Thursday, July 2nd, 2015
For Indonesia’s cash-strapped government, policing revenue across a chain of 17,000 islands that would stretch from New York to Alaska is no easy task. Remote areas on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, where most of the...
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
With a large number of house owners hiding information pertaining to their properties like total area, usage and type of construction to avoid property tax, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to use Geographical Information...
Thursday, March 3rd, 2011
The benefits of mapping the informal settlement in slums has a large number of benefits. Detailing the settlement patterns allow for municipalities to provide services, such as water, sewer service and electricity. Mapping of slums provides the...
