Thinking Geo-Spatial
Saurabh Bagaria
Chief Technology Officer
Data World Information Systems

Ancient Milestones
• Pythagoras – 500 BC
• Clay Maps – 200 AD
• Mercator – 1500 AD
• The GTS – 1700 AD
• Aerial Photography – 1800 AD

Modern Milestones
• NASA, NATMO – 1950, 60
• ESRI, ISRO – 1960-70
• Aryabhata, Land Sat – 1970-80
• SPOT, GPS – 1980-90
• RADARSAT, IKONOS – 1990-2000

Great Debate
TECHNOLOGY VS DOMAIN
GEOSPATIAL VS GIS

Geo-Spatial Technology
• Aerial Photography
• Cartography & Map Publishing
• GIS, GPS
• Location Based Services
• Mobile Mapping
• Remote Sensing, Image Processing
• Surveying & Mapping
• Terrain Modeling

Application Domain
• Agriculture
• Military
• Utility
• Health
• Land Information
• Urban Planning
• Environment

Technology Focus
• Data Capture and Visualization
– Digitization Boards, Basic Computer Programs
• Data Analysis
– Desktop Software Products
• Data Distribution
– Web GIS
• Business Solutions
– Predictive Analytics, Decision Support
• Business Services
– SAAS

Market Composition

What Next?
• Economic Slowdown – An Opportunity
• Transformations – Data-Information-
Knowledge
• De-Coupled and interoperable systems
• User Experience a must
• Software Development – A work of Art
• Happy Coding – Writing Beautiful Code

Questions?
Thank you