Greater Noida: Present at the GeoSmart India conference 2016, KK Singh, Chairman & CEO of Rolta, strongly called for a change in the highly restrictive mapping policies. He also called for more engagement in the private industry and PPP initiatives, which he felt would boost the uptake of geospatial further in every field.
Since several steps have been taken by the UN to spread awareness on earth observation and GIS, Singh added that GIS has a great role to play in reaching global targets. As the govt is taking measures to involve and implement GIS technology in every sphere, GIS is helping mainstream IT, health sector, dish and net services. GIS is also helping in the expansion of cloud-based market. GIS a playing a great role in meeting global targets, he said.
Source: Our Correspondent