Myriad Challenges of the Coasts of India
Monitoring from space, aerial and in situ platforms in coastal regions will help develop models for interactions between ecological and anthropogenic processes, helping sustainable management of coast...
Our Fragile Coasts: Scientific Approaches and Solutions
The Indian coasts hold diverse geomorphological features—mudflats, rocky shores, cliffs, sandy beaches and deltaic reaches that shelter unique ecosystems. However, significant sections of the coastlin...
Need of Flood Warning System for Coastal Metropolis
Integrated Flood Warning System (IFLOWS) is an integrated GIS-based decision support system developed for Chennai and Mumbai that provides flood inundation scenarios and helps state governments to put...
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Using GIS in the Tourism Industry
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Election Mapping using GIS
<p>In the first ever general election in 1952, India had 176 million registered voters while in the most recent general elections of 2014, the country has 814 million registered voters (India Today, 2...
Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS) Helping Create a GIS Ecosystem
<p>The Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS) is an initiative of Department of Science and Technology of Government of India, conceived to help Policy makers and planners to formulate devel...
NRDMS Aims Push for the Start-Up Ecosystem in India
<p>GIS or Geographic Information Systems and other forms of spatial data management and application are increasingly becoming a core component of the information technology (IT) infrastructure of Indi...
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