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Microstation V8i - President Events 66 up Close and Personal ISPRS, UK It Is Important to Speak with Users, Go to Prof MARCH 2009 VOL 13 ISSUE 3 RNI 68561/18/6/98/ISSN 0971-9377 UP/BR-343/2009-2011 Price: INR 150 / US$ 15 Subscriber’s copy. Not for Sale The Global Geospatial Magazine DesignDesign andand EngineeringEngineering AFRICA I AMERICAS I ASIA I AUSTRALIA I EUROPE www.GISdevelopment.net Collect and Share Field Data Quickly and Accurately Are you using costly, outdated paper map books to complete time-sensitive projects such as field mapping, asset inventory, asset maintenance, inspections or incident reports? ESRI’s ArcPad® software provides an accurate, hassle-free data collection solution using handheld mobile devices that enable you to capture, analyze, and display geographic information rapidly to make informed decisions in the field. With integrated GPS capabilities, ArcPad is designed for diverse organizations looking to extend the benefits of geographic information system (GIS) technology from the office to the field. ArcPad is reliable, requires minimal field training, and lets you share critical enterprise Streamline your data information across your organization quickly and efficiently. collection with automated GPS connectivity. Try ArcPad for Yourself! Download a free copy of ArcPad software and learn how it will improve your fi eld productivity. Visit www.esri.com/arcpadgps. t&NBJMJOGP!FTSJDPN Copyright © 2009 ESRI. All rights reserved. The ESRI globe logo, ESRI, ArcPad, www.esri.com, and @esri.com are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of ESRI in the United States, the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions. In this issue... Advisory Board REGULAR FEATURES industries are poised for dramatic, positive Dato’ Dr. Abdul Kadir bin Taib change. To keep up with overwhelming Deputy Director General of Survey and demand for new infrastructure in the face of Mapping, Malaysia Editorial 07 a limited workforce, construction firms are tasked with making major changes.... Bhupinder Singh News 08 Craig R. Dylan Sr. Vice President Bentley Systems Inc., USA Publications 52 Prof. Ian Dowman 46 Microstation V8i - President Events 66 Up close and personal ISPRS, UK It is important to speak with users, go to Prof. Josef Strobl user conferences, interact with users online ARTICLES Director, and meet with prospective users before Centre for Geoinformatics deciding what to include in a release, partic- University of Salzburg, Austria 26 Convergence is still the ularly a release as comprehensive as V8i. Bentley surveys the competition, talks to key - Implementation leads Kamal K Singh programmers and comes up with a matrix... Chairman and CEO the way! Rolta Group of Companies, India Keith Bentley This month's article is a continuation of my earlier article 'D&E - convergence is the key' Mark Reichardt (http://www.gisdevelopment.net/maga- VIEWPOINT President and Chief Operating Officer OGC, USA zine/global/2009/January/44.htm), which talked about... 49 The view from over here Matthew O’Connell Gaurav Sharma - India and NSDI CEO, GeoEye, USA Prof AR Dasgupta Dr. Prithvish Nag 32 3D has designs on urban Director modelling INTERVIEW NATMO, India The world is facing serious challenges 50 Lawrie E Jordon III Prof. V. S Ramamurthy including climate change, aging infrastruc- Chairman ture, shrinking workforce and lagging pro- Director of Imagery Enterprise IIT, Delhi, India ductivity... Solutions, ESRI Inc., USA KCM Kumar Geoff Zeiss Chairman & Managing Director CONFERENCE REPORT Speck Systems Limited 36 Integration - key to 56 Map World Forum: Brian Nicholls optimisation General Manager A mega confluence of global AAMHatch We are entering increasingly difficult experts times - a depressed economy worldwide Shailesh Nayak and the certainty of higher costs for materi- Secretary GIS Development is intended for those interested and involved als and energy as our natural resources are in GIS related activities. It is hoped that it will serve to foster Ministry of Earth Sciences, India depleted.... a growing network by keeping the community up-to-date on many activities in this wide and varied field. Your involvement in Louis Hecht providing relevant information is essential to the success of this Prof William Cartwright endeavour. President GIS Development does not necessarily subscribe to the views expressed in the publication. All views expressed in this issue International Cartographic Association are those of the contributors. It is not responsible for any loss to 42 Future belongs to total anyone due to the information provided. Dr Derek. G. Clarke solution GIS Development Pvt. Ltd. Printed and Published by Sanjay Kumar. Press M. P. Printers B-220, Phase-II, Noida, Gautambudh Chief Director: Surveys and Mapping Nagar (UP) INDIA Publication Address P-82, Sector-11, South Africa The survey engineering and construction Gautambudh Nagar, Noida, India Editor Ravi Gupta Bradley C Skelton Chief Technology Officer Chairman M P Narayanan Editor in Chief Ravi Gupta Honorary Managing Editor Prof. Arup Dasgupta ERDAS Director Maneesh Prasad Publisher Sanjay Kumar Editorial Team: Sr. Associate Editor (Honorary) Dr. Hrishikesh Samant Associate Editor Bhanu Rekha Sr. Assistant Editor Saurabh Mishra GIS Development Pvt. Ltd. Portal Team: Product Manager Shivani Lal Sub Editor Simmi Sinha A - 145, Sector - 63, Noida, India Design Team: Sr. Creative Designer Deepak Kumar Graphic Designer Manoj Kumar Singh Circulation: Vijay Kr Singh Tel + 91 - 120 - 4612500 Fax + 91 - 120 - 4612555 - 666 GIS DEVELOPMENT | MARCH 2009 Vol. 13 Issue 3 5 The true measure of commitment Our commitment to bring about a transformation in Land Management Systems is evident in every inch of the land we survey. In fact, over 6400 sqkms to be precise. A perfect synergy of skill, competence and insight has enabled us to deliver a basketful of innovative products and solutions that have been India's first and done us proud. There are miles to go and we are well on our way... Services Aerial photography Cadastral survey using hybrid technology LIDAR data acquisition & processing Satellite images based mapping Photogrammetry Data conversion GIS application development Solutions Integrated Land Information Management Urban Planning & Management Agriculture & Natural Resource Management Enterprise wide geospatial solutions for Utilities From Editor’s Desk Technology should Prof. Arup Dasgupta be people-centric Honorary Managing Editor [email protected] However, later discussions again brought to the fore the ambiguity of easy availability of data versus security. I enjoyed two lectures on the opening day of Map This contentious issue continues to defy resolution and World Forum a couple of weeks back. The first was the India NSDI continues to languish as a result. Howev- by Dame Dr Jane Goodall and the second by man- er, SDIs in general continue to go slow globally for Iagement guru Prof C K Prahalad. Both speakers were not various reasons. from the geospatial world, yet their lectures made a profound impact, which the geospatial professionals In this context, perhaps it is time to relook and rethink need to ponder upon. Dr Goodall made the point that the strategy in terms of what Dr Goodall and Dr Prahalad development should be inclusive to ensure sustainability talked about. Can we put the individual in the centre and and GIS and allied technologies can be used to attain this build an SDI in a collaborative way which can chart out goal. She gave examples of how GIS is being used to new roads to innovation and wealth creation that can be protect the chimpanzee habitat in Gombe without used by government, industry and the public at large to depriving the villagers of their share of resources. co-create personalised experiences? Geospatial editors Dr Prahalad challenged the professionals to look at also debated the issue of focus on individuals and geospatial technology as a means to provide an all-inclu- concluded that media needs to play an enabling role and sive service to the common man like the Indian farmer. present analyses which cuts through jargon and shows He suggested that instead of looking at piecemeal, com- the public how geospatial technology is useful to them. petitive efforts by different agencies, it might be useful At the same time, media cannot forget its main audience to set up a network of services, which would also employ - the geospatial professionals. many different service providers working in a coopera- tive mode. Keeping this in mind, we present how geospatial technologies are being used in design and engineering Both these lectures placed the individual, not the tech- industry in this issue. The challenge is to provide sustain- nology, at the centre of the core issues to be addressed in able and green infrastructure using all the technologies sustainability of planet earth - the theme of the confer- at our disposal. Thus we see a convergence of architec- ence. This people-centric thinking was also evident in the ture, engineering and geospatial technologies. Side inaugural speeches by Honourable Vice-President of by side standards are also being developed to ensure India, Mohammad Hamid Ansari and Union Minister of interoperability. These are the building blocks of SDI. Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Kapil Sibal. “” GIS DEVELOPMENT | MARCH 2009 Vol. 13 Issue 3 7 News Organisation (ISRO) is now which will create maps for getting ready for a twin individual properties in the launch - a Radar Imaging city. Satellite (RISAT) and ANUSAT, a 35-kg micro- Kampsax is now COWI KENYA CHINA satellite designed by Chen- Kampsax India Private Lim- nai-based Anna University. ited (KIL), which has been a Atlas on nation’s 3rd ocean survey ISRO is targeting a March fully owned subsidiary of environment satellite in 2010 last week date for launch- COWI A/S since August released China will launch a third ing them on board the 2007, changed name to United ocean survey satellite in indigenously built Polar COWI India Private Limited. Nations has 2010 to upgrade its capacity Satellite Launch Vehicle In the past year and a half, released an for maritime weather fore- from the Sriharikota space- KIL has developed engi- atlas contain- casting and disaster relief.
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