Technologies in Geographic Information System have been evolving rapidly over time. Early GIS involved simple tasks such as building a database of points, lines and polygons for solving spatial problems. Today, GIS has taken a big leap towards building data models. It has also become easily accessible to users through the introduction of Web GIS. The present trend in GIS is towards using data base management systems (DBMS) and fourth generation languages (4GLs). Also, the geospatial community demands greater compatibility between various hardware and GIS software. Thus, interfaces between GIS, CADD, remote sensing, image processing, architectural graphics, etc. are going to be increasingly easy to create that would lead to convergence of various technologies. This plenary session aims to throw light upon the present and future trends in geospatial technologies and GIS.

Chair
Peter Holland President,PCGIAP Australia
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K R Sridhara Murthi Executive Director Antrix Corporation, India	Styli Camateros Vice President Bentley System, USA
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Kanwar Chadha Founder SiRF Technology Inc., USA	B V R Mohan Reddy CMD Infotech Enterprises, India