map-ping the boundaries of urban slums. She shared theexperiences of getting community participation in map-ping of data. Professor of Statistics in the University ofWest Indies at Trinidad, Dr Ashok SahaiDr Ashok SahaiDr Ashok SahaiDr Ashok SahaiDr Ashok Sahai, talked aboutDecision Making using Efficient Confidence Intervalswith Meta Analysis of Spatial Data for Socio-EconomicDevelopment Project Managers. He talked about theconfidence intervals in the meta data in the spatio-tem-poral data and their variance. B A U I KumaraB A U I KumaraB A U I KumaraB A U I KumaraB A U I Kumara, GISConsultant, Gramidiriya Foundation in Sri Lanka spokeon a case study of participatory planning at the villagelevel in Sri Lanka. GIS was used to spatially identify thedevelopment needs of the community. K K MishrK K MishrK K MishrK K MishrK K Mishraaaaa, StateNodal Officer (GIS), Public Works Department of theGovernment of Rajasthan, spoke on how the Govern-ment of Rajasthan optimized its spending on the ruralroads programme in the state using GIS. He said thatthe GIS information enabled the Department to curbwasteful expenditure on roads and also bring in trans-parency in the entire programme. Kiran JellaKiran JellaKiran JellaKiran JellaKiran Jella, Scien-tific Officer of the International Water Management In-stitute, spoke about the use of remote sensing data toprepare a model on the water use in the Krishna RiverBasin.

Dr. Ashok Sahai, Professor of Statistics, University of West Indies,Trinidad, talked about Decision Making using Spatial Data

Dr. Prithvish Nag, Director, NATMO, India taking note of the talk


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The symposium on Environmental Management offereda wide ray of topics ranging from protected forest moni-toring to heat analyses in urban areas. Chaired byAndhra Pradesh State Environmental Appraisal Com-mittee Chairman Dr M Anji ReddyDr M Anji ReddyDr M Anji ReddyDr M Anji ReddyDr M Anji Reddy, 12 speakers pre-sented their papers at the symposium. Stressing theneed to monitor the state’s forest accurately, IndianForest Services officer Dr H C MishrDr H C MishrDr H C MishrDr H C MishrDr H C Mishraaaaa of AP ForestDepartment informed that the department’s aim is torealise the goal of enhancing the country’s existing for-est cover from 20 per cent to 33 per cent. This wasfollowed by a presentation on Environmental Manage-ment in Oil and Gas Industry by Deputy General Man-ager of ONGC Remote Sensing and Geomatics Dr D SDr D SDr D SDr D SDr D SMitraMitraMitraMitraMitra from a remote sensing perspective. During hispresentation he said the use of spatial techniques likeremote sensing, GIS and GPS can help formulate miti-gation and monitoring plans in an efficient manner. In arelated field of non-renewable resources, Chief Man-ager of Central Mine Planning & Design InstituteNarendra P SinghNarendra P SinghNarendra P SinghNarendra P SinghNarendra P Singh said that remote sensing basedMonit oring for assessing the status of land and veg-

etation cover in mining areas would help in initiatingremedial action for environmental protection. PankajPankajPankajPankajPankajKumar Borah Kumar Borah Kumar Borah Kumar Borah Kumar Borah of Rolta India presented his experienceswith the usage of ROLTA Geospatial Fusion solution hecarried out in Gujarat. Presenting a case of automatedbiomass mapping for carbon credit verification, ChiefPilot & Operating officer of Bio-Carbon Systems Inter-national, Canada Robert CormierRobert CormierRobert CormierRobert CormierRobert Cormier informed that us-age of R Map technology resulted in lowering the ex-penditure for their project. Business development Di-rector of a Brazilian firm Santiago & Cintra, Lara MusseLara MusseLara MusseLara MusseLara MusseFFFFFelixelixelixelixelix spoke about the geoportal and web solution de-veloped by them using Erdas platform. In a crisp pre-sentation on the delineation of climate division in pen-insula Malaysia, Malaysian Meterological Departmentofficer FFFFFariza Yariza Yariza Yariza Yariza Yunusunusunusunusunus explained that they have mappedfive classes of temperature elements for peninsularMalaysia. The 8-Band Challenge winner and Engineer-ing Professor from Amercian Air Force Institute of Tech-nology Christoph BorelChristoph BorelChristoph BorelChristoph BorelChristoph Borel gave a presentation on leafand canopy modeling using DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2. Sumit KhandelwalSumit KhandelwalSumit KhandelwalSumit KhandelwalSumit Khandelwal, an assistant professor fromMalaviya National Institute of Technology, provided acase of Urban Heat analysis in Jaipur city of Rajasthan.Earlier, in the symposium, R Saravanan R Saravanan R Saravanan R Saravanan R Saravanan of SugarcaneResearch and Development, Thailand gave a detailednarration about the prospects of GIS technology in thesugarcane industry. An environmentalist and journalistSangeetha DeogawankaSangeetha DeogawankaSangeetha DeogawankaSangeetha DeogawankaSangeetha Deogawanka gave a presentation onGeospatial dimensions for groundwater managementfrom a case study based in Kerala, while AaranyakProgramme Head Pranjit Kumar Sarma Pranjit Kumar Sarma Pranjit Kumar Sarma Pranjit Kumar Sarma Pranjit Kumar Sarma demon-strated how land cover change dynamics and futureimplication analysis in Rajiv Gandhi Orang NationalPark of Assam has helped in restoring congenial atmo-sphere for greater Onehorn rhinos in that area. ArunimaArunimaArunimaArunimaArunimaDasguptaDasguptaDasguptaDasguptaDasgupta, junior research fellow from ISRO explainedabout the geostatistical approach and came up with fuzzylogic model for desertification risk assessment and pre-diction.

Dr. M Anji Reddy, Director, JNTU, India chairing the symposium

Business development Director of Brazilian firm Santiago & Cintra, Lara Musse Felix, Pankaj Kumar Borah of Rolta India and MeterologicalDepartment officer Fariza Yunus expressing their thoughts


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The symposium chaired by DrDrDrDrDr. Luiz P. Luiz P. Luiz P. Luiz P. Luiz Paulaulaulaulaulo Souto Souto Souto Souto SoutoooooFFFFFortortortortorteseseseses, Director, Geociências Instituto Brasileiro deGeografia e Estatística – IBGE, Brazil covered globaland regional satellite navigation systems, augmenta-tion in operation; GNSS interoperability andstandarization and in development and applications onland, air and sea. Dr. Forte in the keynote speech elabo-rated on current status and future developments of theBrazilian Network for Continuous Monitoring of GNSS,RBMC, an active geodetic network established in Bra-zil by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statis-tics, IBGE. It was the first network of this kind set up inSouth America. N. G. VN. G. VN. G. VN. G. VN. G. Vasantha Kumarasantha Kumarasantha Kumarasantha Kumarasantha Kumar, Deputy Di-rector (Satnav & ACS), Indian Space ResearchOrganisation India talked about the Indian Satellite

Navigation Programme – GAGAN. The objective of theGAGAN program is to provide Satellite based Naviga-tion services with accuracy and integrity required forcivilaviation applications over Indian Air Space and bet-ter Air Traffic Management over Indian Airspace.Philippe Hamet, Scientific Officer, European Commision,Brusells informed that The European Commission is incharge of implementing the European GNSSprogramme which contains two systems : 1) the SBASsystem EGNOS covering Europe, operational since 2009and which has been certified for the needs of aviation in2010. Status of the Usage of GPS in Japan was talkedby Akio Yasuda, Professor Emeritus, Laboratory of Sat-ellite Navigation, Graduate School of Tokyo Universityof Marine Science and Technology, Japan. He said thefirst QZSS satellite was successfully launched on 11thof September from Tanegashima Space Center. It willwork as an additional GPS satellite and also transmitthe augmentation data from the quasi zenith. GNSS

Reference Station Network Applications – Status andVision was elaborated by Herbert Landau, EngineeringDirector, Trimble Navigation, Germany. He opined thatby using the GNSS networks for multiple applicationsthe financial investment into the GNSS infrastructureprovides optimal payback. The Satellite based Aug-mented Services (SBAS) to facilitate Wide Area DGPScorrection is a subsequent development on the con-ventional GPS technology to get rid of the hassles ofpost processing/reference station etc. This technologyenables the user to verify the accuracy of the co-ordi-nate fix then and there without having the need for wait-ing till the post processing was observed by SurendraSurendraSurendraSurendraSurendraJenaJenaJenaJenaJena, General Manager, Omnistar, India. ChamindaChamindaChamindaChamindaChamindaSaman RathnayakeSaman RathnayakeSaman RathnayakeSaman RathnayakeSaman Rathnayake, Assistant Superintendent of Cus-

toms, Sri Lanka Customs ICT Division, Sri Lanka talkedabout enhancing efficiency and effectiveness of the cargocontrol systems of Sri Lanka Customs using a GPS en-abled new decision making model. Newly proposedsystem will monitor the movement of the container un-til it reaches the destination container terminal on apredefined route, within a given time period after it isreleased from the Customs gates. The architecture ofthe John Deere StarFire global SBAS was described byRon HatchRon HatchRon HatchRon HatchRon Hatch, Director of Navigation Systems Engineer-ing & Principal & Co-Founder, NavCom Technology,USA. Key benefits gained from the StarFire system arediscussed namely improved navigation accuracy andintegrity. Sandip TSandip TSandip TSandip TSandip T. Aghav,. Aghav,. Aghav,. Aghav,. Aghav, PhD Student, Deparment ofElectronic Science, University of Pune, India elaboratedthat in order to make the orbit control system autono-mous and reduce the need for ground intervention thereis a need for an on-board availability of continuous andaccurate knowledge of the satellite orbit.

Dr. Luiz Paulo Souto Fortes, Director, Geociências Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística


The symposium brought forth the concepts, applica-tions, and case studies covering wide spectrum ofgeospatial information and technologies in the field ofdesign and engineering. Mark ReichardtMark ReichardtMark ReichardtMark ReichardtMark Reichardt, President andCEO, Open Geospatial Consortium chaired the sympo-sium. Rene’e Aziz AhmadRene’e Aziz AhmadRene’e Aziz AhmadRene’e Aziz AhmadRene’e Aziz Ahmad, Deputy Manager, Plus Ex-pressway, Malaysia provided a brief history of the PLUSGIS since its inception as well as an overview of the on-going landslide study jointly carried out by PLUS andthe Malaysian Remote Sensing Agency (MRSA). DrDrDrDrDr. G.. G.. G.. G.. G.S. Rao,S. Rao,S. Rao,S. Rao,S. Rao, Vice President – GIS, Lavasa Corporation, India

elaborated on the effective use of geospatial techniquesin Lavasa, a hill station that is being developed nearPune. The collaborative approach between GIS, TownPlanning and road engineers resulted in a better align-ment using the enormous analytical capabilities of aGIS. Shafik JiwaniShafik JiwaniShafik JiwaniShafik JiwaniShafik Jiwani, Executive Vice President for Glo-bal Enterprise GIS (EGIS) Business Development, RoltaOrion Technology, Canada talked on how to get a handleon $100B infrastructure spending for hosting World Cup.Geoff ZeisGeoff ZeisGeoff ZeisGeoff ZeisGeoff Zeissssss, Director (Technology), Autodesk, USAspoke at length on the convergence of engineering de-sign and geospatial and how its helps meet the chal-lenges of the 21st century. VivVivVivVivVivek S. Kalek S. Kalek S. Kalek S. Kalek S. Kaleeeee, Head - GIS,Kalyani Global Engineering, India talked about ben-efits and road-blocks for implementing geospatial tech-nology in infrastructure project while challenges andemerging trends in geospatial technology for Designand Engineering Sector. SathySathySathySathySathya Pra Pra Pra Pra Prasad Nanjundaiahasad Nanjundaiahasad Nanjundaiahasad Nanjundaiahasad Nanjundaiah,Practice Head, GeoSpatial Technologies, TCS, Indiaaddressed the integration of geospatial technologiesand engineering applications. Geospatial for infrastruc-ture design and maintenance was touched upon by Ju-Ju-Ju-Ju-Ju-gal Makwanagal Makwanagal Makwanagal Makwanagal Makwana, Global Product Manager - Rail Design,Bentley Systems, India

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Vivek S. Kale, Head - GIS, Kalyani Global Engineering, India talkedabout implementing geospatial in infrastructure project


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The symposium discussed recent advances and inno-vative ideas and integration of knowledge for hazardmanagement resulting in the sustainable managementof coastal resource. The symposium was chaired by DrDrDrDrDr.....Satheesh C Shenoi,Satheesh C Shenoi,Satheesh C Shenoi,Satheesh C Shenoi,Satheesh C Shenoi, Director, Indian National Centrefor Ocean Information Services, India. M. Dharma RajM. Dharma RajM. Dharma RajM. Dharma RajM. Dharma Raj,Additional Surveyor General & ICZM Project Director,South Zone, Survey of India talked about the coastalhazard line mapping by the Survey of India for the inte-grated coastal zone management project. Under theIntegrated Coastal Zone Management Project initiatedby the Ministry of Environment & Forests of the Govt. ofIndia and funded by the World Bank, the Coastal Haz-ard Line will be delineated, mapped and demarcatedby Survey of India, based on sea level rise, Elevationand Coastal Erosion as the parameters. Under thisproject the Maximum Tidal Elevations for a 100 yearReturn period at 20 primary ports have been computedby the Geodetic & Research Branch of Survey of India,from the Historical observed tidal heights using theWeibull extreme value distribution .and the same will

be interpolated at about 220 Secondary ports using the29 days continuous observations at these ports as wellas the nearest primary port values. Application of re-mote sensing and GIS for preparation of coastal zonemanagement plans was addressed by K. MruthyunjayaK. MruthyunjayaK. MruthyunjayaK. MruthyunjayaK. MruthyunjayaReddy,Reddy,Reddy,Reddy,Reddy, Director General, Andhra Pradesh State Re-mote Sensing and Application Centre, India talkedabout and elaborated the major concern of coastal zonemanagement, is to ensure a rational development ofcostal area and judicious use of its resources withoutaffecting the Special Economic Zones (SEZ), and thesurrounding natural systems and environment. Dr.Pravakar MishraPravakar MishraPravakar MishraPravakar MishraPravakar Mishra, Scientist-E, ICMAM-PD, Ministry ofEarth Sciences, India discussed the coastal processesthat trigger the short and long term erosion at varioussites along the coasts, the status of olive ridley habi-tats, the major spatio-temporal environmental changesin the lagoon environment and the vulnerability of thecoast from Tsunami and storm surge point of view andsuggests a framework for an ICZM approach for thestate. K. DharanirajanK. DharanirajanK. DharanirajanK. DharanirajanK. Dharanirajan, Lecturer, Department ofCoastal Disaster Management, Pondicherry UniversityIndia talked about the status of coral reef in SouthAndaman Islands using remote sensing and GIS. JamesFFFFF. Br. Br. Br. Br. Bramantamantamantamantamanteeeee, Tropical Marine Science Institute, Na-tional University of Singapore, Singapore talked on deri-vation of bathymetry from multispectral imagery in thehighly turbid waters of Singapore’s South Islands. Fouralgorithms for the determination of bathymetry frommultispectral imagery were utilized with new 8-bandimages from DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-2 satellite. Allfour were evaluated for accuracy in Singapore’s ex-tremely turbid coastal waters and were used to evalu-ate the effects of WorldView-2’s additional four multi-spectral bands.

Tapas Paul, Sr. Environmental Specialist, World Bank, India and K.Mruthyunjaya Reddy, Director General, Andhra Pradesh State RemoteSensing and Application Centre, India

Panel Discussion was focused on integrated coastal zone management for sustainable development


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The session was chaired by Gottfried KonecnyGottfried KonecnyGottfried KonecnyGottfried KonecnyGottfried Konecny, Emeri-tus Professor, University of Hannover, Germany. Talk-ing about a geocoded cadastral fabric as preconditionfor a sustainable land management system, GottfriedKonecny said the aim must be to design a “cadastralengine”, which is affordable, reliable, updatable andquickly installed to make sustainable development ofland possible. Nivedita P HaranNivedita P HaranNivedita P HaranNivedita P HaranNivedita P Haran, Additional Chief Sec-retary – Revenue Government of Kerala, India detailedon the various applications of geospatial technology inland records management with particular reference toKerala. Laws and policies are an integral component ofland administration and land management, observedKevin PomfretKevin PomfretKevin PomfretKevin PomfretKevin Pomfret, Executive Director, Centre for SpatialLaw and Policy, USA. According to him, some of thelegal issues are arising as a result of the growing use ofnew spatial technology and relevant stakeholders canidentify and minimize the associated legal risks. RajaRajaRajaRajaRajaRam ChhatkuliRam ChhatkuliRam ChhatkuliRam ChhatkuliRam Chhatkuli, Director General, Survey Department,Nepal discussed the technology for land administra-tion for improving government administration and ser-vices to its citizens. Use of numerical methods of surveylike digital total stations and GPS, digital photogram-metry and ortho-image mapping for cadastral bound-ary determination, development of LIS for recordingand dissemination of land information, and e-land ad-ministration through the use of computer-based pro-cedures for cadastre and land registration will help inimproving the accuracy of cadastral maps and records.Nor SallNor SallNor SallNor SallNor Sallehi Kasehi Kasehi Kasehi Kasehi Kassimsimsimsimsim, Principle Senior Town Planner,Landuse Information Division, Federal Town and Coun-try Planning Department, Malaysia presented the con-cept and directions of National Planning Land-use In-formation System. In Malaysia, the formulation of thelanduse information system were based on the hierar-chical models structure which classify data accordingto the levels of plan making namely the National Physi-cal Plan (NPP), State Structure Plan (SSP) and LocalPlan (LP). Apparently, every levels have produced theinformation system contains data that suits the needsof the respective plans. The major differences betweenthe three systems are the scaling and level of informa-tion. Technology Trends in Cadastral Surveying wastalked by Bernard GriesmarBernard GriesmarBernard GriesmarBernard GriesmarBernard Griesmar, Market Manager,Trimble, USA. His presentation explored some of thelatest technology trends in cadastral surveying, basedon projects that Trimble has been involved with in dif-ferent regions around the world. You will learn aboutthe hardware and software solutions available to im-prove integration and customization of your data andhelp to increase your overall productivity.

Raja Ram Chhatkuli, Director General, Survey Department, Nepal,Kevin Pomfret, Executive Director, Centre for Spatial Law and Policy,USA and the chairperson Gottfried Konecny, Emeritus Professor,University of Hannover, Germany during the symposium


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The symposium was chaired by TTTTTarararararanjot K Gadhokanjot K Gadhokanjot K Gadhokanjot K Gadhokanjot K Gadhok,Chief Projects, HUDCO, India. Richard ZambuniRichard ZambuniRichard ZambuniRichard ZambuniRichard Zambuni, Glo-bal Marketing Director – Geospatial, Bentley Systems,USA focused on delivering integrated solutions whichwill help create the intelligent urban infrastructure ofthe future, and geospatial technology has a major roleto play here. IntIntIntIntIntan Melati Che Hasan Melati Che Hasan Melati Che Hasan Melati Che Hasan Melati Che Hassansansansansan, Town PlannerOfficer, Federal Town and Country Planning Depart-ment, Malaysia addressed the urban sprawl forecast-ing and planning in a Spatial Planning Decision Sup-port System. It helps to identify the availability and al-location of land for future growth. The Spatial PlanningDecision Support System helps to analyze the urbansprawl phenomenon which indirectly provides a plan-ning tool for smart growth and to mitigate future landuseproblem. Praveen KumarPraveen KumarPraveen KumarPraveen KumarPraveen Kumar, Associate Professor, Cam-bridge Institute of Technology, India analyzed the suit-ability of sewage treatment plant site for the Ranchicity using remote sensing and GIS techniques. A.N.MA.N.MA.N.MA.N.MA.N.MLudinLudinLudinLudinLudin, Associate Professor, Faculty of Built Environ-ment, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia explained the spa-tial relationship between drug abuse and criminal ac-tivities with land use planning and its implication to thesociety at large. N.PrabhakaranN.PrabhakaranN.PrabhakaranN.PrabhakaranN.Prabhakaran, Professor, Depart-ment of Civil Engineering, PSNA College of Engineer-ing and Technology, India talked on the policy pursuedby the government to accelerate economic growth whichhas resulted in rural diaspora to the cities compound-ing the issue of waste generation and disposal. DrDrDrDrDr.....Parmod BhardwajParmod BhardwajParmod BhardwajParmod BhardwajParmod Bhardwaj, Assisstant Professor, M. D. Uni-versity, India highlighted mapping of encroachingDelhites resulting in shrinking Yamuna. Rapid urban-ization is now encroaching the river beds and disturb-ing riverine ecosystems; which in turn sometimes cre-ating urban hazards even in form of floods. SatheesSatheesSatheesSatheesSatheesKumar PKumar PKumar PKumar PKumar P, Research Scholar, Department of Civil En-gineering, National Institute of Technology

Tiruchirappalli, India investigated LU/LC change dynam-ics by the combined use of satellite remote sensing andGIS. An attempt was made to project the LU/LC changefor the next 9 years using markov model. The fore-casted results indicated that, the area of urban landwould maintain the increasing tendency in the next 9years. Hyeyoung KimHyeyoung KimHyeyoung KimHyeyoung KimHyeyoung Kim, University of Seoul, South Ko-rea analysed the Urban Spatial Structure Change inSeoul, Korea using Space Syntax. YYYYYakubu Bununuakubu Bununuakubu Bununuakubu Bununuakubu BununuAliyuAliyuAliyuAliyuAliyu, Student, Zaria Department of Urban and RegionalPlanning, Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria presentedthe analysis of urban sprawl and its implications withparticular emphasis on the integration of GIS and Re-mote Sensing techniques with the Shannon’s Entropy.Ankur DasAnkur DasAnkur DasAnkur DasAnkur Das, Student, School of Planning, University OfCincinnati, USA attempted to review the evolution ofgrowth management in the United States of America.The objective of DrDrDrDrDr. Kayitha Ravinder. Kayitha Ravinder. Kayitha Ravinder. Kayitha Ravinder. Kayitha Ravinder, Scientist, Cen-tral Road Research Institute, India presentation is tomap the traffic flows on Delhi Road Network using theTrans CAD GIS/Transportation Planning software. Us-ing this we can easily observe where the traffic densityis high, In case of any eventuality, incidents or securityproblems this maps are useful to manage the trafficflows. Enayat Hosseini AriaEnayat Hosseini AriaEnayat Hosseini AriaEnayat Hosseini AriaEnayat Hosseini Aria, Head, Surveying Depart-ment, Islamic Azad University, Iran described the pro-cess of developing an enterprise-level data model, andphysical database design for geographic informationsystems used by transportation agencies (GIS-T). Sa-Sa-Sa-Sa-Sa-rrrrrah Liu,ah Liu,ah Liu,ah Liu,ah Liu, Marketing Manager, SuperGeo, Taiwan talkedabout the Real Time Traffic Information on WebGIS Plat-form. Omolere SesanOmolere SesanOmolere SesanOmolere SesanOmolere Sesan, National Centre for RemoteSensing, Nigeria presented the evaluation of urbansprawl using geospatial technology.

Hyeyoung Kim, University of Seoul, South Korea analysed the UrbanSpatial Structure Change in Seoul, Korea using spatial data

Praveen Kumar, Associate Professor, Cambridge Institute of Technology,India expressed about the use of GIS in Urban Planning


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band centers of WorldView-2 allow us to use non-tra-ditional means of measuring the differences which ex-ist in the features, artifacts, and surface materials inthe data, and we are able to deter-mine the most effec-tive method for processing this information by exploit-ing the unique response values within those wavelengthchannels. Jeremy M. KerrJeremy M. KerrJeremy M. KerrJeremy M. KerrJeremy M. Kerr, Research Assistant, Na-tional Coral Reef Institute Oceanographic Centre, NovaSoutheastern University, National Coral Reef Institute,USA talked about WorldView-2 ‘s capabilities for moni-toring of threatened coral reefs. He stated that an ac-curacy assessment quantified the benefit provided bythe modified model and increased spectral informa-tion, and it identified increased accuracy in depth esti-mates over seafloor features with high albedos.Chattichai WChattichai WChattichai WChattichai WChattichai Waisuraisuraisuraisuraisurasinghaasinghaasinghaasinghaasingha, Lecturer, Khon Kaen Uni-versity Thailand discussed the modeling of spatial dis-tribution of SRTM and ASTER Global DEM error overthe study sites in Chi-river basin of Thailand. A MohanA MohanA MohanA MohanA MohanRaoRaoRaoRaoRao, Scientist, Central Road Research Institute (CRRI)India described the Network Survey Vehicle technol-ogy is being presently used in some of the countriesalong with Central road Research Institute NetworkSurvey Vehicle and discussed in detailed along with theircapabilities. Rahul ThakurRahul ThakurRahul ThakurRahul ThakurRahul Thakur, Manager Technology,DataWorld, India talked about the Smart Pen Applica-tion Product Suite that is designed and developed byData World using Anoto technology. The presentationby K Ezhil VK Ezhil VK Ezhil VK Ezhil VK Ezhil Vendhanendhanendhanendhanendhan, Senior GIS Engineer, CoreLogicGlobal Services India focused on implementation of GIStechnology in parcel mapping process and discussedvarious methods on creation and maintaining of highlevel accuracy of digital parcel data.

Maj. Gen. Manoj TMaj. Gen. Manoj TMaj. Gen. Manoj TMaj. Gen. Manoj TMaj. Gen. Manoj Tayayayayayalalalalal, Advisor, Department ofScience & Technology, India chaired the symposiumwith a keynote address by PrPrPrPrProfofofofof. William Cartwright. William Cartwright. William Cartwright. William Cartwright. William Cartwright,President, International Cartographic Association, USA.In the symposium Anil OberoiAnil OberoiAnil OberoiAnil OberoiAnil Oberoi, Principal Chief Conser-vator of Forest, Madhya Pradesh Forest Department,India talked about the forest dwellers land mappingsystem The mobile mapping and image processing tech-niques that not only assisted decision makers to verifythe claims but also facilitated easy storage and retrievalof spatial information for more than 125000 forestdwellers but also brought transparency and account-ability in the system. The effort greatly minimized thecost time and energy. DrDrDrDrDr. Ambr. Ambr. Ambr. Ambr. Ambrose Isi Ikhuoriaose Isi Ikhuoriaose Isi Ikhuoriaose Isi Ikhuoriaose Isi Ikhuoria, Pro-fessor, RECTAS, Nigeria analyzed the trends in survey-ing and mapping in Nigeria. He examined from per-spectives of production techniques and facilities, typol-ogy and functional use of maps, professionalism andmanpower in public, educational and private (includingoil industries) institutions in Nigeria. DrDrDrDrDr. Pier. Pier. Pier. Pier. PieroooooBoccardoBoccardoBoccardoBoccardoBoccardo, Professor, ITHACA, Italy talked about anOperational Approach to Disaster Management and thesetting of ITHACA (Information Technology for Humani-tarian Assistance, Cooperation and Action) with an ob-jective to develop local competence in a field that hasbeen rapidly growing, facilitate the internationalizationprocess of the University and to help the growth of theUN emergency preparedness and response branch.Multispectral imagery (MSI) provides information tosupport decision making across a growing number ofprivate and industrial applications said AntAntAntAntAntonio Wonio Wonio Wonio Wonio Wolfolfolfolfolf,Senior Spectral Analysis, Ball Aerospace & Technolo-gies Corporation, USA. He pointed that the 8 nominal

Chairperson Maj. Gen. Manoj Tayal, Advisor, Department of Science & Technology, India, Dr. Piero Boccardo, Professor, ITHACA, Italy and AnilOberoi, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Madhya Pradesh Forest Department, India


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Water and ElectricityWater and ElectricityWater and ElectricityWater and ElectricityWater and Electricity

Elie Nasr, GIS Advisor / Program Manager,Elie Nasr, GIS Advisor / Program Manager,Elie Nasr, GIS Advisor / Program Manager,Elie Nasr, GIS Advisor / Program Manager,Elie Nasr, GIS Advisor / Program Manager, Elec-tricity and Water Authority, Kingdom of Bahraindiscussed the lacunae and limitation of existingbusiness models based on centralised generation,transmission and distribution were highlighted and theimpracticality of such an approach in modern dayelectrical power sector. He emphasised that ‘future grid’is only possible by using GIS as a bonding medium inplanning, designing, producing power infrastructure.

Arup Ghosh, Chief Operating Officer,Arup Ghosh, Chief Operating Officer,Arup Ghosh, Chief Operating Officer,Arup Ghosh, Chief Operating Officer,Arup Ghosh, Chief Operating Officer, North DelhiPower Limited, India apart from highlighting the role ofgeospatial technologies in the power generation anddistribution sector, explained how the national scaleproject on Unified Identity (UID) will help in fault iden-tification once all systems are in place.

Matthew Thomas, Matthew Thomas, Matthew Thomas, Matthew Thomas, Matthew Thomas, GIS Lead, Spectra Energy, UnitedStates presented some startling facts about the 20 –30%% savings on annual budget just through the use ofaerial imagery integration program for their oil and gasOperations. He vociferously advocated the need of real

The idea behind having Geospatial Users Forum was to have participants from organisations that haveimplemented geospatial projects in unique verticals gather with an aim of ‘learning by sharing experiences’and ‘learning by sharing mistakes made’. The geospatial gyan from the practicing gurus in the trade is whatthe participants stood to gain. The Forum aimed to address questions like – what do the users in a particulargeospatial vertical domain want? What they get? And why they get it? The forum started off with a mergedtheme on water and electricity and was chaired by Dr. Richard Williams from Trimble. Joel Campbell, Presi-dent, ERDAS, United States chaired the session on Land Management while the session on Environment waschaired by H. John Oechsle, Executive Vice President, DigitalGlobe, USA.

time in gration of various systems and the urgent needof data mining tools. He very candidly discussed theproblems and speed bumps in implementing GIS-basedsolutions in his organisation, the most glaring being theresistance to change which also resulted a gap betweencentral office and the field.

Uday Kale, Vice President, Uday Kale, Vice President, Uday Kale, Vice President, Uday Kale, Vice President, Uday Kale, Vice President, Corporate IT, RelianceEnergy, India listed the mistakes done by his team inthe early years of GIS integration with their legacy sys-tems at Reliance Energy. The use of US-based datamodels which were not compatible with Indian systems,the error from capturing feeder pillars as point fea-tures and the yet unsolved problem of undergroundcables at various depths appearing and at times func-tioning as a single vector indigitised maps.

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Ramamurthy Kolluri,Ramamurthy Kolluri,Ramamurthy Kolluri,Ramamurthy Kolluri,Ramamurthy Kolluri, Vice President-Networks, BhartiAirTel, India talked about Bharti UGIS the implementa-tion of Unified Geographical Information System

Ir Rozinah Anas, Ir Rozinah Anas, Ir Rozinah Anas, Ir Rozinah Anas, Ir Rozinah Anas, Project Director - MERS 999,Telekom Malaysia, Malaysia gave an insight of theMalaysian experience in the usage of GIS in emergency

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communication. The GIS was deployed into the Malay-sian National Emergency Communication System in2009 which is being utilized by Telekom Malaysia andfour emergency service providers.

Business IntelligenceBusiness IntelligenceBusiness IntelligenceBusiness IntelligenceBusiness Intelligence

Manny Rios,Manny Rios,Manny Rios,Manny Rios,Manny Rios, Senior Vice President, P&C USAA, UnitedStates provided an overview on how GIS technologyprovides key business insights to the service-mindedassociation. United Services Automobile Association(USAA) provides insurance, banking, investment andretirement products and services to 7.8 million mem-bers of the U.S. military and their families.

VVVVVenkatenkatenkatenkatenkatesa Kumar N,esa Kumar N,esa Kumar N,esa Kumar N,esa Kumar N, Manager - GIS Section, Infor-mation Systems Directorate, Ministry of Municipalitiesand Agricultural Affairs, Bahrain discussed how Minis-try of Municipalities and Agriculture Affairs developedand implemented Enterprise Building Permit System(BPS) using Geographic Information System (GIS) tech-nology to accelerate its building permit application pro-cess.

Simon Black, Simon Black, Simon Black, Simon Black, Simon Black, Head of Statistics & Data, Aviva, UnitedKingdom focus on how and why Aviva, with the helpfrom strategic partners, created a flood model for as-sessing potential UK based insurance risks. it will re-flect on how GIS / flood modelling has added value interms of operational effectiveness and engagementwith senior stakeholders, reinsurers and business part-ners.

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MikMikMikMikMike Nield,e Nield,e Nield,e Nield,e Nield, Director – Corporate Services, TaranakiRegional Council, New Zealand advocated that the useof GIS fundamentally supports the Councils’ sustain-able resource management initiatives and has giventhe Council the greatest opportunity to improve cus-tomer service and business efficiency.

DatDatDatDatDato’ Haro’ Haro’ Haro’ Haro’ Haron B. Haji Abdul Kader, on B. Haji Abdul Kader, on B. Haji Abdul Kader, on B. Haji Abdul Kader, on B. Haji Abdul Kader, Director - e-Tanah,Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ma-laysia e-Land (e-Tanah) System is a synergy combina-tion of ICT and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).This paper deals with the aspects of land administra-tion system and GIS technologies which have been usedpresently and proven effective in land management.

KKKKKylie Armsylie Armsylie Armsylie Armsylie Armstrtrtrtrtrong, ong, ong, ong, ong, Business Development WesternAustralian, Land Information, Australia gave an over-view The Western Australian Land Information System(WALIS) has provided a focused and collaborative cul-ture to spatial information management across the pub-lic sector in Western Australia (WA) It is aimed to lever-age current investments such as the Shared Land In-formation Platform (SLIP) to ensure that data acrossgovernment is created and collected through bettercoordination, meets current and future reporting re-quirements and a collaborative approach to managingand maintaining data is achieved.

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Taranjot K Gadhok, Chief Projects, HUDCO, India talkedabout GIS in urban design& planning which is a poten-tial in RAY (Rajiv Awas Yojana) project. It is a projectwith a hope to have slum-free city.

DrDrDrDrDr. Michael O Sut. Michael O Sut. Michael O Sut. Michael O Sut. Michael O Sutcliffcliffcliffcliffcliffe, e, e, e, e, City Manager, eThekwini Mu-nicipality, South Africa discussed, over the past five yearsthe City has been busy developing its very own revenuemanagement system called Logosoft. The coordina-tion of all the functions of municipality is made possibleby an existence of single address accessible to every


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user in the organization. Its is the existence of this up-to-date address database which also made possiblethe planning and organization of the recent FIFA WorldCup which was hosted by the City of Durban.

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James Henry Crotty,James Henry Crotty,James Henry Crotty,James Henry Crotty,James Henry Crotty, GIS Manager – Mineral ResourceManagement, Anglo Platinum, South Africa comparedthe newer methods against the traditional methods us-ing desktop GIS tools and compare the results basedon time taken, accuracy, cost and ease of use. The re-sults of the assessment could be used to modify thecurrent practices employed by Anglo Platinum’s op-erations if they can be seen to be fit for- purpose andprove to be best practice.

Simon Bolster, Simon Bolster, Simon Bolster, Simon Bolster, Simon Bolster, Manager Remote Sensing, Global Ex-ploration Solutions, Newmont Mining, Australia Talkedabout the usage of geospatial technology in the minesof Newmont and the benefits accrued with the usage ofthe technology.

Public SafetyPublic SafetyPublic SafetyPublic SafetyPublic Safety

Ronald J. Boyd, Ronald J. Boyd, Ronald J. Boyd, Ronald J. Boyd, Ronald J. Boyd, Chief of Police, Los Angeles Port Po-lice, United States discussed the vision, challenge andtransition into what, from a technology standpoint, hasevolved into a more efficient model for multi-modalenterprises and public entities to conduct business.

StStStStSteeeeevvvvve Fe Fe Fe Fe Forbes, orbes, orbes, orbes, orbes, Manager Risk & GIS, ACT EmergencyServices, Australia talk was based on how Geospatialtechnologies played a huge role in introducing effica-cies to search operations following the destructing fires.The synchronization capability enabled search manag-ers to access secure Internet map viewers instantlyseeing which areas were searched adequately and

where to deploy resources next.

Chris LittlChris LittlChris LittlChris LittlChris Little, e, e, e, e, International Telecoms & Projects, MetOffice, United Kingdom describe the developing use ofglobal standards in Emergency and Disaster Risk Man-agement, some of the existing global infrastructure andinstitutions such as the WMO (World MeteorologicalOrganisation) and outlined the current WMO plans fordeveloping the infrastructure to enable wider use bycommunities other than the traditional ones of Meteo-rology, Oceanography and Hydrology.

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DrDrDrDrDr. Saumitr. Saumitr. Saumitr. Saumitr. Saumitra Mukherjee, a Mukherjee, a Mukherjee, a Mukherjee, a Mukherjee, Professor & Head (Geol-ogy & Remote Sensing) School of Environmental Sci-ences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India discussedthat the archival data of remote sensing and attributescorrelation with various environmental components in-cluding rocks, soil, water, vegetation, snow and atmo-spheric components are being used not only for thesustainable development but it has the potential to de-velop an early warning of natural hazards and climatechange. When the same set of data are used for a num-ber of projects the return of investment is high.

Janet Anstee, Janet Anstee, Janet Anstee, Janet Anstee, Janet Anstee, Experimental Scientist, Inland & CoastalRemote Sensing, CSIRO Land & Water, Australia in-vestigated the application of an innovative remote sens-ing approach suitable for coral reef and seagrass habi-tats. The presented approach is suitable for developingstandardized methodologies to reliably assess coastaland coral reef environmental changes and trends. Datawas acquired from the new 8-band WorldView2 satel-lite that incorporates 4 spectral bands of QuickBird andtherefore allowed inter-comparison of 8 and 4 bandspectral data as input to map a shallow coastal lake.

Chris Little, International Telecoms & Projects, Met Office, UnitedKingdom talking about Emergency and Disaster Risk Management

Janet Anstee, Experimental Scientist, Inland & Coastal Remote Sensing,CSIRO Land & Water, Australia


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South America and Asia are top two investors in infra-structure in terms of their GDPs was observed in theDevelopers forum, chaired by Rajesh KalraRajesh KalraRajesh KalraRajesh KalraRajesh Kalra, Manag-ing Director, RMSI, India. Intelligent infrastructure canbe developed on geospatial platform but the geospatialdata used in infrastructure building is different fromtraditional geospatial data, observed RobertRobertRobertRobertRobertMankowski,Mankowski,Mankowski,Mankowski,Mankowski, Director, Geospatial Product Management,Bentley, US. Mankowski invited developers to joinBentley Developer Network to develop tools/softwareaccordingly the need of intelligent infrastructure.Mankowski was addressing the session, DevelopersForum.

PrPrPrPrPrabuddha Ghoshabuddha Ghoshabuddha Ghoshabuddha Ghoshabuddha Ghosh, Technical Specialist, RMSI PrivateLimited, India, talked about Spatial Cloud Computingon AppEngine. He presented a case study where thecompany performed GISbased work for its clients onGoogle AppEngine. He agreed that AppEngine bringscertain challenges and to deal with the challenges,RMSI used JavaGeoModel - an existing open sourceproject, which supports creation of spatial indexes us-ing Geohashing feature. They used Apache CommonsFramework and JavaAPIforKML for handling the dataupload task and used Java Topology Suite for GIS pro-cessing.

Arvind ThangliArvind ThangliArvind ThangliArvind ThangliArvind Thangli, Manager, Autodesk Developer Net-work, US, invited developers to join Autodesk Devel-oper Network (ADN). He claimed that at present thecompany has 300 partners worldwide and they develop200-250 applications. He introduced some of the mem-bers of ADN who shared benefits of being member ofADN. Andy GupAndy GupAndy GupAndy GupAndy Gup, Technology Lead, esri, US, talked aboutArcGIS Online. Its API is available free of cost for de-velopers. He cited some case studies like Gulf of MexicoOil Spill Situational Awareness Viewer and City of

Greeley Property Information Map. According toSatyendra,Satyendra,Satyendra,Satyendra,Satyendra, Senior Product Manager, NSGI, India; chal-lenges for developing tools for GeoWeb and GeoMobilecan be segregated into four different categories: data,web, mobile and network. Challenges in data categoryare accuracy, attributes and updates. Challenges in webcategory are browsers vs. components and new APIs.Challenges in mobile segment are frequent updatesand innovations; while challenges with network arebandwidth and coverage.

Bhaskar DhanapalBhaskar DhanapalBhaskar DhanapalBhaskar DhanapalBhaskar Dhanapal, Senior Software Engineer,CoreLogic, India, talked about an innovative applica-tion, a Java plugin for Geo Server to read GeoRasterdata. To deal with growing traffic congestion in all overthe world, VVVVVaibhav S Dantaibhav S Dantaibhav S Dantaibhav S Dantaibhav S Dantalalalalaleeeee, IT Advisory Engineer,IBM, demonstrated IBM Informix database extendedby TimeSeries Datablade and Spatial Datablade. Ac-cording to Vaibhav, Informix Spatial DataBlade Mod-ule treats the Earth as a flat map. It uses planimetricgeometry, which means that it approximates the roundsurface of the Earth by projecting it onto flat planesusing various transformations.

Robert Mankowski, Director, Geospatial Product Management, Bentley,USA during his talk in Developers Forum

Andy Gup, Technology Lead, ESRI, USA, talking about ArcGIS Online


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Various facets of design education were addressed inthe forum In tegrated Design Education, chaired by PrPrPrPrProfofofofof.....Josef StroblJosef StroblJosef StroblJosef StroblJosef Strobl, Director, Centre for Geoinformatics, Uni-versity of Salzburg, Austria. The forum witnessed par-ticipation from industry, association and academia alike.In his keynote address, TTTTTom Josephom Josephom Josephom Josephom Joseph, Director – Educa-tion APAC, Autodesk, focused on empowering next gen-eration while outlining trends affecting design.

According to Tom, digital life is one of the first factorsaffecting design. Children today learn in a way that isdifferent from the earlier generation, with the range ofdigital devices they are exposed to giving a differentperspective to their experience with technology. Heopined that educators need to be in sync with thesechanges. The other trend is globalization. Educators,according to Tom, need to build children as global citi-zens in the wake of globalisation. Huge infrastructureis required to meet the global growth. This calls forradical approach to education. Another trend is climatechange. Tom observed that there is a need for educa-tors to start building a culture of sustainability amongchildren / students so that they can build sustainabledesign. The areas identified by Tom as important fordesign are architecture, engineering and construction

where building information modelling solutions are theway ahead; manufacturing where mechanical engineer-ing is transforming and digital prototyping solutions willhold the key, and media and entertainment. To em-power next generation, the critical elements accordingto Tom are making technology economical if not freeand deriving institutional, faculty and student excel-lence. Mark ReichardtMark ReichardtMark ReichardtMark ReichardtMark Reichardt, President & CEO, OpenGeospatial Consortium, discussed the relevance ofstandardsin relation to design education.

He informed the audience about Industry FoundationClass (IFC) Standard that offers benefits like fewer in-terfaces and interoperability with related sectors. Markpresented the findings of an informal survey conductedby him where the key outcome was that universityprogrammes are having trouble serving market needsand that standards are under-emphasised. Among theways identified by him is to bring geographic scientistsand designers together in hands-on activities to pro-mote fusion of GIS and design. Both groups can look atIT through different paradigms. John A.HornJohn A.HornJohn A.HornJohn A.HornJohn A.Horn, Profes-sor, ITC, Netherlands elaborated upon the educationoptions offered by his institute including distance learn-ing programmes especially for India.

Tom Joseph, Director – Education APAC, Autodesk, Mark Reichardt, President & CEO, Open Geospatial Consortium and John A.Horn, Professor,ITC, Netherlands expressing their views in the forum


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The forum addressing the issues and challenges ofGeospatial Information Science was chaired by Prof.Arup DasguptArup DasguptArup DasguptArup DasguptArup Dasguptaaaaa, Managing Editor, Geospatial World,GIS Development, India. At the forum PrPrPrPrProfofofofof. Chris. Chris. Chris. Chris. ChristiantiantiantiantianHeipkeHeipkeHeipkeHeipkeHeipke, Head, Institute of Photogrammetry andGeoInformation, University of Hannover, Germany pre-sented that it is still not clear, which elements of anobject and scene description need to be taken into ac-count. Recently, more and more statistical methods areused in knowledge acquisition and representation. Pres-ently, these attempts are still provisional, however it isobvious that an efficient automatic generation of mod-els is a decisive prerequisite for the success of imageanalysis altogether. DrDrDrDrDr. S K Ghosh. S K Ghosh. S K Ghosh. S K Ghosh. S K Ghosh, Associate Profes-sor, School of Information Technology, Indian Instituteof Technology, Kharagpur, India highlighted that most

of the geospatial organization uses crisp data model toshare and integrate the diverse datasets. However,when spatial phenomena is generalized in crisp form,then lot of quantitative informations are lost. This workpresents fuzzy spatial data modeling technique, by in-corporating fuzzy set theory concepts and fuzzy logic inUML class diagram. N L SardaN L SardaN L SardaN L SardaN L Sarda, Professor, Departmentof Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Instituteof Technology Bombay, India outlined why 3D GIS tech-nologies are a key factor in establishing and maintain-ing large-scale, reality-based 3D geoinformation ser-vices. In his presentation he outlined the photo-realis-tic outdoor and basic indoor modeling results obtainedusing available software such as Google SketchUp,AutoCAD. The 3D models are also converted into Key-hole Markup Language and CityGML. AndreasUttenthaler, Remote Sensing & Image InterpretationGAF AG, Germany highlighted that the DLR, GAF AG andEuromap cooperate regarding the development of digi-tal surface model (DSM) products based on IRS-P5Cartosat-1 in flight stereo data. A system for highlyautomated and operational DSM and orthoimage gen-eration based on IRS-P5 Cartosat-1 imagery is pre-sented, with an emphasis on automated processing andproduct quality. The proposed system processes IRS-P5 level-1 stereo scenes using the rational polynomialcoefficients universal sensor model. The describedmethod uses an RPC correction based on DSM align-ment instead of using reference images with a lowerlateral accuracy, which results in improved geolocationof the DSMs and orthoimages.

Andreas Uttenthaler, Remote Sensing & Image Interpretation GAF AG, Germany highlighted various important points during the forum

Forum was chaired by Prof. Arup Dasgupta, Managing Editor, GeospatialWorld, GIS Development, India


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Mission GIS for billions of people can be achieved withopen source geospatial software, observed DrDrDrDrDr. V Ravi. V Ravi. V Ravi. V Ravi. V RaviKumarKumarKumarKumarKumar, Retd. Director, Geological Survey of India, In-dia. He was talking on the topic, Transparent Adminis-tration through open source GIS, during the seminar,Open Source Initiatives.The session in two parts waschaired by Arnulf Christi,Arnulf Christi,Arnulf Christi,Arnulf Christi,Arnulf Christi, President, OSGeo, US; andS Narendra Prasad, Senior Principal Scientist & Head,SACON India, respectively. Dr. Ravi eloquently demon-strated how GIS practices can be a fun. Using exampleof Open Street Map (OSM), he said one can depositdata (information) in Google Maps/ Earth but he/shecan’t get it back but in OSM one can deposit and get itback as well. Elaborating the role of GIS in determiningtransparency. Earlier, Christi addressed three topics:fresoftware licenses, open source methodology andabout OSGeo. He claimed that OSGeo has almost thesame reputation as geospatial server software asApache has as a server for general applications. Heappreciated IBM contribution in open source domain.According to Christi, software vendors adopt opensource in geospatial including Autodesk, Oracle, Esriand many others. DrDrDrDrDr. P G Diwakar. P G Diwakar. P G Diwakar. P G Diwakar. P G Diwakar, Associate Direc-tor, EOS, ISRO, India talked on the topic, Open SourceSoftware Tools for Societal and Public Good. Diwakarsaid, “GDAL/ OGR, Proj4, GEOS, FDO, Geotools, Terraliband OpenMap are good geospatial libraries. GRASS,QuantumGIS, OpenJump, uDIG, ILWIS and TerraVieware good Web mapping/Web GIS.” He also recom-mended Ka-Map, OpenLayers, MapBuilder andCartoWeb as good Web Projects/Toolkits. Diwakarelaborated applications and benefits of Open SourceGeoTools, through some case studies like Village Re-source Centers (VLC), Gram Resources Advisories Man-agement and Information System (GRAMINS), SUJALA,Tsunami Information System, CARTOWEB, KarnatakaTank Information System and Andhra Pradesh ForestManagement Information System. He also explored roleof Satcom for capacity building. DrDrDrDrDr. V. V. V. V. VenkatenkatenkatenkatenkateshesheshesheshRaghavanRaghavanRaghavanRaghavanRaghavan, Professor, Osaka City University, Japantalked about goGPS which helps enhance GPS posi-tioning as Web-processing service and rely on OpenSource Software. However, he agreed that it is not yetcompatible with Michibiki – Quazi Zenith Satellites. Hesaid that detailed about goGPS can be obtained fromwww.gogps-project.org. DrDrDrDrDr. T V Ramachandr. T V Ramachandr. T V Ramachandr. T V Ramachandr. T V Ramachandraaaaa, Cen-tre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Sciences,India talked about Open Source GIS – GRASS and itsapplications in land cover assessments. KumaranKumaranKumaranKumaranKumaranNarNarNarNarNarayayayayayanaswamyanaswamyanaswamyanaswamyanaswamy, Co-Founder, kCube ConsultancyServices, India addressed the topic, Road Map for Com-

mercial use of FOSS4G Tools in India. He mentioned anold report, Conservative Estimate by IIM Banglore,which claimed, “FOSS can save India USD 2billion in2010.”He also recommended some open source librar-ies and software as Diwakar earlier mentioned. Accord-ing to Narayanaswamy, advantages of FOSS4G Imple-mentations include: Zero licence cost and hence pro-vides flexibility to implement an robust and scalablearchitecture using load balancing and multi CPU/CoreCapabilities. Source code is completely available whichcan be customised for customer requirements.S. Narendra PrasadS. Narendra PrasadS. Narendra PrasadS. Narendra PrasadS. Narendra Prasad, Senior Principal Scientist & Head,SACON India addressed the topic Open SourceGeospatial Tools in Environmental Conservation: Prob-lems and Prospects. He said in India, Kerala is the onlyplace where most organisations and institutions areusing open source software. He presented a case studybased-on Kerala wetland mapping. Addressing thetopic, FOSS4G in India - Challenges Ahead, DrDrDrDrDr. K S. K S. K S. K S. K SRajanRajanRajanRajanRajan, Associate Professor, International Institute ofInformation Technology Hyderabad, India, mentionedhow languages are proving a big barrier in making atool or software user-friendly. He also identified datainteroperability as one of the major challenges. More-over, he quoted that proprietary Analytics have becometool centric rather idea centric. For instance, if we realisewe need some specific features then we need to waitfor next version. Though, we can ourselves develop de-sired features in open source software. At the end of histalk, Dr. Rajan presented some case studies based-onopen source software like OpenJump Localization andCollab Mapping tool for Village Resource GeoDB. Fo-cus of the talk by DrDrDrDrDr. Haris Chandr. Haris Chandr. Haris Chandr. Haris Chandr. Haris Chandra Karnata Karnata Karnata Karnata Karnatakakakakak, Scien-tist, National Remote Sensing Centre, India, was onBHOOSAMPADA – land use/land cover information por-tal using open source GIS. He explored how multi tem-poral IRS AWiFS data helps in rapid assessment of na-tional level land use and land cover.

Dr. Venkatesh Raghavan, Professor, Osaka City University, Japanand session chairperson Arnulf Christi, President, OSGeo, USA


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The seminar on Climate Change Implications on Socio-Economic Development, chaired by Dr Dr Dr Dr Dr. K. J. Ramesh. K. J. Ramesh. K. J. Ramesh. K. J. Ramesh. K. J. Ramesh,Advisor & Scientist ‘G’, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Gov-ernment of India, saw some interesting discussion onthe need to understand the climate changes and itspossible impact on the development process. Givingthe keynote address Jyoti ParikhJyoti ParikhJyoti ParikhJyoti ParikhJyoti Parikh, member PM Coun-cil on Climate Change, talked about application of GISin different sectors like environment, agriculture, hy-drology, land use, geology, forestry, risk managementand water/ waste water industry. GIS could be used tohelp improve issues like disaster risk mitigation. AirVice Marshall Ajit TAjit TAjit TAjit TAjit Tyyyyyagi,agi,agi,agi,agi, Director General of IndianMeteorological Department, talked of observed climatevariability and change. He said the GIS will synergiseinformation from different departments to seamlesslybe used for the benefit of the mankind. He elaboratedupon the new thrust in environment monitoring, greenhouse gases, precipitation chemistry, ozone layer andenvironment impact assessment. In response to a ques-tion he agreed that there was a need to harmonise somedata in view of the change in situation around the ob-servatories. Dr Subodh SharmaDr Subodh SharmaDr Subodh SharmaDr Subodh SharmaDr Subodh Sharma, Advisor, Ministry ofEnvironment and Forests, Government of India, spokeon the Indian Network for Climate Change Assessmentand said that it was a step towards a comprehensiveclimate change assessment. He outlined the objectivesof the INCCA and called for strengthening of GIS inresponse to the challenges of information gathering inclimate change. NVV RaghavaNVV RaghavaNVV RaghavaNVV RaghavaNVV Raghava, Senior InfrastructureSpecialist and Project Team Leader, National CycloneRisk Mitigation Project of the World Bank in India spokeon the Climate Change Initiatives, Priorities and Impli-cations for India. He said Climate Change is a publicconcern. Poverty reduction and sustainabl e develop-ment is a high priority, he noted and said that climate

change is likely to make development more difficult.He said that there is substantial uncertainty around theimpact of climate change on ecology and economy. TheWorld Bank is undertaking largely analytic activity, buthas also taken up ground level projects like the AndhraPradesh Drought Adaptation Pilot Project apart fromDisaster Risk Management Project. R KrishnanR KrishnanR KrishnanR KrishnanR Krishnan, Headof the Centre for Climate Change Research, Indian In-stitute ofTropical Meteorology, Pune, India elaboratedon some of Th e modeling on climate change scenarios.He said that his Centre was working on developing mod-els to understand the climate change scenarios andsaid that there was a greater probability that humanintervention coupled with natural climate change wasresponsible for the widespread climate changes thatwere being witnessed. Dr A K SinghDr A K SinghDr A K SinghDr A K SinghDr A K Singh, Deputy DirectorGeneral of Indian Council for Agricultural Research,Government of India, spoke on the implications of cli-mate change on Indian agriculture. Any effect of cli-mate change on agriculture has far reaching implica-tions as it has more than 50 per cent of the populationdependent on it directly or indirectly, he noted. Dr CBSDr CBSDr CBSDr CBSDr CBSDuttDuttDuttDuttDutt of the National Remote Sensing Centre, Govern-ment of India talked of the ISRO’s role in the study ofclimate change. He said that the ISRO was instrumen-tal in providing first hand information of the param-eters of climate change like aerosols and ozone layeramong others. He said ISRO was validating its satellitedata with ground level readings from its network ofobservatories. Dr PadmanabhanDr PadmanabhanDr PadmanabhanDr PadmanabhanDr Padmanabhan, Emergency Analyst,United Nations Development Programme in India,talked about the Climate Change and Risk Manage-ment. He said that risk management has to be a com-munity based programme and talked of the possibleimpact of climate change on the developmentprogrammes.

Seminar was chaired by Dr. K. J. Ramesh, Advisor & Scientist ‘G’,Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India


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The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) constituted theGlobal Advisory Council (GAC), a blue ribbon council tounderstand the issues of various regions in the utility ofstandards and to raise the awareness levels of thesame. The session was chaired by Dr FDr FDr FDr FDr Frrrrraser Taser Taser Taser Taser Taylaylaylaylaylororororor,Distinguished Research Professor and President Inter-national Steering Committee for Global Mapping, USA.Opening the seminar, Mark ReichardtMark ReichardtMark ReichardtMark ReichardtMark Reichardt, CEO – OGC saidGAC conducted a survey to identify the issues of varioususers. One aspect of the survey is to identify the meansto reach out to the emerging and developing regionsfor communicating the value of SDI and geospatial in-formation sharing. Reporting the results of the survey,Mark pointed out that language is a huge barrier. Thesurvey also indicated the extensive use of industryevents and publications for outreach purposes.

Business Value Committee was constituted to find theright people to participate in GAC activities above andbeyond technical people. It pointed out the need to haveoutreach activities tailored to specific regional and na-tional requirements, which vary widely. Other key is-sues pointed out are politics and human resources.There is a perception thatsome national and regionalleaders are barriers, due to lack of understanding ofthe value of participation. The committee suggestedcreation of an online booklet for public and private sec-tor executives. Another suggestion that emerged wasto adopt modern marketing techniques to engage moremembers of the geospatial and IT community. Markconcluded saying that there is an overriding need toeducate professionals given the fact that interoperabilityproblems are common across the world and prioritieslaid out in SDIs vary greatly. Morishige Ota of KokusaiKogyo Co Ltd and University of Tokyo discussed theJapanese experience in utilising standards. He dis-

cussed the enactment of NSDI Act by the Japanesenational Diet in May 2007. He then talked about devel-oping a body of knowledge (BoK) on the research ofsustainable collaborative Web library for GIScience togive a fillip to the demand for geospatial professionals.He opined that BoK is needed not just for GI Science butto improve the overall situation of geospatial informa-tion technology for the construction of SDI. Giving thesummary of survey on NMOs, Luis PLuis PLuis PLuis PLuis Paulaulaulaulaulo Fo Fo Fo Fo Fortortortortorteeeee, Di-rector, Surveys and Mapping, IBGE, Brazil, pointed outthat a greater effort is required to connect with NMOsand other international organisations. He said there isgrowing awareness of SDIs and value of interoperability,but in many places this awareness is vague, rudimen-tary and uncoordinated. He said OGC compliance shouldbe included in tenders/RFPs issued by governmentagencies at all levels. This approach can attract suppli-ers (including integrators and resellers) to obtain com-pliance. It may also open new opportunities with soft-ware development companies and various issues oftechnical and semantic and institutional interoperabilitywould be resolved. Talking on business processes andOGC standards, TTTTTrrrrreeeeevvvvvor Tor Tor Tor Tor Taylaylaylaylaylororororor, Director Business De-velopment, PCI Geomatics, pointed out the requirementsto adjust for local and regional practices. The pointedout that standards are complex and complicated; out-dated or too heavyweight; costly to implement andmaintain; difficult to measure in terms of return on in-vestment. He then pointed out several issues aroundstandards in many countries which include lack of orlittle knowledge and experience in government andprivate sector vis-à-vis use of standards, little or noincentive to change existing modes of operation; indif-ference of officials until a specific need arises. A goodround of discussion and debate ensued which wa ablymoderated by PrPrPrPrProf Fof Fof Fof Fof Frrrrraser Taser Taser Taser Taser Taylaylaylaylaylororororor.

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Mark Reichardt, CEO – OGC, USA opened the seminar


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The seminar on utility presented a healthy exchange ofideas. Chaired by Piyush K PandeyPiyush K PandeyPiyush K PandeyPiyush K PandeyPiyush K Pandey, Chief ExecutiveOfficer, EICE International, India, the session saw hugeparticipation by people. Speaking first, P K ChoudharyP K ChoudharyP K ChoudharyP K ChoudharyP K Choudhary,General Manager, RITES, India, who was here to talkabout the ‘Use of GIS in RITES for Utilities’, said, “GIScan be used to closely model utility networks and inte-grate other related types of data, such as raster im-ages and CAD drawings.GIS spatial selection and dis-play tools allow users to visualize scheduled work,ongoing activities, recurring maintenance problems andhistorical information.” He then explained the use ofGIS by traffic and transportation engineers and re-searchers by giving several examples. Choudhary wasfollowed by Raghu GaneshanRaghu GaneshanRaghu GaneshanRaghu GaneshanRaghu Ganeshan, President, Avineon, In-dia, who delivered his talk on “Enterprise GIS Imple-

mentation in Utilities – Management Challenges.” Hepresented the perspective of users, whom hecategorised as sceptical, openminded and those whohave high expectations, and said, “People have to learnto use the system”. He added, “Choosing a right tech isa big challenge.” He then elaborated the typical chal-lenges that are faced in data collection like identifyingdata needs for all stake holders or positional accuracyrequirement; and suggested recommendations for thesame. Similarly, he talked about challenges in the fieldof technology and suggested recommedations. Theother person who too expressed concern over data col-lection was Dr Ajay SrivastavaDr Ajay SrivastavaDr Ajay SrivastavaDr Ajay SrivastavaDr Ajay Srivastava, GPM-GeoSpatial So-lutions, HCL Technologies Ltd., India. “Success of GISimplementation depends on the data quality,” he said.He cautioned against using the outdated or inadequatedata. The other speaker of the day was SoffianSoffianSoffianSoffianSoffianMohamad, Mohamad, Mohamad, Mohamad, Mohamad, Manager, Equarater (Penang), Malaysia,who talked about “Penang State Subterranean DataBank (SUTRA D’BANK) Malaysia.” “Sutra D’Bank is acomplete asset register or inventory of all undergroundutility data including the points of reference which willimmensely benefit all interested parties," he said. Hethen described its history, objectives andbenefits.Meanwhile speakers like B NaveenchandraB NaveenchandraB NaveenchandraB NaveenchandraB Naveenchandra,Senior Sub Divisional Engineer, Telecom – GIS, BSNL,India, explaining the use of GIS technology in telecomduring his talk, “Signal strength measurements andcoverage estimation of mobile communication networkusing IRS-IC multispectral and Cartosat-1 stereo im-ages.” While speakers like Mahalakshmi NarayananMahalakshmi NarayananMahalakshmi NarayananMahalakshmi NarayananMahalakshmi Narayanan,Scientist – D, National Informatics Centre, Tamil NaduState Centre, India, introduced people to Chennai city’songoing ambitious “Computer Aided Utility MappingProject”, Jaffrullah MohammedJaffrullah MohammedJaffrullah MohammedJaffrullah MohammedJaffrullah Mohammed, Senior TechnologyArchitect, EUSDGIS Practice, Infosys Technologies Lim-ited, India, focussed his speech on“Enabling GIS forSmart Grid.” Talking about water-related problems likeintermittent water supply, bad pipes and water leak-age, Robert MankowskiRobert MankowskiRobert MankowskiRobert MankowskiRobert Mankowski, Senior Director, Software De-velopment, Bentley Systems, USA, introduced audienceto GIS (Bentley Water) and Hydraulic Modeling (BentleyWaterGEMS). Meanwhile, Ashok WAshok WAshok WAshok WAshok Wadhwani,adhwani,adhwani,adhwani,adhwani, Presi-dent, Applied Field Data Systems Inc., who talked about“New Approach to Locate, Map, and Preserve buriedAssets Using GPS and GIS”, was critical of electronicmarkers and advocated the use of electronic memorymarkers. “Now, we have electronic memory markers.We can store all the information into it. Plus, they arealways placed above ground and have a uniquenumber.”

B Naveenchandra, Senior Sub Divisional Engineer, Telecom – GIS,BSNL, India and P K Choudhary, General Manager, RITES, India talkingat the seminar


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The seminar will focus on the status of SDI activitiesamong the various local & national level organizationsin various nations was chaired by the Chief ExecutiveOfficer, National Spatial Data Infrastructure, India DrDrDrDrDr.....R SivR SivR SivR SivR Siva Kumara Kumara Kumara Kumara Kumar. At the seminar DrDrDrDrDr. Der. Der. Der. Der. Derek Clarkek Clarkek Clarkek Clarkek Clarkeeeee, ChiefDirector, Surveys & Mapping, Department of RuralDevelopment & Land Reforms, South Africa talkedabout the initiatives and Challenges of SDI in SouthAfrica. The first initiatives to establish a national spatialdata infrastructure in South Africa approximately 20years ago relied on voluntary cooperative arrange-ments. A view on this approach is discussed, includingthe successes and shortcomings. This approach waslater changed to use a legislative approach and legis-lation to establish the South African Spatial Data Infra-structure (SASDI) was passed in Parliament in 2003.The legislation creates a Committee for Spatial Infor-mation to, inter alia, manage the SASDI. ‘Open Season’-opening and enabling GI for developer and user com-munity was highlighted by Peter ter HaarPeter ter HaarPeter ter HaarPeter ter HaarPeter ter Haar, Director ofProducts, Ordnance Survey of Great Britain. ArnulfChristl, President, OSGeo, United States talked aboutESDIN, the best practice European SDI network. Thepresentation gave a summary of the results includinginsights into the developed processes and lessonslearned. The most important result of the project willbe the European Location Framework which aims at

becoming the authoritative geographic foundation forthe emerging semantic web. Kaushik DuttaKaushik DuttaKaushik DuttaKaushik DuttaKaushik Dutta, GISP, ITProgram Manager, Maryland Transportation Authority,Division of Information Technology (DoIT), United Statestalked of Maryland's Internet Map - MD iMap - is adiverse and flexible “system” that provides a wide vari-ety of products and services to the citizens and govern-ment employees in Maryland. The One Maryland, OneMap is bridging the gap between federal, state and lo-cal communities. Malay AdhikariMalay AdhikariMalay AdhikariMalay AdhikariMalay Adhikari, Research Scholar,Nalsar University of Law, India touched upon legal re-gime of Intellectual Property Rights of spatial data withspecial reference to India. The Copy Right Act, 1957does not expressly provide for the protection of spatialdata. According to ISRO viewpoint, RS data are pro-tected by copyright law and normally belongs to satel-lite owners. But this tradition is under question whenthe private industries would like to enter with the flowof commercialization and privatization. The spatial dataare also protected under the law of trade secrecy whichis also a part of IPR.

Dr. Derek Clarke, Chief Director, Surveys & Mapping, Department ofRural Development & Land Reforms, South Africa talked about theinitiatives of SDI in South Africa

Arnulf Christl, President, OSGeo, United States talked about the EuropeanSDI network


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The dynamic nature of the coastal land use/ land coverin the coastal zone is a clear evidence of the coastalhazards said PrPrPrPrProfofofofof. N Chandr. N Chandr. N Chandr. N Chandr. N Chandrasekarasekarasekarasekarasekar, Professor & Head,Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, India. The study

has been performed to collect, analyse and dissemi-nate the information on the dynamics of coastal land-forms and geomorphological hazards between Kallarand Vembar coast in Tamilnadu. R S BhallaR S BhallaR S BhallaR S BhallaR S Bhalla, Trustee,Foundation for Ecological Research Advocacy andLearning, India pointed out that extreme rainfall eventsin Western Ghat region are occurring more frequentlyand predictions are that variability of these events islikely to intensify. The information is an important com-ponent of a decision support system for conservationplanning in the Western Ghats, particularly for identifi-cation of ecologically sensitive areas from the perspec-tive of hydrologic goods and services. In the presenta-tion DrDrDrDrDr. Chandr. Chandr. Chandr. Chandr. Chandrasekhar Putasekhar Putasekhar Putasekhar Putasekhar Putchachachachacha, Professor, Califor-nia State University Fullerton, USA talked about amethod that has been developed in this paper for cal-culation of probability of occurrence of a disaster asso-ciated with calculation of reliability levels for variouswell known disasters. These are based on the limit statechosen, functional relationship between various depen-dent and independent parameters and the uncertaintyin the associated parameters. DrDrDrDrDr. Ashok Kaushal. Ashok Kaushal. Ashok Kaushal. Ashok Kaushal. Ashok Kaushal, Se-

nior Executive Director, Rolta India, India highlightedthe point that better decion can be made using Geo-Collaboration and Geovisualization. Disasters need ex-changing timely and relevant information across par-

ticipating agencies at geographicallydispersed locations for mitigating theafter-effects. Using GeoConference,data from multiple sources over adata grid can be shared as CommonOperation Picture during NetworkCentric Operations for situationawareness with an objective ofsynchronized action by agenciesinvolved in response and mitiga-tion.Jothiganesh Shanmug-Jothiganesh Shanmug-Jothiganesh Shanmug-Jothiganesh Shanmug-Jothiganesh Shanmug-asundarasundarasundarasundarasundaramamamamam, Design Support ToolDevelopment Specialist, RegionalIntegrated Multi-hazard Early warn-ing System (RIMES), Thailand talkedabout the geospatial decisions sup-port tools for early warning servicesand disaster risk management. IlyaIlyaIlyaIlyaIlyaFFFFFarutinarutinarutinarutinarutin, Product Manager, ScanExR&D Center, Russia talked about onhow Satellite Radars help mappingforest fires in any weather and theprobability of correct detection ofburnt areas based on SAR imagesdepends on the fire type, vegetation

class, soil and vegetation moistening level, and viewingangles.

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Dr. Ashok Kaushal, Senior Executive Director, Rolta India, India highlighted important points


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The seminar on Photogrammetry intensely revealedthe Advancements and Trends in Photogrammetry, itgave an overview of modern photogrammetric appli-cations, advancements and coming trends.

The seminar was chaired by PrPrPrPrProfofofofof. Chris. Chris. Chris. Chris. Christian Heipktian Heipktian Heipktian Heipktian Heipkeeeee,Head, Institute of Photogrammetry & GeoInformation,University of Hannover, Germany in his talk he laidemphasis on some of the changes in society, field andcommercial sector, talked about new applications ofphotogrammetry and new companies into the photo-grammetry arena.

Remote sensing and photogrammery have convergedand Digital photogrammetry has realised the potentialof automation was highlighted by Prof Ian DowmanProf Ian DowmanProf Ian DowmanProf Ian DowmanProf Ian Dowman,First Vice President, ISPRS, Turkey. He also talked abouthow Digital Elevation Models are finding applicationsin many areas and new applications are opening up.Later he concluded with various case studies of DEMand Forestry.

Klaus J NeumannKlaus J NeumannKlaus J NeumannKlaus J NeumannKlaus J Neumann, Product Manager Sensor Systems,Intergraph, Germany talked on the various aspects ofThe DMC Camera Family, Large Format MonolithicCCDs, Customized Optics Design, Camera Parameterand Trends. Discussed about highly effective ariel photoimaging capabilities.

DrDrDrDrDr. C. D. Murthy. C. D. Murthy. C. D. Murthy. C. D. Murthy. C. D. Murthy, Executive Director, Rolta India dis-cussed the technological developments in Photogram-metry, 3D mapping for Choosing the right combination,Future of Photogrammetry by considering the variousaspects such as Web based Photogrammetry and Pho-

togrammetry on the cloud later he talked about Gen-eration next of the technology.

Pradeep K. SrivastavaPradeep K. SrivastavaPradeep K. SrivastavaPradeep K. SrivastavaPradeep K. Srivastava, Deputy Director, Signal andImage Processing, Space Applications Centre (ISRO)Ahmedabad, India presented his thought very impres-sively on the topic “Evolution of Photogrammetric mod-els in Data Products for ISRO RS missions”, he fairlydiscussed the Stereo Strip Triangulation (SST) Ap-proach. Later talked about National DEM fromCARTOSAT-1 data and Chandrayaan-1 Data Process-ing, also discussed the Recent Advances in Cartosat-1Data Processing.

Prof. Christian Heipke, Head, Institute of Photogrammetry &GeoInformation, University of Hannover, Germany talking about newapplications of photogrammetry

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The various sessions at Geospatial World Forum wasappreciated and attended by a good number of del-egates.

The session on Web GIS proved to be a platform forknowledge sharing for industry, academicians, bureau-crats and technical experts. The topics in the sessionranged from applications of GIS for forests and wild lifeconservation to urban planning and efficient power dis-tribution. LiDAR, laser scanning, 3D modeling sessionwitnessed interesting and innovative applications ofthese technologies and other aspects. These includedscalable workflows for 3D data management, benefitsof deploying lasers for slope stability monitoring atplatinum mine, discussion on the upcoming mobile la-ser scanning and solutions in utility management. Sev-eral other sessions took place at Geospatial World Fo-rum 2011, these were on remote sensing and imageprocessing; NRDMS; natural resource management;water resources; governance; location intelligence andemerging trends and agriculture.

Poster session was a highlight for all the aspiring stu-dents in the field of Geospatial, Dr. Shahnawaz, Direc-tor (South and South East Asia), UNIGIS InternationalCentre for Geoinformatics, Salzburg University, Austriawas the judge of the Poster Session who evaluated theposters being displayed on each and every vertical ofGeospatial. Students and even research personnel’sfrom across the globe took part with full enthusiasm inthe Poster Session being organized during the confer-ence.

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Rolta organized, Rolta Technology Track at Geospatial World Forum conference to showcase High-endsolutions based on Rolta-owned IP for mission critical applications - Rolta GeoImaging, Rolta GeospatialFusion™ and Rolta iPerspective™ The Technology Track was opened by DrDrDrDrDr. Ashok Kaushal. Ashok Kaushal. Ashok Kaushal. Ashok Kaushal. Ashok Kaushal, Sr. Div.Director, Enterprise Geospatial & Defense Solutions, Rolta India who laid emphasis on Rolta GeoImagingfor Enterprise GIS and Digital Cartography. According to Dr. Kaushal the decision makers need geospatialinformation based on up-to-date and readily available data and maps to make effective decisions. Toachieve this objective, Rolta offers world class Rolta GeoImaging solutions for processing and analysis ofgeoimaging data and enterprise wide dissemination of cartographic quality maps. Rolta GeospatialFusionTM, based on the Company’s own IPR, is an innovative, world class solution and framework, whichfuses the information, applications and processes of an enterprise into a seamless, cohesive solution. Useof Rolta Geospatial FusionTM to extend the value of legacy systems, GIS and existing investments in dataand enterprise systems was effectively discussed by Umesh Kumar,Umesh Kumar,Umesh Kumar,Umesh Kumar,Umesh Kumar, Div. Director – GIS, Rolta India.

Vinod Ninan,Vinod Ninan,Vinod Ninan,Vinod Ninan,Vinod Ninan, Executive Group Manager, iPerspective Development, Rolta India talked about RoltaiPerspectiveTM Enterprise Suite bridges the gap between the traditional GIS world and the enterprise byproviding SOA based solutions, which enable enterprises to create secure private GIS clouds. RoltaiPerspective™ includes a complete suite of products for enterprise integration.

Dr. Ashok Kaushal, Sr. Div. Director, Enterprise Geospatial & Defense Solutions, Rolta India and Vinod Ninan, Executive Group Manager,iPerspective Development, Rolta India


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The eThe eThe eThe eThe exhibition xhibition xhibition xhibition xhibition at the Geospatial World Forum inaugu-rated by N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Hon'ble Chief Minister,Government of Andhra Pradesh, India echoed the factthat geospatial has come a long way from its status asa technological tool to a way of life. The event witnessedparticipation of around 57 firms in the GIS field exhibit-ing their products and solutions to usher new relation-ships and making GIS as an acceptable culture. Exhibi-tors expressed immense satisfaction about the event.The awards for best exhibitors were conferred toThe awards for best exhibitors were conferred toThe awards for best exhibitors were conferred toThe awards for best exhibitors were conferred toThe awards for best exhibitors were conferred toESRI, TESRI, TESRI, TESRI, TESRI, Trimblrimblrimblrimblrimble and NSG Indiae and NSG Indiae and NSG Indiae and NSG Indiae and NSG India. The exhibitors atGeospatial World Forum were:

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Aarvee Associates IIIII Association of Geospatial Indus-tries (AGI) of India IIIII Ansari Precision Instruments IIIII ASBSystems IIIII Avineon India IIIII BAE Systems’ IIIII Bentley IIIIICanon India Pvt. Ltd. IIIII Coord Technologies IIIIIDigitalGlobe IIIII Department of Information IIIII Technology(DIT) IIIII Department of Science & Technology (DST) IIIIIElcome Technologies Pvt. Ltd. IIIII Elets Technomedia PvtLtd. IIIII ERDAS – The Earth to Business Company IIIII NIITGIS Ltd. IIIII Forest Survey of India (Ministryof Environ-


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ment & Forests) IIIII GeoEye, Inc IIIII GeoMax IIIII Geotrax IIIII GISDevelopment Pvt Ltd IIIII The Geological Survey of India(GSI) IIIII The Government of Canada IIIII Groupe SCE IndiaPvt Ltd IIIII Imagemaps Pte Ltd IIIII Hewlett-Packard IIIII IBM IIIIIThe Integrated Geo Instruments & Services Pvt. Ltd.(IGIS) IIIII IIC Technologies Private Limited IIIII Faculty ofGeo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) IIIIIInfotech Enterprises IIIII Integrated Digital Systems (IDS)

IIIII Intergraph IIIII Indian Space Research Organisation(ISRO) IIIII KIRRA IIIII The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES)

IIIII National Atlas Organisation (NATMO) IIIII The NavayugaGroup, IIIII The National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA) IIIII NSG Global Group IIIIIOmniSTAR BV IIIII Pan India Consultants Pvt. Ltd. IIIII PCI IIIIIRapidEye IIIII Reprographics India IIIII Rolta IIIII RSI SOFTECHIIIII Scanpoint Geomatics Limited IIIII The Soil and Land UseSurvey of India (SLUSI) IIIII SOUTH IIIII SumadhuraGeomatica Pvt Ltd IIIII SuperGeo Technologies Inc.

IIIII Survey of India IIIII Terrasolid Ltd. IIIII Trimble IIIII UNIGIS

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• EducEducEducEducEducation / Capacity Building fation / Capacity Building fation / Capacity Building fation / Capacity Building fation / Capacity Building for Geospatial Tor Geospatial Tor Geospatial Tor Geospatial Tor Geospatial Tech-ech-ech-ech-ech-nology:nology:nology:nology:nology: Department of Geography, University of Cali-fornia, Santa Barbara

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• Leading Professional Society:Leading Professional Society:Leading Professional Society:Leading Professional Society:Leading Professional Society: International Carto-graphic Association (ICA)

• WWWWWorld Leaderorld Leaderorld Leaderorld Leaderorld Leaders in Geospatial Ts in Geospatial Ts in Geospatial Ts in Geospatial Ts in Geospatial Technolechnolechnolechnolechnology:ogy:ogy:ogy:ogy:Rolta Group

• LifLifLifLifLifetime Achieetime Achieetime Achieetime Achieetime Achievvvvvement:ement:ement:ement:ement: Dr. K Kasturirangan, Mem-ber, Planning Commission, India

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••••• Business Intelligence:Business Intelligence:Business Intelligence:Business Intelligence:Business Intelligence: Ministry of Municipalities &Agriculture Affairs, Kingdom of Bahrain

••••• Governance:Governance:Governance:Governance:Governance: National Informatics Centre, MadhyaPradesh, India

••••• TTTTTrrrrransport Management:ansport Management:ansport Management:ansport Management:ansport Management: Taipei City, Taiwan

••••• Utility:Utility:Utility:Utility:Utility: Penang State Subterranean Data Bank, Ma-laysia

••••• Mining & Exploration:Mining & Exploration:Mining & Exploration:Mining & Exploration:Mining & Exploration: Anglo Platinum South Africa

••••• Energy and Power Distribution:Energy and Power Distribution:Energy and Power Distribution:Energy and Power Distribution:Energy and Power Distribution: Spectra Energy,United States

••••• TTTTTelelelelelecececececommunicommunicommunicommunicommunication:ation:ation:ation:ation: Bharati AirTel, India

••••• Land and ResourLand and ResourLand and ResourLand and ResourLand and Resourccccces Management:es Management:es Management:es Management:es Management:Taranaki RegionalCouncil, New Zealand

••••• Geospatial Policies & Programme:Geospatial Policies & Programme:Geospatial Policies & Programme:Geospatial Policies & Programme:Geospatial Policies & Programme: Abu Dhabi Sys-tems & Information Centre (ADSIC, Abu Dhabi)

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••••• Photogrammetry:Photogrammetry:Photogrammetry:Photogrammetry:Photogrammetry: Microsoft Vexcel Imaging

••••• Mobile Mapping:Mobile Mapping:Mobile Mapping:Mobile Mapping:Mobile Mapping: Data World, India

••••• Remote Sensing:Remote Sensing:Remote Sensing:Remote Sensing:Remote Sensing: DigitalGlobe – 8 Band World View II

••••• Web GIS:Web GIS:Web GIS:Web GIS:Web GIS: Aalto University, Finland

••••• LiDLiDLiDLiDLiDAR:AR:AR:AR:AR: Terrasolid, Finland

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••••• AntAntAntAntAntonio Wonio Wonio Wonio Wonio Wolf,olf,olf,olf,olf, Senior Spectral Analysis, Ball Aero-space & Technologies Corporation, USA

••••• Jeremy M. Kerr,Jeremy M. Kerr,Jeremy M. Kerr,Jeremy M. Kerr,Jeremy M. Kerr, Research Assistant, National CoralReef Institute, Oceanographic Centre, Nova South-eastern University, National, Coral Reef Institute, USA

••••• James F Bramante,James F Bramante,James F Bramante,James F Bramante,James F Bramante, Research Assistant, NationalUniversity of Singapore, Singapore

••••• Hamdan Omar,Hamdan Omar,Hamdan Omar,Hamdan Omar,Hamdan Omar, Research Officer GeoInformation Pro-gram, Division of Forestry & Environment, ForestResearch Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Malaysia

••••• Christoph C. Borel,Christoph C. Borel,Christoph C. Borel,Christoph C. Borel,Christoph C. Borel, Research Associate Professor,Engineering Physics Air Force Institute of Technol-ogy, USA

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••••• A K Chaturvedi, A K Chaturvedi, A K Chaturvedi, A K Chaturvedi, A K Chaturvedi, Scientist H & Head Airborne Survey,Remote Sensing Group, Atomic Mineral Directoratefor Exploration & Research, Department of AtomicEnergy, Government of India

••••• Raghuram Narasimhan,Raghuram Narasimhan,Raghuram Narasimhan,Raghuram Narasimhan,Raghuram Narasimhan, Faculty Research Assistant,Global Land Cover Facility, University of Maryland,USA

• PrPrPrPrPrabuddha Ghosh,abuddha Ghosh,abuddha Ghosh,abuddha Ghosh,abuddha Ghosh, Technical Specialist, RMSI PrivateLimited, India

••••• S Manthira Moorthi,S Manthira Moorthi,S Manthira Moorthi,S Manthira Moorthi,S Manthira Moorthi, Scientist/Engineer-'SF', SpaceApplications, Centre, ISRO, India

BEST POSTERBEST POSTERBEST POSTERBEST POSTERBEST POSTER••••• Tilottama Ghosh,Tilottama Ghosh,Tilottama Ghosh,Tilottama Ghosh,Tilottama Ghosh, Cooperative Institute for Research

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