23-25 JANUARY, 2017, Hyderabad, India

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Introduction
G
eospatial World Forum (GWF) 2017 was
successfully held in Hyderabad on 23-25
January 2017. The forum gave a glimpse
into the future of geospatial industry, where
artificial intelligence and deep learning will be
driving geospatial data exploration, analytics
and visualizations helping us derive meaningful
insights for a smarter world.
With record attendance of 2844 participants,
the conference saw convergence of high profile
delegates from global geospatial community,
policy makers, academia, researchers,
technology providers, solution providers, and
end-user segments across industries, regions
and communities. This forum was co-hosted
by Survey of India (SoI) and Indian Space
Research Organisation (ISRO), giving it great
governmental leverage and support.
GWF 2017 also served as a twofold
celebratory platform – one was the
celebration of 250th anniversary of Survey
of India, the oldest agency of Government of
India. The agency showcased its history at the
conference through an exhibition and a play
representing how the agency evolved over the
years. The other was the 20th anniversary
jamboree of establishment of Geospatial
Media and Communications. A video showing
the 20 years evolution of the company
alongside the geospatial industry was played
as a curtain-raiser of the conference.
The introduction of ‘Geospatial Hall of Fame’,
a platform that celebrated and recognized ten
unsurpassable legends of the geospatial industry,
added significant value to the overall event.
 Geospatial World Forum
2844 763
participants Organizations

294 56
Speakers Countries

Global media Coverage

Washington Post The Hindu Telangana Today

PTI Outlook India IND Today

Australian Mining Huffington Post TG and AP News

Money Control.com France Mashable The Hindu Business Line

Economic Times China CRI Nyoooz

BBC Psnews MINING.com

Zee News New India Express Smithsonian

DD News News18 Youth Mirror

North East Today First Post V6 news

India Today NDTV CVR

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m Reaches New Heights
Delegates Profile Social Media Outreach

40% 35%
#GWF2017
generated
Geospatial Government 10,724,666
Industry Agencies impressions

15% 5%
Reached
27,000 people
through 346
Private User Academic posts
Organizations Institutions

Reached
3% 2% 10,000
people

Media Multilateral Agencies, NGOs

Representatives & Professional Bodies

Mobile App
10,000
live
stream
1,249 2,390 23,300 views

downloads Social Shares Minutes Open

& Attendee
Messages

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 EMPOWERING KNOWLEDGE,

Thought Executive
Leadership Networking
Connecting
Communities

Business
Development

Conference
Objectives
Knowledge
Sharing

Partnership

Outreach Raising Industry

Profile

Mission Accomplished

50+ 90+ 2 9
Head of CEOs of Bi-Lateral Industry
Government Multinational Forums Segments
Agencies Companies

3 5 2000+sqm B2B, B2C, B2G

Policy Programmes/ Technology Exhibition Networking
Roundtable Workshops Sessions

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and
, ENABLING COLLABORATION
Feel Good Factors

A unique experience offering High-level discussions, Connectivity and networks

best ever networking and having breadth and depth of of economies, having
learning at global scale thought leadership content Nett Value for geospatial
community

Holistic overview of industry’s Unique blend of win-win

direction - A window opening situation involving industry,
for Big Thinking academia, government and
multi-lateral agencies

Moving Forward: Commitments and Pledges

Expanding Outreach –
Engaging with executives of Continued collaboration with
Geospatial-
enabled large user enterprises across geospatial stakeholders to make
Cultivation of Develop strategy to
youth in geospatial look beyond digitalized major industries consistent differentiation in
education society
society and economy

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Inaugural Session
M Venkaiah Naidu, Minister
of Urban Development and
Information Broadcasting,
Government of India, “My
ministry’s programs like Smart
Cities, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan,
Atal Mission for Rejuvenation
and Urban Transformation and
Heritage City Development and
Augmentation Yojana are all based
on geospatial and information and
communication technologies.
Stefan Schweinfest, Director
of Statistics Division, United
Nations, enthralled the audience
with his wisecracks, even as he
explained how creating complex
data architecture can support
the rather comprehensive
development agenda. “Next time
you get a letter from me, please
don’t classify it as ‘nice try’.
Engage with us, we are rather
friendly!”
K.K. Singh, Chairman and CEO,
Rolta, “We are moving toward
more networked societies,
where relationships are more
fluid. And this rapid absorption
of innovation and the disruption
caused thereafter are increasing
day by day. We need to recognize
the critical role convergence
and integration of geospatial
technology is playing in decision-
making and problem-solving.”

Dr. Swarna Subba Rao,
Surveyor General, Survey of
India, “Geospatial Media and
Communications is known to
be a crusader of geospatial
technologies, relentlessly
promoting the use and importance
of geoinformation. I can see many
legendary faces of the geospatial
community here, alongside
famous geospatial scientists and
professors of India.
Barbara Ryan, Secretariat
Director, Group on Earth
Observations (GEO). Having
spent three decades at the U.S.
Geological Survey, Ryan quipped,
“I felt so proud of USGS’ 137 years
of history. The Survey of India is
250 years old! That’s an amazing
accomplishment, and I wish them
the very best for the next 250
years.”
Bandaru Dattatreya, Minister
of State for Labor, Government
of India. Calling attention to the
immense contributions of SoI in
the development of the nation,
Dattatreya said, “You know each
and every inch of the nation
because you map it.”

Dr. Y.V.N. Krishna Murthy,
Director, National Remote Sensing
Center, India, “Geospatial data
has become an integral part of
planning and implementation
for development activities of all
countries. In fact, it is a must for
the sustainable development of
any nation.”
Steven W. Berglund, CEO,
Trimble, “The convergence of
technology forces coming together
has made this period all about
transformation. And forums
such as GWF are important and
timely to help the community
find the right balance between
these disparate forces. Driven
by digitization, the world may be
becoming more intelligent, but
wisdom is equally important.
Sanjay Kumar, CEO, Geospatial
Media and Communications, “IT
majors are playing a key role in
the geospatial community today
— either through investments
and acquisitions or by developing
collaborative, enabling
technologies. Geospatial is the
foundation on which a digital
world can be built.”

Vision Session
Jack Dangermond Charlie Trimble
Founder, Esri Founder, Trimble

“You and I are living in a fast moving world.
Location, Mapping and GIS are becoming
essential. We need to know what’s going on
– nearly about everything. It is becoming a
fundamental language for understanding and
managing our world. GIS is getting smarter – it
is collaborating with other technologies and
leveraging them. It is integrating everything –
people, processes, things and data about them.”
“There are drivers and observers in the
industry. As an observer, I see that mega trends
of today can shape a better tomorrow. They are
actually transforming the industry and world.
Science of positioning is in everything. I see
a GIS industry that is providing solutions to
increase productivity by unleashing the power
of geospatial.”

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Theme Panel: Geospatial + Deep Learning: Shaping Smarter World
Alain De Taeye, Founder, Tele Atlas, and Board Member, TomTom
On IoT and map content
Internet of Things doesn’t make any sense unless you know where those things are. Maps are crucial in this. The whole
society today depends on maps. Three decades ago, navigation was considered science fiction. Now, it is a commodity
of everyday use. And maps without mobility are unthinkable. In fact, new mobility services are fast becoming fully
operational. Self-driving cars will happen and they will happen much sooner than people believed in the old days.

Steven W. Berglund, CEO, Trimble

Intelligent machines and AI
An intelligent machine is a flexible rational agent that perceives its environment and takes actions that maximize its
change of success at some goal. So, this implies understanding both, the context and the desired outcome. The number
of connected devices is growing at such a massive rate that there are more devices today than there are people. The
market opportunity presented is huge. All markets are being shaped by intelligent systems in a more connected world.

Mladen Stojic, President, Hexagon Geospatial

Beyond traditional models
We live in a dynamic world that is multi-dimensional and quite complex but the technologies we have today result in
a static representation of that world. Current tech focuses on establishing sensors and software that allows us to do
pleasing imagery. But that is still a static representation, and we have to move beyond this static understanding. Time
is a critical factor. Once you have that 4D element, you can move beyond the traditional models.

Walter Scott, Founder and CTO, DigitalGlobe

Data management challenge
Remote sensing began with a quest of providing global transparency. Today, remote sensing is becoming ubiquitous and
it is creating a lot of data. Which brings us to the data management challenge: DigitalGlobe has amassed 100 petabytes
of data since 1999. This kind of data would crush any IT dept on the planet, and our ability to extract useful information at
scale from that data. The technologies helping us in this are elastic Cloud Computing, deep learning and crowdsourcing.

Andreas Gerster, Vice President, BIM/CIM and Product Design, FARO

Driving efficiency
Capturing the real world is one thing, but what do you with all that data? You need to get the information out. So long
as the data is only available on one computer, it is of limited value. FARO is observing the tools, but we are not driving
the technology. We want to make people on the construction side more effective and efficient. We want to enhance the
human brain by providing info that is available.

Executive Panel: How Earth Observation And Geospatial Play A Role In Achieving Sdgs?
STEFAN JULIO A. NIGEL Jacqueline McGlade
SCHWEINFEST SANTAELLA CLIFFORD Chief Scientist, Director, Science
Director of Statistics Division President, Instituto Nacional de CEO Division, United Nations Environment
United Nations Estadistica y, Geografia (INEGI), Mexico Ordnance Survey, UK Programme, Kenya

“The philosophy of agenda
is integrated agenda. The
UN Statistics Division
does the advancement
of the global statistical
system. But, we need
geospatial data. With
geospatial data we will be
able to drill much deeper
into SDGs. Mapping SDG
related data will improve
measuring and monitor-
ing of progress towards
the SDGs indicators.”
“Now is the time for
geospatial community
to realise that statistics
can add value. Official
statistics information is
not enough, we need your
(geospatial community)
help – we need collabora-
tion of geospatial industry
to achieve SDGs. Each of
the 65 indicators can be
geo-tagged. Consumers
need both (EO & geospa-
tial) of them. We need to
understand the relation-
ship and collaborate”
“EO is fantastic data
but if it’s raw then how
to make it usable is a
challenge. We need to
avoid imbalance of data
and imbalance of skills.”
He also believes that for
SDGs we need to focus
from what has happened
to what will happen. “We
have many tools in the
armoury to detect the
change.”
“Turning ideas to action
will bring success to
SDGs. Data should be
actionable. We have to
bring lot of people into
the room while making
policies. How to put
geodata, Big Data, EO
data in a simple way – we
have been working on that
for some time. Though,
dealing with unstructured
data is a massive
challenge.”

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Co-located events

nrsc
USER INTERACTION MEET 2017

> Location intelligence empowers organizations
to discover new insights and potential
competitive advantage.
> Location analytics reveals relationships,
trends, dependencies, and patterns that
would have been undetectable in conventional
reports.
> Drivers of Location technology are the
availability of high quality, current and
complete data.
> Data from Bhuvan geoportal is being used in
diverse user application, including drug con-
trol, power distribution and water resources
management.
> Geospatial industries, such as MapmyIndia and
Maharashtra State Electricity Transmission
Corporation, have been utilizing Bhuvan servic-
es while developing their application/solutions.
> NRSC is currently finalizing its framework for
academic partnership, including opportunity
for joint R&D in emerging areas.

Pre-Conference Events
Geospatial & Statistics: Integration
GeoBuiz Summit for Informed Decision Making

> Location Intelligence is becoming all pervasive.
Non-traditional players are slowly becoming
an integral part of the mainstream Geospatial
industry, through spatial enablement.
> If Geospatial industry has to remain relevant
in the fast changing world, data sources
beyond map or imagery must become a part
of the entire analytics ecosystem.
> The 2030 Development Agenda provides the
overarching global policy framework for sus-
tainable development. The SDGs are statistical
and geospatial, requiring international collabo-
ration and multi-stakeholder partnerships.
> The introduction of the SDGs have statistical
agencies reviewing the need for existing and
new data within a country.

> Various disruptive technologies have to > The data user community is expanding and
integrate & collaborate changing with expectations that are different
from past practices.

bi-lateral forums
Two bi-lateral forums were successfully conducted at Geospatial
Indo-US World Forum 2017, witnessing bi-lateral exchange between Indian
Geospatial and United States geospatial communities, and Indian and Dutch
Exchange Forum geospatial communities. Dialogues revolved around collaborative
opportunities between the two nations in building technical, business
and educational capacities in the respective national communities.
Indo-Dutch Collaborative geospatial efforts mutually beneficial to both parties
Business Summit to strengthen collaboration and mutual cooperation between the
countries in the geospatial field were identified.

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Industry Segments
Smart Cities
> City services are inherently defined by ‘where’
things are, whether it is a pipe, cable, a
property, etc.
> 3D data is the foundation of smart cities.
> Laser scanning provides accurate and
complete data that are very crucial for
designing, modeling and planning of smart
cities.
Transport Infrastructure
> Geospatial technologies are moving towards
improving sustainability and reducing
infrastructure development costs.
> Need to integrate operational, IT and GIS data
together into a single window for driving Digital
Transformation in Smart Transportation.
> AI, deep learning and collective intelligence
are the top trends shaping the transportation
infrastructure industry towards automation
and mechanization.
Land Administration System
> Intelligent Integrated Cadastral Surveying’
will disrupt the traditional workflows in
cadastral survey.
> Securing land tenure using geo-tagged
photos of applicants and parcels for Digital
Land Tenure database is gaining importance.
> Innovative Land Administration can be
brought about by bringing about a change in
mind set of land surveyors, lawyers, planners,
and decision makers.
GeoAgri
> People and institutional support for and
with “appropriated” use of technologies are
necessary to solve the challenges in agriculture.
> There are simple solutions to complex
problems in emerging Geo-ICT technology use
in agriculture and farming.
> Relevance and accessibility of technologies to
farmers are important factors to consider while
developing a solution.
Defence & National Security
> Cyber warfare and cyber terrorism have
become important facets of Information warfare
in the near future, and all nation has to be fully
prepared for.
> Geospatial and temporal based analysis
has contributed majorly to fine tune policing
strategies.
> Intelligent amplification of machine which
is better than human and automation of
intelligence are on the way.
GeoHealth
> Technologies which are impacting digital
health include big data, advanced analytics,
and cloud computing.
> Big Data presents significant opportunities for
research and science in Health & Wellbeing.
> Geospatial modelling of diseases can lead
to robust application of analytics to track the
geographical distribution and transmission
pattern of disease, helping identify strategies
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Industry Segments
Climate Change &
Disaster Management
> A social system incorporating political,
economic and industrial structures, are equally
important to provide resilience to society.
> New technologies like laser scanning are
emerging as important technology tools
in addressing situations like landslides,
earthquakes, and flood detection.
> A multi-dimensional approach need to be
employed for an effective disaster risk reduction
through monitoring, planning and execution.
Energy Resources
> Uptake of geospatial technology is steadily
increasing to match requirements in energy
sector.
> Digitization of infrastructure from generation
to distribution and bringing the whole data
into a GIS domain linked with MIS will
facilitate calculation of T&D losses.
> Geospatial technologies not only increase
process efficiency but helps in stakeholder
Featured programmes
communication, reduces critical faults and
increases transmission capacity.
Water Resources
> Geospatial technologies will play a critical
role in sustainable development and
management of water resources in times to
come.
> An integrated comprehensive approach,
supported by technologies, data and
processes, is the need of the hour.
> Accurate and efficient management of
subsurface water resources will be key to
maintain the balance in the water cycle.
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Featured Programmes
Digital Cartography
Summit
> Cartographic innovations are driven by
changing societal needs and respective
technological developments.
> Efficient automatic generation of models
is a decisive prerequisite for the success
of acquiring cartographic information from
airborne and space-borne data.
> Real-time GNSS -based positioning
technology ranging from RTK, VRS and PPP-
based positioning will pose significant impact
on map production.
Commercialisation of
Research & Innovation
> To create a sustainable ecosystem for
innovation, industry should work closely with
academia and its stakeholders to organize
funding and develop new products and services.
> Industry can engage with academia through
various activities, i.e. hackathons, certification
pogramme, summer school, etc.
> Incubation center should focus on facilitating
interaction between startups and large
erterprises.
Public-Private Partnership
Summit
> The delivery of global geospatial solutions can
only be achieved through the collaboration of
all sectors of the industry.
> PPP in digital industry should focus on key
technologies and their implementation
through federated projects.
> Land Administration, Smart Cities and
Agriculture are a few of the sectors where
creative business models can be adopted.
Exclusive Workshops
> AI is at a very nascent stage as of now. But it is ready for adopting
Artificial Intelligence into it.
Artificial > Decision making is the place where the intelligent systems and the
Intelligence & geospatial technologies would go hand in hand.
Deep Learning > Location data is the key enabler in producing insights for business
intelligence through deep learning.

> Autonomous Vehicles will turn into the biggest sensor ever seen,
benefitting many sectors, not only the transport sector.
> The role of location data is crucial in realizing the potential of the
Autonomous actual potential of Autonomous Vehicles.
Vehicles > Established standards, Industrial IoT and developing road maps
will play important roles in the development and implementation of
Autonomous Vehicles.

> Internet of Things and connected devices will be essential tools in

our day-to-day existence.
Internet of > Connected world comes in handy, especially in case of emergency,
Things where real-time information should be made accessible by the
people for societal benefits.
> Data Ownership-related policies need to be framed at a global level
for the technology to be used to the fullest.

Partners programmes
> Upcoming activities include: operationalization and maintenance
of data registry, metadata harvesting, and geospatial cloud/data
centre for quick on-boarding of services.
> GIS initiatives enabling digital transformation: Bharat Maps –
NSDI Meeting Multi-Layer GIS Platform; GIS for Financial Inclusion for DBT-GIS
Portal; BBNL GIS Portal; BharatNet Project Monitoring; School
Location Mapping; and Utility Mapping.

> To address urban squalor owing to rapid urbanization, a permanent

solution through the study of municipal geology with integrated
NRDMS Meeting geoscientific approach, is the need of the hour.
> Village Information Systems based on cadastral maps and satellite
imagery are being developed across various states in India.

> GAGAN provides augmentation service over India, South East Asia

and Middle East expanding up to Africa.
GAGAN > GAGAN supports applications in a wide variety of sectors, including
roads, railways, maritime, agriculture, mapping & surveying,
Workshop telecom, disaster mitigation as well as search and rescue
operations.

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Partners programmes
The 1st BRICS Workshop on Geodesy was attended by representatives
from Brazil, Russia, India and China. The workshop mainly discussed the
status of geodesy research in respective countries and proposed areas
BRICS meeting of collaboration under BRICS. The workshop was followed by Working
Group Meeting on Geospatial Technology (BRICS – WG-GS), discussing
collaboration and support within the geospatial domain. The meeting was
hosted by Department of Science and Technology, India.

The Indo-US CyberGIS Meeting was attended by scientific community

from India and United States, discussing sharing of cutting-edge
CyberGIS research, development, education and training experiences on
science and technology of cyberGIS and related scientific problem
Meeting solving. The meeting was hosted by Department of Science and
Technology, India.

The exclusive Policy Roundtable on ‘Geospatial Policy & Infrastructure

in India’ discussed geospatial information policies, what has worked
Policy in other countries, how spatial policies shape national development
and what cautions are necessary for such policies to be most effective
Roundtable and take together the dual goal of development and ensuring national
security.

Final Words by Closing Panelists…

Prof. Michael Goodchild
Emeritus Professor of
Geography, University of California,
USA
The magnitude of Geospatial
World Forum was intense and
well off. We had talks and insights
on many new things. This was
a welcome surprise. But, as a
geospatial community we are at
crucial position to keep the pace of
curriculum with technology.
Ivan Deloatch
Executive Director, Federal
Geographic Data Committee, USA
This GWF saw wonderful
presentations, exemplary ideas
and forthcoming challenges. We all
recognized this industry is growing
exponentially. This forum gave us
the platform to think of a strategy to
reach beyond – to expand the use of
technology.
Dr YVN Krishnamurthy
Director, National Remote Sensing
Centre, India
This forum has highlighted the value
and power of geospatial technology
as an enabler in addressing global
economic and socio-economic
issues. Industry, academia,
government, UN bodies came
together for knowledge sharing and
collaboration. The aspiring young
generation saw their way forward.
Greg Scott
Inter-Regional Advisor Global
Geospatial Information
Management, United Nations
This year we have seen new topics –
expansion in new fields. But are we
successful in integrating all of that in
academia? We also need to see how
government can involve itself to its
maximum in order to take geospatial
technology benefits to the people.
Chris Gibson
Vice President, Trimble Inc.,
USA
How do we encourage students to
engage with technology? How do
we increase the pace to manage
the challenges to make the world
a better place for people? GWF
brought together the geospatial
think-tanks to give a thought on
these questions.
Dr Peter Woodgate
Chief Executive Officer,
CRC for Spatial Information,
Australia
GWF facilitated the collaboration
of ideas and organizations. Our
technology and science has
the ability to create. And as the
industry players we have the
challenge to explain to others
how can we aid in making world a
better place.

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Legendary pioneers celebrated at Hall of Fame
Geospatial Media and Communications has introduced the ‘Geospatial Hall of Fame’, a platform that celebrates
and recognizes the unsurpassable legends of the geospatial industry. Ten visionary leaders, whose passion,
vision, knowledge, leadership, and business acumen have brought geospatial industry to a global arena, were
felicitated and added to the ‘Geospatial Hall of Fame’, which took place on 23 January.
The ten pioneers known for their relentless leadership and innovative ideas, which ultimately changed the face
of the geospatial industry are:

>  Charles Trimble, Founder, Trimble Inc.

>  Jack Dangermond, Founder, Esri
>  Prof Shunji Murai, Founder, Asian Association on Remote Sensing
>  K K Singh, Founder, Rolta Group
>  Alain De Taeye, Founder, TeleAtlas
>  Barbara J. Ryan, Secretariat Director, Group on Earth Observations
>  David Schell, Founder, Open Geospatial Consortium
>  Walter Scott, Founder, DigitalGlobe
>  Kanwar Chadha, Founder, SiRF Technology
>  Prof Michael Goodchild, Founder, UCSB Center for Spatial Studies

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Geospatial World Leadership Awards
Geospatial World Leadership Awards acknowledge the champions whose enthusiasm and innovative thinking
in their area of expertise have brought dramatic advancements in the technologies, driving our industry
towards the future. These are individuals and organizations behind remarkable innovations and ideas, who are
constantly experimenting and breaking barriers, who are always looking for new solutions to address critical
challenges, and in the process creating a huge impact on the society.

On the Occasion of Geospatial World Forum 2017, Geospatial World Magazine has identified seven undisputed
leaders in various categories to be recognized with this award.

Lifetime Achievement Award – Dr. Johannes Riegl

Making a Difference –Jacqueline McGlade

Geospatial Ambassador of the Year – Rolando Ocampo Alcantar

Sustainable Development Agenda – UN-GGIM Secretariat

Geospatial Professional Society of the Year – OSGeo

Geospatial Solutions Company of the Year – CYIENT

Content Platform of the Year – Australian Geoscience Data Cube

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Geospatial World Excellence Awards
Geospatial World Excellence Awards
No Category Project Awardees Country
GOiPLUS (Government of Odisha’s Government of Odisha,
1 Land Services Industrial Portal for Land Use and Department of Industries India
Services) and ORSAC
National Land and
2 e-Governance Taiwan Map Service Mapping Center, Ministry of Taiwan
the Interior

Geodetic Establishment & Implementation of

3 National Survey Authority Oman
Infrastructure Oman National Geoid Model (ONGM)

Sustainable European
4 Global Human Settlement Layer Joint Research Center
Urbanisation Commission

Detection of sugar cane in Mexican Agri-Food and Fisheries

5 Agriculture Mexico
territory through satellite images Information Service (SIAP)

Aerial LiDAR Survey for Telangana

Irrigation Projects such as Geokno India Pvt. Ltd. And
6 Irrigation India
Kalleshwaram Lift Irrigation WAPCOS Ltd.
Scheme and others

MySmartView - Geospatial enabled

Enterprise Business Intelligence
7 Oil and Gas CAIRN India & Rolta India
and Predictive Analytics for
Operational Excellence

Geospatial World Innovation Awards

No Category Project Awardees Country
Berntsen International Inc.
Inframarker: RFID Location of
Infrastructure & Geospatial Research and
8 Infrastructure Elements in a USA
Monitoring Application Center, Auburn
Connected World
University

freshENC: Ready to use Electronical

EOMAP GmbH & Co. KG,
9 Bathymetry Nautical Charts (ENCs) based on Germany
ChartWorld, SevenCs
Satellite Derived Bathymetry

Citizens
10 cMapIT.com cMapIT.com Nigeria
Empowerment

Leica BLK360 Imaging Laser

11 Laser Scanning Leica Geosystems AG Switzerland
Scanner

Geospatial World Policy Awards

No Category Project Implementing Agency Country

Data SIIF (Structured Implementation and European

12 DG Environment
Governance Information Framewok) Commission

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Exhibition
The sold-out exhibition area was constantly abuzz with visitors taking stock of the latest technologies available
in the market, interesting product demos and business meetings taking place all around the exhibition hall.
The biggest attraction was Survey of India’s exhibit of its rich history, featuring historical survey equipment
dating more than 100 years.

Exhibitors Profile Exhibitors Regional Representation

2%
7% 11%
7%

38%
Solution Providers 12% South Asia
Hardware/Software North America
14% Providers
Government Agencies 38% Europe

Satellite Operators 14% Asia Pacific

Startups
32% Professional Body

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Our exhibitors

Department of Science and Technology

Government of India

ITE&C Department, Govt. of Telangana

Ministry of Earth Sciences

Government of India

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 Our partners
Strategic Sponsors

Corporate Sponsors

co-sponsors
Associate sponsors

Supporting Organisations Government

Knowledge Partner

Department of Science and Technology

Government of India

Programme partners Media partners

Commission on Cartography in Early

Warning and Crisis Management

GEOSPATIAL
WORLD

Co-Organisers Host State produced by

State of Telangana

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