Since the 1960s, Geospatial Information or Geospatial Technology has undergone a sea change, that is, from a specialized tool of analyses to a multi-purpose tool capable of not just analysis but also storage, management and visualization of data. The integration of GIT with a powerful medium like Internet has not only changed the way we analyse geographical information but also the way we live and function. Today, GIT has spread its wings far and wide. Its applications range from defence, management of natural resources, utilities and infrastructure management, to emergency planning and relief operations, governance, urban development etc. Hence, keeping the popularity of GIT for multifarious applications in perspective, one can safely say that GIT will not only power the businesses of tomorrow but will also become a formidable driving force for the global economy in the coming decades.
Against this backdrop, GIS Development, being a media organisation, has committed itself to information dissemination about GIT. We feel that there is a need to raise the profile of the geospatial industry and market these technologies to organisations, which are leading the global agenda of development, a development that is in sync with Mother Nature as well as sensitive to the needs of our future generations.
It is a known fact that the feverish pace of today’s development is slowly strangling our natural environment to death. On one hand, there exists an over-exploitation of natural resources and their resulting imbalance and on the other hand, there is an ever- intensifying desire to develop. It, therefore, becomes imperative that we, as members of the global community, need to devise a robust sustainable development model that will ensure preservation of the Earth’s natural environment as well as enable humankind to meet its growing hunger for resources.
GIS Development, being an important stakeholder of the geospatial industry, has understood the importance of GIT as a public commodity that is benefiting millions of lives around the globe today. We feel that GIT can successfully contribute towards achieving the all-encompassing goal of sustainable development. Keeping this in view, GIS Development proposes to organize Map World Forum.