Streamlining geo-spatial data policy

The experience of smart cities is an important learning for managing geo-spatial data collected and utilised from various departments

Often considered critical for the retail sector, location is really the underpinning for nearly every economic activity.

We may not realise it, but geo-spatial location has become an essential dimension in business and social transactions that permeate our lives.

From the photos we click on our phones to delivery locations to satellite images, over 80 per cent of data that is generated by us has location as an element.

Major activities that are reliant on geo-spatial data include urban planning, water management, e-commerce; logistics, communications, agriculture. “Geo-spatial information is nothing but a digital version of the physical world in which all human, economic