Map World Forum

Availability of cost effective computer hardware, software and spatial database has led to the scaling down of the threshold barrier to GIS implementation during the last couple of decades. One has also witnessed the increased availability of skilled human resources that has led to implementation of GIS in utility services, infrastructure projects, agriculture, environment, natural resource management etc. This plenary session will focus on project case studies from selected vertical application segment, highlighting the cost of implementing GIS, its short-term benefits and the expected long term profits. The session also seeks to draw attention to the intangible benefits accruing to an organisation through the use of geospatial tools and data.