The growth of GIS information and making optimum use of the potential of India is not adversely affected because of policy constraints. The economic dimension of GIS is more than an opportunity than a challenge. The opportunities lies in the use of India's skill in GIS and its infrastructure through way of satellites which can help us to get a share of the global market. I understand that the satellite imagery maps SRO are much better than many of the competitors. We must be able to make use of the infrastructure already developed by us in terms of equipments and satellites on the one hand and more important the technical skills we have created on the other so that the GIS can become in the age of the internet a major source of foreign exchange earning for India.
Internet is only the new medium for commerce.
E-commerce is not possible with out Internet. Once we have created the GIS content and the basic backbone in India for overcoming the last mile problem and the reach of the internet is extended widely in the country, then by making optimum use of the Internet is extended widely in the country, then by making optimum use of the internet we ensure that the value of the GIS is enhanced many-fold. Internet can be multiplier to see that the investments made in the India's GIS infrastructure both in terms of hardware, in terms of software and human skills gets the maximum returns. Einstein supposed to have said that in times of challenge and crises, imagination is more important than knowledge. Perhaps when it comes to use of GIS by India in the age of Internet, we require a lot more imagination.