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geospatial 12

2011 ` 100 www.geospatialtoday.com

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ISSN 0972-6810

Multi-tenancy technology goes

beyond the basic concept of hosting

in the cloud to make SaaS more

scalable, flexible, instantly usable

and cost-effective. It is expected to

drastically increase adoption of GIS.

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CONTENTS

02 NEWS 12 COVER STORY

Multi-tenancy technology goes beyond the concept of hosting in the cloud to make SaaS more scalable, flexible, instantly usable and cost-effective.Eamon Walsh, CTO, eSpatial, shares some vital insights on how to choose a SaaS provider offering multi-tenant solutions

16 ON paTh TO SuSTaiNablE dEVElOpmENT

Sustainable development and management of natural resources is the need of the hour. An integrated approach using IT and geospatial technology in generating knowledge and developing decision support systems needs to be implemented 20 GEOSpaTiallY YOuRS…

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The new remote sensing data policy is a welcome relief as it clears the ambiguity over access rights and enables easy access to data up to 1m resolution. But access to submetre resolution data remains restricted over concerns of national security

22 a GaTEWaY fOR diSSEmiNaTiNG SpaTial daTa

With a vision to make updated and accurate geospatial data easily available to users across India, NSDI is gearing up to better meet the expectations of its various stakeholders

26 GROOmiNG ThE fuTuRE WORkfORCE

NIIT University is offering MTech (GIS), a two-year intensive programme designed to provide professionals with comprehensive exposure across various segments of GIS

prof ian masser Visiting Professor, Centre for Advanced Spatial Analyses, University College, London, UK Jack dangermond Founder and President, ESRI dr Shailesh R Nayak Secretary, Min of Earth Sciences dr V Jayaraman

Former Director, NRSC maj Gen (dr) R Siva kumar CEO-NSDI, Head - NRDMS k R Sridhara murthi Senior Expert, Office of Advisor to PM, Innovation and Public Information Infrastructure, India m moni

Deputy Director General, National Informatics Centre, Government of India Rajesh C mathur Vice Chairman, ESRI India dr mukund Rao Consultant (National GIS), Planning Commission.

dr R Nagaraja Group Head, NDC, NRSC dr N l Sarda Prof. Computer Science &

Engineering Department, IIT Bombay

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Multi-tenant SaaS Bringing giS cloSer to the world

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Rajnish bhatia

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Logistics companies use GPS to streamline operations

Intergraph announces new spatial data infrastructure solution

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s competition gets tough, companies providing logistics services are catching up with high-end technologies to streamline operations and provide enhanced services.

DHL and its group company Blue Dart Express have installed high-end IT-based applications in their logistics fleet in India, which enables the trucks to communicate with each other and alert drivers if a particular package meant for a different route is on board.

A new route planning device harnesses satellite data and

radio homing to alert drivers about traffic snarls and helps them in taking the most fuel- efficient and optimum route to destination.

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ntergraph has unveiled a best-of-breed spatial data infrastructure (SDI) utilising ERDAS’ data management technologies. This includes uniting its proven GeoMedia SDI suite with the superior data management capabilities of ERDAS APOLLO.

Addressing the demand for geospatial information and services among GIS and non-GIS users, the combined package delivers a geospatial management platform that

manage their deployment (such as enhanced security, user event logging, performance measurement, and web portal content logging), and a powerful, yet simple-to-use browser application that enables users to find, access, visualise, and analyse geospatial data published via SDI web services and to integrate data from multiple sources on-the-fly into a single, easily navigated map interface.

ECWP and JPIP), image processing and analysis (WPS), coverage access (WCS), active notification of updates using geo-RSS, feature layer editing (WFS-T), and an extremely high level of performance under heavy user demand. Within the context of the demonstrated solution, Intergraph’s GeoMedia SDI suite provides highly-scalable, OGC-compliant enterprise geo-services, extended SDI services that secure and

time to begin with. It enables the delivery operators to accommodate an urgent pick- up without costing the truck time for other deliveries. As the distance between the airport and the business districts in Bangalore is quite large, the city was the natural choice to pilot the trucks. The service is scheduled to be rolled out in the rest of the country in phases by the end of 2012.

GPS technology has helped in bringing down the travel time by 5 per cent.

enables direct collaboration among government, business, and the public.

Recently, Intergraph demonstrated this SDI solution, showcasing the integration of ERDAS APOLLO with Intergraph’s GeoMedia SDI suite. ERDAS APOLLO manages and delivers virtually any digital object in an organisation, and provides superior data server capabilities such as image streaming (through

Gandhinagar Police to use GPS

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o enhance operational efficiency and to reach emergency spots in the shortest time possible, the police department in Gandhinagar, Gujarat is using GPS in all police vehicles.

According to Archana Shivhare, Superintendent

to know the exact location of all the police vehicles, and the control room officers can

instruct specific vehicles to reach a particular location.

The GPS system replaces the traditional manual methods used by the police to check the vehicle locations manually, thereby saving crucial time for reacting in an emergency.

The GPS system will play a crucial role in enhancing safety and security of the citizens.

of Police, Gandhinagar, the system will enable the police department to reach an emergency spot within 10 minutes of getting information. The GPS system is expected to become operational by December. It will enable the control room

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According to Anil Khanna, MD, Blue Dart, the smart trucks released on pilot basis in Bangalore are set to improve route-planning and delivery

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Google Earth imagery exposing sensitive locations

Four Soft adds GPS to its website

Meteorological Dept to give real-time weather updates

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he Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) recently analysed imagery from Google Earth, which revealed the possibility of India constructing a gas centrifuge plant for uranium enrichment for military purposes. The research published by ISIS featured four clear images of India’s rare materials plant, which were credited to Google Earth. This

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he Indian Meteorological Department is gearing up to offer updates on changing weather in real time, and will use GIS to offer SMS alerts on weather conditions. The department will use GIS to gather information from various satellites and automated weather stations, which will be updated regularly on its website. According to Dr Ajit Tyagi, Director General

of Meteorology, the Indian Meteorological Department is collaborating with NIC to make available all information layers on the GIS platform.

Arrangements are also being made to connect the Doppler radar installed at Patiala to

The real-time weather updates will provide vital information to fishermen and farmers community.

the GIS. Dr Tyagi further said that the development of this system to offer real-time weather updates is included in the current Five-Year Plan, and it will play a crucial role in resolving issues pertaining to lack of data access to forecasters and the public.

Automated rain gauges are also being installed to ensure that rainfall in all parts of the country is measured accurately.

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our Soft (4S), a provider of software solutions for the logistics and transport industry, has added a new GPS-enabled feature – 4S Visilog to its website. This new feature integrates the GPS benefits like monitoring truck movement to the logistics control visibility mechanism of 4S VisiLog.

The website obtains real-time information about the location

to Rakesh Kumar Munigala, VP & Head of product design and marketing for Four Soft, the new feature will enable manufacturers and logistics service provider to have greater level of control of their assets during transit, by integrating real-time physical movement status of goods with logistics control mechanisms like milestone monitoring, workflow and alerting.

of the shipment in transit by communicating with the GPS satellites. The GPS-enabled 4S VisiLog acts as the business’s command and control centre for global logistics operations, and connects all the business partners, associates, service providers and customer right from origin to destination.

It sends automated alerts and creates visibility across the supply chain. According

has again raised alarms regarding the potential threat to security of sensitive locations in India, which can be easily identified on imagery provided by Google Earth.

Speaking on the open availability of data, Google spokesperson said, the imagery in Google Earth is developed based on information collected from a broad range of both commercial and public sources. This information is available to anyone who buys it from these widely- available public sources.

Coal India uses GPS to stop pilferage

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oal India Ltd (CIL) is using satellite technology to prevent theft during shipments amid a shortage that has hit supplies to thermal power projects across the country.

According to estimates, at least a quarter of CIL’s 431-million- tonne production is stolen in transit. According to Sriprakash Jaiswal, Coal Minister of India, CIL mines and sells 80 per cent of coal in India. Directions have been given for installing GPS devices in all consignments so that loading, unloading and transit of the commodity can be tracked. Theft of coal mainly happens during transit and GPS will help in tracking diversion of coal carriers from the set route. India is currently facing an acute shortage of coal – it has 256 billion tonnes of reserves, of which around 455 mt is mined in a year, and at least 100 mt more is imported from foreign markets.

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US Dept of State removes inaccurate maps of India

Accessing the impact of developmental activities on land use pattern

TANGEDCO maps consumer details under R-APDRP

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he central government of India had raised objections with the US counterpart regarding the inaccuracies in the maps on the US State Department website. The Indian maps did not have any mention about India’s claim on Kashmir while the corresponding map of Pakistan showed Pakistani-controlled Kashmir as part of Pakistan without highlighting its disputed status. Responding to the objections, the US State Department had removed the inaccurate maps of India and Pakistan from its website.

According to Victoria Nuland, spokesperson for the US State

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tudents of Carmel Girls Higher Secondary School based in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, conducted a study on the impact of developmental activities on the land use pattern in Kazhakuttom and Attipra in Kerala. The study is a part of the National Children’s Science Congress project.

The students decided to take up the study after hearing from their teachers about the drastic changes that have

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amil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (TANGEDCO) is conducting GIS-based consumer indexing for which it is collecting details of each electricity service connection in the city. It has roped in Navayuga Info Tech for collecting data such as

lasted for six months and the students were assisted by the officials from the department of survey and school teachers.

Maps showing the pattern of land use in the study area in the years 1989, 2001, and 2011 were prepared. They revealed that the area of paddy cultivation had decreased from 19.14 per cent in 1989 to zero in 2011. The remaining 2.30 per cent of the paddy field were fallow.

acquired and their accuracy is confirmed. The Indian ministry of external affairs said that the Indian government has consistently rejected incorrect depiction of India’s borders on maps used by the US government. In a similar instance earlier this month, the Chinese ambassador to India had a heated discussion with an Indian journalist at a business function over a map that showed parts of India within China’s border. The map showed the state of Arunachal Pradesh and Ladakh as parts of China and a disputed part of Kashmir within Pakistani territory.

Department, the maps did contain some inaccuracies which were associated with the boundaries of some geographic features. They have been removed and new maps will be put on the website once they are

happened in the area since it became an IT hub, specifically the disappearance of paddy fields. A recent map of the Kulathur-Kazhakuttom region when compared with the map of the same region developed in 1989, clearly indicates a decline in the use of land for paddy cultivation. The study

The survey revealed the decline in land use for paddy cultivation.

Maharashtra to update land records

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he state government of Maharashtra has initiated a

`1,500-crore project to map all the land holdings in the state to update land records and introduce conclusive property titles. This is the first of its kind exercise being undertaken in India. Earlier, land mapping in India was conducted approximately 80 years ago during the British rule. Since every parcel of land in the state has undergone tremendous changes whether in urban centres or in rural interiors, the proof of ownership – the 7/12 extracts and property cards – can no more prove the concerned land’s ownership, and can be easily challenged in a court of law. The remapping will be done using satellite imagery, aerial photography, Electronic Total Stations (ETS) and GPS.

MapmyIndia teams up with ShowNearby

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igital navigation firm MapmyIndia has tied up with Singapore-based start- up ShowNearby to launch a location-based application.

The MapmyIndia navigation devices powered by ShowNearby application are available for Blackberry, Android and iPhone users for free. The application displays nearby restaurants, malls, ATMs and petrol pumps and even some of the uncommon points of interest such as police stations and chemists. The application is powered by digital map data from MapmyIndia and brings another level of detail – pan-beedi shops, tea stalls and juice corners are also shown! However, since the map has over 4 million points of data, it takes time to load. Also, there is no social media integration.

The app uses the GPS location of the mobile user to sort out the nearby places and for those phones without GPS, there’s an option to manually select your location on the app.

phone numbers, electricity load, street name, number and location of electricity poles and transformers, and to develop GIS-networked data for the corporation. The project will help the corporation officials to have the details of the entire electricity network of the city

on the computer. The data will also be linked to the fuse-off call office in future and will help improve service to the electricity consumers.

For offering a new service connection, the official will have on-hand information of the power infrastructure.

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Using mobile phones to track traffic flow

Coming soon: SiRFusion location platform

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apunity, a Bengaluru- based start-up, has helped the Bengaluru Police in setting up a traffic control centre in the city which collects traffic data from three different sources: mobile phone density, GPS data from taxis and videos from 180 powerful cameras.

If above-average phone density is noticed by the traffic police on a street, it can look for reasons for congestion.

The Bangalore Police has

SiRFusion platform “fuses”

location information from multiple technologies to make extremely reliable and accurate indoor location and navigation a reality.

Detailing on the new products, Kanwar Chadha, Chief Marketing Officer for CSR said, the SiRFusion platform and SiRFstarV location architecture are focussed towards enhancing the mainstream consumer

experience with a variety of location-enabled services and applications indoors and outdoors, seamlessly.

Defining a new approach to location and navigation, the SiRFstarV architecture does not rely solely on Global Positioning System to determine position, instead it gathers real-time information from Global Positioning System, Galileo, Glonass and

Compass satellites, multiple radio systems, such as Wi-Fi and cellular, and multiple MEMS sensors, like accelerometers, gyros and compasses.

It then combines this real-time information with ephemeris data, mapping, cellular base station and Wi-Fi access point location data and other cloud-based aiding information using the SiRFusion platform.

also equipped its cops with BlackBerry handsets that are directly connected to the control centre. The cops can now report traffic violations – vehicle number and nature of offence – in real-time.

The company has also collaborated with the Bengaluru transport department for streamlining bus routes, which earlier had random pick points.

These initiatives have helped in easing traffic congestions,

increased revenue for the police and reduced accidents in the city. Inspired by the successful use of mobile technology in reducing traffic snarls and in streamlining bus transport in Bengaluru, City administration officials in Chennai, Pune, Indore and several others cities are planning to set up similar centres. The technology application will help in enhansing the quality of public services offered in respective states.

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SR, Plc has expressed plans to launch the new SiRFusion location platform and the SiRFstarV architecture in 2012. Both the products provide a glimpse of the future of indoor location and navigation.

Using a smartphone containing the first implementation of the SiRFstarV architecture, CSR has demonstrated how this breakthrough self-learning

Google Maps provide the inside view of businesses

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oogle Maps, the free online map service of Google, is letting shops, gyms, restaurants and other small businesses provide viewers glimpses of what lies behind facades seen on Street View. In April last year, a pilot project of Google Maps showing inside views of businesses was launched and had received

tremendous response from the business community, as a large number of businesses offered to participate in the project by sharing panoramic images of their business premises. Commenting on

the development, Deanna Yick, Google spokeswomen said, the 360-degree views of businesses offered in Google Maps are really visually engaging, and the users are really excited about it. As Google continues to offer more imagery online it is receiving renewed interest from users around the globe.

Small businesses in Japan,

Australia, New Zealand, and the United States have already invited Street View photographers into their shops or eateries to capture images then served up with Google online maps. The imagery enables customers to get a feel of what products/

services a business offers and if they need to visit a particular shop.

The inside view will enable people to get better idea of services offered by businesses.

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Birds Eye provides traffic updates for Indian cities

Bentley releases Raceway and Cable Management V8i

Thimphu Thromde to implement standard addressing system

medium (blue) and smooth (green) on the map. The service also tells how much time a commuter will have to spend at an intersection. In future the company also plans to integrate its service with personal navigation devices.

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irds Eye, a geographical information systems company, is offering traffic updates for the cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad at its website Traffsol.com. The company uses probe vehicles on contract basis for collecting GPS-based data from taxis, cars, buses and call-centre vehicles. According to Brijraj Vaghani, co-founder Birds Eye, the company has over 2,000 vehicles in the Delhi-NCR and Ghaziabad region, and around 500 vehicles in Mumbai for collecting traffic information which is plotted live on maps.

Unlike traffic updates provided on Twitter and

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entley Systems

Incorporated launched the first and only comprehensive, integrated software developed specifically to design, model, and deliver both raceway and cable systems, for plant and manufacturing facilities and utility substations. Taking intelligent models from design through construction and into operations, Bentley Raceway

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himphu Thromde, the capital city of Bhutan, in collaboration with Bhutan Postal department is implementing standard addressing system in the city.

According to Sonam Tashi, geographic information system officer of Thimphu district municipality, a group

Facebook by the traffic police, Traffsol.com also provides information on the actual speed of the vehicles. Roads are classified into class A and Class B, and depending on the average speed of traffic, a road is marked as slow (red),

of enumerators have been appointed to collect data like household numbers, type of

building, year of construction and building size. In addition, details on population of Thimphu and status of infrastructure are also being collected.

The project will contribute to national development in multiple ways, through facilitation of business and

trade activities, door-to-door delivery system, assistance for reliable and efficient sorting, and mostly define individual addressing system for better delivery of services to people. The project has wider implication for service providing agencies, city dwellers and tourists.

The addressing system will be essential for disaster mitigation, utilities, tax appraisal, zoning, census and locating agency clients.

and Cable Management V8i uniquely integrates functional design with detailed physical design and includes a wide range of 2D and 3D design tools. By providing users with early and accurate material requirements via automated intelligent functions and highly realistic 3D design simulation, Bentley Raceway and Cable Management

V8i improves quality, leads to increased safety in construction, and enhances operations management through the integrity of a comprehensive as-operated model across constant retrofits.

Commenting on the new software, Richard Bornhoffer, project engineer and project

manager CAD strategies (substations), ABB, said,“Bentley Raceway and Cable Management represents a new approach to cable and raceway planning with strong functionality and an efficient workflow that increases our productivity. ABB has been pleased to work with Bentley to evaluate this innovative new product.”

ESRI bags 2011 Visual Studio Magazine’s Readers Choice Award

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or the second year in a row, ESRI has won in the Mapping and GIS Components category of Visual Studio Magazine’s (VSM’s) Readers Choice Awards for its ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF). In addition, ESRI received merit awards for ArcGIS for Desktop and ArcGIS for SharePoint. ESRI created the ArcGIS API for Microsoft Silverlight/WPF for developers who want to create Web-based mapping applications quickly and easily with minimal coding. Many governments and businesses use the API because it provides an intuitive framework for creating GIS Web applications, such as data portals and interactive map viewers, and combines multiple technologies into a single development platform.

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Assessing the impact of mining in Bellary

I Am Safe mobile app launched in Mumbai

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n August 2011, the Supreme Court through an order had directed the Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) to carry out Macro Environment Impact

general, ICFRE, comprised of 50 members including scientists, laboratory analysts, satellite imagery analysts from Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Forest Survey of India

The application is designed to protect the vulnerable members of the society such as women, children and senior citizens. Users need to configure the application in their mobile phones and add the names and numbers of contacts they would like to

(FSI) and NRSA, Hyderabad.

As per the SC order, the team first made a preliminary visit to the 104 mining sites in Bellary, Chitradurga, Tumkur and Koppal. The team members also interacted with senior state government officials at Bangalore, held discussions with district officials at Hospet, Bellary and all major stakeholders involved in mining activities. Meanwhile, an extensive inspection of the mining areas in Bellary district with all the team members along with mine owners/representatives was conducted. After successfully completing the investigation task, ICFRE submitted the EIA study report of mining at Bellary district to the Supreme Court.

keep in the loop about their location. A fixed duration can be set in the application after which SMS will be automatically sent. During an emergency, shaking the phone or pressing any button for an extended duration will also send out an alert SMS.

Assessment (EIA) study of Bellary district and submit its report to the Supreme Court within three months.

The assessment team led by Dr V K Bahuguna, director

that includes information about the users’ present location. The latest version of this application enables the user travelling by taxis and rickshaws to send details like the vehicle’s number and the driver’s name to friends, family and the nearest police station.

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obiwhiz, a Chennai- based mobile solutions company, has created a mobile application “I am Safe” that can double up as bodyguard or police helpline. It enables the users to alert their relatives and friends in case of any emergency by sending SMS

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Tracking typhoid spread in Kathmandu

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esearchers in Kathmandu are using DNA

sequencing, GPS and Google Earth technologies to track typhoid transmission in the rapidly growing capital city of Nepal, where every year thousands fall ill with the deadly disease. Using GIS technology disease clusters

could be spotted around public water places such as pipes that tap into natural water sources, indicating that

location to map the spread of infectious disease.

From 2005 to 2009, bacterial strains of Salmonella Typhi and Salmonella Paratyphi A were isolated by researchers from blood samples of more than 700 typhoid outpatients at a Kathmandu hospital.

The researchers used GPS to map each typhoid genotype, uploading the data to Google Earth.

the main transmission route is environmental, rather than between people. According to Amit Arjyal, clinician at the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit–Nepal (OUCRU-NP), this is the first time that bacterial genotyping techniques have been associated with patient

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BMC digitises property records

Business delegation from the US to visit India

implementation of a pilot project in collaboration with a private partner, BMC has chosen N ward, comprising Ghatkopar and parts of Vikhroli. The project will capture the external attributes of properties and plot them on a map with the help of GIS coordinates.

The information will be converted into software

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artin O’Malley, Governor from the US state of Maryland, will lead a delegation of business leaders and officials on a six-day visit to India in the first week of December. The visit is intended to boost trade and investment in India. This is the first visit of the Maryland Governor to India and the delegation will visit various cities including New Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad.

The delegation will have almost 35 meetings with

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he Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is gearing up to calculate property tax better by creating geolocation- mapped digital records of constructions in the city. The project will use high-speed digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras to develop a 360-degree map, which will also be used to detect illegal constructions. For

approximately six business deals between Indian and Maryland companies are expected to be inked.

Further, Maryland will sign sister-state agreements with Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra. In addition to meeting Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, O’Malley will also meet other senior ministers including civil aviation, human resources, science and technology, and commerce.

by plotting it on a map with GIS coordinates, giving the geographical detail and additional information about the structure. These digital property records will be available for access to civic authorities all the times. BMC will use this updated data to verify its own old records of properties in the city and also during the assessment of property tax.

potential investment and trade partners and government leaders in each of the cities under the aegis of FICCI, TIE and AmCham, and interact with representatives from various organisations such as GMR, GVK, Tata, Mahindra, Binani and NIIT GIS. It has been reported that

The business visit is expected to unveil new trade opportunities for India.

NavNGo collaborates with Volkswagen India

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avNGo Ltd, an Israel-based portable navigation device developer, is expanding its presence in India by collaborating with Volkswagen India Ltd.

NavNGo has further expressed plans to sign more similar agreements for Indian operations with Mercedes Benz and Suzuki.

As per the agreements, NavNGo will install its iGO GPS navigation software in Volkswagen cars sold in India. For this purpose, NavNGo has developed a special application particularly for the Indian market, where streets are often unmarked and buildings’

numbers are not sequential.

Commenting on the deal, David Wiernik, President, NavNGo, said that the company has been operating in India for a long time and has recently opened an official representative’s office. NavNGo plans to tap on the huge business potential that the Indian market offers. This is a market where 2 million new cars are sold every year and demand for the iGO program is expected to catch up in the times to come.

Chennai installs road accident investigation systems

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oad accident investigation systems have been installed in Chennai, which is the first of its kind in the country. Interceptor vehicles fitted with speed laser gun and breath analyser have also been provided to traffic police personnel. They have also been equipped with handheld equipment with GPS connectivity to take photos of the accident spot. The accident investigation systems have been installed by the Chennai Police under the Tamil Nadu Urban Development Project Fund at a cost of `3.4 crore. The investigation systems and interceptor vehicles are being managed by a private organisation.

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New Leica CloudWorx for Revit released

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eica Geosystems announced the launch of “Leica CloudWorx for Revit,” the latest addition to Leica Geosystems family of CloudWorx point cloud processing plug-ins for CADD and VR modelling software.

CloudWorx for Revit provides a faster way for AutoCAD Revit professionals to efficiently create accurate BIM deliverables of existing buildings based on rich laser scan data collected by 3D laser scanners. Leica CloudWorx for Revit includes many of the same, productive features that exist in Leica CloudWorx for AutoCAD, along with the industry’s most popular plug-in software for

Models (BIM) of existing buildings based on rich,

“as-built” point cloud data generated by 3D laser scanners. Until recently, many users created simple, as-built surface models from helping AutoCAD users work

efficiently with “as-built” point cloud data from laser scanning directly within AutoCAD.

Revit users have long been challenged with creating accurate Building Information

point cloud data in other applications, such as Leica Cyclone software, and then exported those as-built models via AutoCAD into Revit, where users converted the surface models into BIM deliverables.

Bentley acquires Pointools Ltd

Arunachal Pradesh PWD uses GIS for infra data management

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entley Systems, Incorporated has acquired the UK-based Pointools Ltd, the leading hardware-neutral provider of point cloud software technology, in order to integrate point cloud processing in innovative ways throughout its product portfolio. Point cloud inclusion supports Bentley’s commitment to advance information mobility with integrity across design and

operational workflows. Point cloud scanning devices are fast becoming commonplace, so images are now cost- effective to capture, but have served only for temporary and task-specific purposes because the scale of the data files overwhelms both storage

data management operations.

In order to enhance the efficiency of the construction site management and infrastructure planning, the Public Works Department is using GIS technologies

for spatial analysis and data processing.

The comprehensive functions in SuperGIS Desktop 3 will aid in data visualisation, display, analysis, management and

editing, resulting in better planning of construction projects. The output maps with clear geo-information and statistical charts will help the decision makers in formulating ideal geospatial policies.

The acquisition will enable Bentley to integrate point cloud processing in its product portfolio.

and query accessibility.

Now that Bentley is uniquely overcoming these challenges, point clouds, as a fundamental data type, can usefully serve the function of an “as-operated” 3D model for every infrastructure asset.

Through its acquisition of Pointools, Bentley is able to go beyond embedding the powerful Vortex engine in MicroStation, to assimilate point cloud processing and data management

through the ProjectWise and AssetWise platforms, extending point cloud value through all Bentley solutions, applications, and workflows.

At the same time, with the introduction of the V8i (SELECTseries 3) upgrade, the Bentley Descartes image management software now becomes the leading information modelling environment for advanced 3D image and point cloud editing and processing.

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he Public Works Department in the State of Arunachal Pradesh has procured SuperGIS Desktop 3 from SuperGeo Technologies to assist the construction planning and infrastructure

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Nokia maps come pre-installed in Series 40 phones

Two UK universities join Intergraph Global Education programme

RMSI software bags ‘Tech Initiative of the Year’ award

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wo UK Universities – University College London (UCL) and Aberdeen University – have joined Intergraph’s global education programme. Both have been awarded Intergraph Registered Research Laboratory (RRL) grants, which provide access to an extensive suite of desktop and Web-based geospatial software at no cost. The

‘PIER’ (Profiler for insurance exposure and risk), a risk assessment software developed by RMSI, has won the ‘Technology Initiative of the Year’ award presented at the 15th Asian insurance industry awards held at Singapore. PIER is India’s first geospatial-based risk

flagship desktop GIS package, GeoMedia Professional.

Dr Claire Ellul, Lecturer in GIS within the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering at UCL, said, “It is important for our students to select the software tool most appropriate for their requirements, Intergraph’s Student License Grant facilitates this.”

software awarded under the RRL grants will support research and teaching activities. Additionally, the students will also benefit from free personal education licenses of Intergraph’s

Internet. It uses the network positioning system, which is aimed at saving on data as well as downloading costs.

The Nokia free maps service currently covers maps of over 180 countries, and visual turn- by-turn navigation is offered for around a 100 nations. To enable users to further update their maps online and for sharing or other purposes, the maps have been priced reasonably. According to Nokia, charges for employing the positioning service can be compared to the standard SMS rates in India. Nokia maps on Series 40 phones offer the same level of coverage as that enjoyed by smartphone users.

range including the Asha 303 Series. Claiming to ‘put the world at the fingertips,’

Nokia’s mapping service does not depend on GPS and is thus made available even when the user is not connected to the

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okia is offering its maps pre-installed in the Series 40 phones. Available free of cost, the maps will operate in offline mode as well. The Series 40 phones also include devices from the new Asha

NRSC to set up data station in Antarctica

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he Hyderabad-based National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) is setting up a remote sensing ground station in the continent of Antarctica, which will be connected to the NRSC’s station in Shadnagar. The ground station is expected to be functional early next year and will boost the remote sensing data transmitted by Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellites. The data will be particularly helpful in emergency management during natural calamities like earthquakes, tsunamis and floods, and will also provide updated information on regular data terrain in various locations across the country.

According to NRSC sources, the proposed ground station in Antarctica will receive data around 10 to 12 orbits per day from different IRS satellites.

AeroMetric’s BP oil cloud computing project bags MAPPS award

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project providing cloud computing solution to geospatial data for BP Deep Water Horizon event has been selected as the grand award winner in the 5th Annual MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence Awards. The project was selected for AeroMetric’s ability to provide BP a dynamic process to develop and manage remote sensing, aerial surveillance acquisition programs and geospatial intelligence products and dissemination in response to the Deep Water Horizon accident.

AeroMetric’s geospatial cloud project won in the GIS/IT category.

“AeroMetric developed a workable cloud solution before ‘the cloud’ became an accepted and mainstream idea,” said Professor Robert Burtch PS, CP, Ferris State University, Big Rapids, Michigan chairman of the judges’ panel.

The programme enables academia to use Intergraph software in research and training activities for free.

assessment tool that provides users with an integrated view of exposure, hazard and business data for the entire country. It is developed using the latest GIS technologies particularly to help insurance companies improve

identification, assessment, pricing and management of

risk across various lines of business. Insurers can use PIER to create risk indices for various hazards and these indices help companies develop risk-based ratings.

It helps underwriters better understand the location and susceptibility to natural hazards.

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Multi-tenancy technology goes beyond the basic concept of hosting in the cloud to make SaaS more scalable, flexible, instantly usable and cost-effective. It is expected to drastically increase adoption of GIS.

Eamon Walsh, CTO, eSpatial, shares some vital insights on how to choose a SaaS service provider offering multi-tenant solutions

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ow-cost Software as a Service (SaaS) is transforming the software industry, replacing expensive server and desktop software with low-cost online services.

GIS is no different: We’ve all heard that cloud-based GIS will both replace many existing desktop and server deployments, and bring the capabilities of GIS to large new audiences.

However, cloud computing in itself is not sufficient to accomplish this.

A number of vendors already provide GIS in the cloud.

However, the online GIS services that will complete this transformation will differ dramatically from most of the first-wave offerings available today.

A scalable, low-cost SaaS needs more than just cloud computing.

SaaS involves a number of technologies – in particular, multi-tenancy – that go beyond simply hosting software in the cloud. Only successful adoption of these technologies will enable a vendor to offer low-cost, online GIS software, available on demand to organisations ranging

A scalable, low-cost SaaS needs more than just cloud computing.

SaaS involves a number of technologies – in particular, multi-tenancy – that go beyond simply hosting software in the cloud.

from the single-user customer to enterprises with thousands of users.

These new technologies will have an immense impact on the GIS business. Low-cost instantly available multi-user GIS applications will transform the GIS industry, and have an impact on the wider business world.

Our experience of deploying these new technologies has demonstrated the market’s appetite for SaaS-based GIS software. It has attracted new kinds of users, who use the software to accomplish a wide variety of tasks. These users have high expectations, particularly of ease of use and of instant availability.

Before discussing this in detail, it is useful to clarify the difference between cloud computing and Software as a Service.

Cloud computing

Cloud computing is the provision of computing services from the Internet – the “cloud.” Leading cloud computing vendors include Amazon with Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2), and Microsoft with Azure.

Multi-tenant SaaS

Bringing GIS closer to the world

Cloud computing vendors employ virtualisation

technology to allow customers to instantiate virtual servers as needed. User numbers can be scaled dynamically – adding and removing servers

“on demand.”

The key business benefit that cloud computing delivers is the ability to scale computing resources flexibly, without committing CAPEX funds to the purchase of servers or hiring IT staff to manage the physical infrastructure.

Software as a Service (SaaS) While SaaS applications are often run in the cloud, SaaS is not the same as cloud computing.

SaaS is the provision of software applications as services, via the Internet. Well-known SaaS services include Salesforce.

com CRM, Google Apps, and Microsoft Office 365.

A SaaS customer subscribes to the software service, rather than purchasing an up-front license and deploying the software on computers that they need to purchase and maintain.

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As the software application is already running and available on the Web, new customers can purchase and use it instantly, eliminating costly and lengthy procurement and deployment projects.

GIS in the cloud

A number of vendors already provide GIS software in the cloud. The services offered by these vendors fall into several distinct categories:

• Basic Web-based map viewing: Google Maps, Microsoft’s Bing Maps

• Services and data provided to desktop and server GIS software: WeoGeo, Esri ArcGIS Online services

• Specialised applications:

ZoomProspector, Digital Map Products

• Hosting GIS Servers in the Cloud –Skygone, Esri

• Full-function SaaS GIS:

eSpatial, giscloud

We’ve been promised that cloud computing will deliver massive cost reductions, immediate availability, flexible scaling and lower risk.

Cloud computing in itself is not sufficient. A GIS server deployed in the cloud still requires dedicated virtual servers, software licenses (for operating systems, databases and GIS) for each customer – and the staff costs for deployment and ongoing maintenance.

Additionally, traditional GIS servers typically require development of a custom end- user application. While cloud- based virtual servers offer some cost reductions and shorter ramp-up times, they fail to

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deliver the significant reductions that we’ve been promised.

Are these cost and time

reductions really achievable? And if so, how?

Open source software will not solve these problems. While it removes software license costs, it does have significant end-user application development, setup and deployment costs.

If we are really to achieve the promised significant savings of time and money, we must look to multi-tenancy technology.

Multi-tenancy

Multi-tenancy technology shares computing resources amongst multiple organisations, referred to as tenants, while maintaining the security and privacy of each individual tenant’s data.

Servers, software and databases are shared amongst all tenants, with secure partitioning of resources to ensure privacy.

Each tenant has one or more administrator users, who manage the organisation’s data, users and access-permissions.

Virtually all successful SaaS companies rely on multi- tenant solutions, including Salesforce.com, NetSuite, and SuccessFactors.

Software applications must be specifically built for multi- tenancy. Attempting to add multi-tenancy to an existing application not built for it is analogous to trying to convert a single-user desktop application to a multi-user Web application.

Every operation in a multi- tenanted application needs to check the tenant, as well as user and role. For example, every data object belongs to a tenant as well as a user. The shared nature

at low cost, to organisations of any size.

Dramatically reducing initial and ongoing costs and ramp-up time lowers barriers to broader adoption of GIS. In time, it will replace much of the existing, expensive desktop and server- based GIS software.

This will transform the GIS industry.

How to chose a SaaS GIS service

When considering SaaS-based GIS, what should you look for?

1. It must be completely delivered via the Web.

This is critical to make the software easily available to all users. It shouldn’t require browser plug-ins, applets or client software; need desktop tools for some functions; or just offer services to desktop GIS tools. All of these will limit roll-out and lead to both delays and higher costs.

2. It must offer “full strength”

GIS. The software should provide the full range of GIS functions via the Web: editing, plotting to scale, spatial analysis, reports and charts, as well as just map viewing. You must also be able to load your own data and create maps.

3. It must be available on demand, without delay. The only proof of this is the ability to immediately start a free trial with full functionality. If it’s not available immediately, or if you’re only offered a

“demo” account or restricted functionality, it’s a sign that the GIS software needs to be hosted on a server dedicated to one customer – with the costs and delays that this will entail.

Our experience of deploying these new technologies has demonstrated the market’s appetite for SaaS-based GIS software.

It has attracted new kinds of users, who use the software to accomplish a wide variety of tasks.

of a multi-tenanted application means that custom changes or enhancements cannot be made. Instead, all customisation requirements must be met and made through a multi-tenanted configuration interface.

Multi-tenancy is clearly much more than just hosting in the cloud – and more than just virtual servers. It’s also important to understand that it’s more than just multi-user Web applications:

a multi-tenant application must support multiple “tenant”

organisations each of which may have multiple users and user-groups. After all, even the smallest of businesses aspires to having more than one user.

When compared to server-based GIS – whether hosted in-house or in the cloud – multi-tenanted SaaS GIS leads to significant cost and time savings:

• Instead of requiring dedicated servers and software licenses for each customer, these costs are shared over multiple customers.

• Instead of developing a custom end-user application using server APIs and components, a configurable application is already available.

• Instead of spending time and money deploying an environment for a new customer, the application is already immediately available.

With server-based GIS – whether hosted in-house or in the cloud – customers can only choose between long, costly and thus risky enterprise GIS deployment projects, or Web-mapping applications that are limited in functionality and difficult to extend or change.

With multi-tenant SaaS GIS, the application is instantly available,

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Eamon Walsh CTO, eSpatial Multi-tenancy

technology shares computing resources amongst multiple organisations, referred to as tenants, while maintaining the security and privacy of each individual tenant’s data.

4. You must be able to set up multiple users and user- groups within your account.

You must also be able to control the functionality and data made available to the users and user-groups. If not, the service won’t scale to more than one user for you!

Again, you must be able to try this immediately.

5. You must be able to configure the software to your needs. This is important so that you won’t confuse your users with functionality that they don’t need.

6. Pricing must be on a simple subscription basis.

If you’re confronted with upfront license or setup costs, it’s not a true SaaS-based GIS.

7. Where is the software hosted? Select a vendor who hosts their software in a trustworthy environment, such as Amazon. Even high- profile vendors experience outages. Although these will garner a disproportionate amount of negative press, high-quality hosting providers offer unrivalled reliability and security.

If a vendor cannot provide you with positive answers to all of these questions, they’re probably not offering you real multi-tenant SaaS GIS, and won’t be able to deliver low costs and high flexibility.

Experience

Our experience of deploying immediately available, “on demand” SaaS-based GIS has shown that there is a large market for SaaS-based GIS.

Many hundreds of users try our software every week. Many of them have no prior knowledge

of GIS, and have specific – and often unexpected – tasks to accomplish.

They also have high expectations! They:

Want it all! – Rich, full- function GIS

Want it their way! – Flexibility to choose which functions and data are visible

Want it to be easy! – Intuitive software that’s easy to use, even for novices

Want it right now! – Full availability, immediately

Want to share! – Both with colleagues, and with partners Where to next?

The combination of multi- tenancy and cloud computing technologies has enabled the provision of SaaS-based GIS at low cost to organisations of any size. This will lead to fundamental changes in the geospatial industry.

GIS software has begun to be adopted by organisations in the wider business community.

Presented with viable, low-cost options, customers have begun to re-consider how they purchase GIS software, particularly as their users gain confidence in using SaaS-based GIS.

I believe that this shift has only just begun, and will accelerate in the next few years.

We will see multi-tenant, SaaS- based GIS lead both to increased adoption of GIS by new users, and to accelerating replacement of desktop and server GIS software by SaaS.

We will reach the point where most GIS software use will be of SaaS GIS, not of traditional desktop or server software.

We will also see increased integration of GIS functionality into business applications, rather than use of dedicated GIS tools.

As technology continues to evolve, we will see further significant changes in the GIS industry: HTML5, the ongoing mobile revolution, and new integration services will all have major impacts on the future of the industry.

We can look forward to very interesting times ahead!

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he global society is today facing the issues of global warming and climate change. This is partly due to the overexploitation of natural resources to meet the growing demands of ever increasing population and growing pollution resulting from industrialisation. As attempts are made to minimise the impact of human activities on the environment, the focus is on inducing sustainability in all walks of life and adapting to an eco-friendly style of living. The scientific society for decades has been striving hard to develop technologies for the promotion of sustainable development and management of natural resources.

The Agenda-21 of the Rio Earth Summit (1992), the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (CCD), the UN

On path to sustainable development

Sustainable development and management of natural resources is the need of the hour. An integrated approach using IT and geospatial technology in generating

knowledge and developing decision support systems needs to be implemented, says Madaswamy Moni, Deputy Director General, National Informatics Centre

Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Kyoto

Protocol, and the Habitat Agenda adopted by the UN Conference on Human Settlements in 1996, directly or indirectly pointed towards integrated planning and management of water, land, minerals, and biota resources (that land comprises) for sustainable development and use.

An institutionalised approach

According to a proposal made by the Bhoovigyan Vikas Foundation (BVF), India needs an Earth Care Policy Institute (EPI), on similar lines with the Earth Care Institute in Washington (USA). EPI will function as a policy-oriented research institution and adopt a

‘Systems Engineering Approach’

for solving environmental and Earth care problems requiring an interdisciplinary and multi-lateral approach. It will involve both physical and social scientists for conducting studies

on rural, urban, natural and human resource development problems. The EPI will draw upon the intellectual resources available in Earth sciences and social sciences departments of universities and research institutes, specialising in Earth- related and planning-oriented studies.

Sustainable water resources To increase productivity of water, as opposed to land productivity, a more diverse and creative mix of strategies need to be adopted, combining science & technology, information and knowledge- intensive management options.

An integrated policy for development of water resources and its utilisation is essential for promoting conjunctive water- use, limiting over-exploitation of groundwater resources and adopting a sustainable approach to treat water as a common and national resource. At the micro level, we need to improve the efficiency of water use, adopt better watershed management, better water harvesting practices and reduce leakage, especially in the cities where water losses are alarming.

The Nagpur Declaration (2000) on “Natural Resources Planning and Management for Sustainable

SuStAinAbility

An integrated policy for development of water resources and its utilisation is essential for promoting conjunctive water-use, limiting over- exploitation of groundwater resources and adopting a sustainable approach to treat water as a common and national resource.

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Development” reveals that for integrated water resources planning and management,

“river basins management” at the macro level and “watershed management” at the micro level should mutually complement each other.

Sustainable agriculture Sustainable agriculture can resolve our food security problem by restructuring our economy to make it compatible with the Earth’s ecosystem.

An economy for the Earth,

“Eco-economy,” that respects the principles of ecology and stablises the relationship between the economy and the Earth, enabling economic progress while ensuring sustainability of land resources, needs to be developed.

Development of sustainable agriculture has many facets:

Apart from the economic and social dimensions, it is linked to poverty alleviation, livelihood opportunities, utilisation of common property resources, micro-level planning and development of local level institutions, including credit institutions and subsidy programmes.

To promote sustainable agriculture, the Farmer- centered Agricultural Resource Management (FARM)

Programme, an initiative of eight Asian countries – China, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam – and supported by UNDP was implemented by FAO during the 1990s.

A key element of the FARM Programme is to complement

“indigenous knowledge”

of local communities with

“formal knowledge” provided by technology specialists to promote participatory learning and research for achieving

sustainable management of natural resources in agriculture and attainment of household food security through innovative approaches in rainfed areas.

Rainfed agriculture is complex, diverse and risk-prone, but forms a crucial part of food security in India as 60 per cent of the net sown area is rainfed and about 44 per cent of the total food production is contributed by rainfed agriculture.

Watersheds – Sustaining livelihood

For scientific utilisation of natural resources, watershed offers an ideal geographical unit. Watersheds are a complex combination of soil types, landscapes, climatic regimes, land use characteristics and agricultural systems, and can be subdivided into agro-eco-regions (AER) having similar soil types, landscapes, climatic regimes, crop and animal productivity, and hydrologic characteristics.

India is divided into six river resources regions, 35 basins, 112 catchments, 550 sub-catchments and 3,237 watersheds (AISLUS), and then mini-watersheds and micro-watersheds. Watershed development is a proven tool

for the overall development of villages within a watershed area.

In the words of eminent economist Professor C H Hanumantha Rao, “Watershed development has been conceived as a strategy for protecting the livelihoods of the people inhabiting the fragile ecosystems experiencing soil erosion and moisture stress.” It promotes public participation in conservation and restoration of ecological balance through scientific management of land and water and reduces inequality between irrigated and rainfed areas. In India, the Ministry of Agriculture has established the National Rainfed Area Authority (NRAA) to meet these objectives.

Technology for agricultural development

Geospatial technology has emerged as a major enabler in promoting sustainable management of natural resources. Satellite imagery is being used in conservation of forests, water bodies, wetlands and also in analysing the fertility of soils and their suitability for different crops. Developments in Information & Communication Technology (ICT) and GIS are facilitating “informatics-led agricultural development” which is a step towards precision agriculture and enhancement of quality of life of the farming community in India.

In the year 2006, the Union Cabinet had approved the National e-Governance Programme (NeGP) with an estimated budget of `23,000 crore. It involves establishment of State Wide Area Network (SWAN), State Data Centres (SDCs) and Bharat Nirman Common Services Centres (BN-CSCs) numbering about 2.5 lakh. The National Informatics

Figure 1: SUSTAINABLE LAND USE SYSTEM SOCIOECONOMIC

ENVIRONMENT

FARM

BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT

VALUE OF SYSTEM PRODUCTION EXCEEDS VALUE OF INPUTS

SYSTEM PRODUCTION PURCHASED

INPUTS

RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY RESOURCE

DEGRADATION

System Production does not exceed resource productivity Inputs do not

degrades the Resource base

Source: Proceedings of an International workshop on “Sustainable Land Use Systems Research” held at New Delhi on Feb. 12-16, 1990 Resource degradation does not exceed resource productivity

Sustainable agriculture can resolve our food security problem by restructuring our economy to make it compatible with the Earth’s ecosystem.

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