International conference on geospatial technologies for sustainable planet
The theme of the International Conference OpenSDI-2010 will be "Geospatial Technologies for Sustainable Planet" (With Emphasis on Open Source GIS & SDI)
The geospatial technological tools, i.e., Geographical Information System (GIS), Remote Sensing, Global Positioning System (GPS) and Photogrammetry have evolved constantly in last few decades. Now-a-days, geospatial technologies have achieved a matured and operational status. These modern technological tools are being increasingly used in a variety of application areas such as Civil Engineering, Geography, Environmental Sciences, Agriculture, Developmental Planning, Archaeology, Forestry, Business and Journalism, Meteorology, Event mapping (Accident, Crime, Fire and Facility), Utility/ Facility mapping and management, Land use planning and management, Urban and Regional Planning, Natural resources inventorying and management, Infrastructural Planning geospatial web applications, Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI), sustainable development, among others.
Nature supports a wide variety of eco-systems that are dynamic in nature and change over the course of time. Flux of population in urban territories due to migration from rural areas coupled with rapid growth in population has disturbed the ecological balance. This process hampers the socio-economic as well as sustainable development of any region. The timely and reliable information about land resources with respect to their nature, extent, spatial distribution, potential and limitations is not only crucial for proper planning and balanced development but is also essential for their optimal utilization on a sustainable basis.
Demand for high-quality spatial information that is complete, up-to-date and interoperable has increased with impetus for managing widespread, long- and short-term events, domestic security, environmental degradation and for improved community preparedness as a nation. The SDI is a portal where each stakeholder can access, use and exchange spatial data for social, economic and environmental well being thereby realizing sustainable development. SDI is increasingly being acknowledged as a national resource and has become a part of the basic infrastructural facilities that needs to be efficiently coordinated and managed in the interests of the nation. The main emphasis has been on the use of spatial information, open source geospatial resources and SDI for transforming the Earth into a Sustainable Planet.
This Conference aims to provide an invigorating environment to all the researchers, academicians and field engineers working in the field of Geo-Information Science and Technology around the world to discuss the emerging technological trends, share their experiences, voice their concerns, empowering the peoples with geospatial information and generate synergy between different interrelated disciplines to come up with acceptable and viable solutions for the challenges to achieve spatially enabled sustainable development in the new millennium.