GIS Development felicitates Ordnance Survey
Thursday May 03rd 2007
Filed Under GIS Development
PRESS RELEASE
GIS Development felicitates Ordnance Survey
3 May 2007, NOIDA, India: GIS Development, a leading communication network organisation working towards
promotion and propagation of geographic information science, technology and its applications, presented a
GIS Development Award to Ordnance Survey, United Kingdom’s national mapping agency for being a Role
Model for National Mapping Organisations Worldwide. The award was presented during the opening day of
Map Middle East 2007 at Dubai, UAE by Eng. Hussain Lootha. Director General of Dubai Municipality. Dr.
Vanessa Lawrence, Director General and Chief Executive Officer of Ordnance Survey accepted the award on
its behalf.
As a recognised leading National Mapping Agency, Ordnance Survey has been providing accurate, reliable and
detailed geographic data for more than 200 years. Today it is a dynamic, modern organisation, employing
1,490 people. It has invested in the latest technologies which enables them to update their maps on a
continuous basis and provide the most accurate and up to date maps to their clients. They have a vast range
of private and public-sector services, including central and local government, insurance, mobile location
services, land and property, retail, housing, transport, utilities and the emergency services.
Mr. Sanjay Kumar, Chief Executive Officer of GIS Development expressed his compliments to Ordnance Survey
saying, “Ordnance Survey has set an example for National Mapping Agencies worldwide to create and develop
a working model in partnership with private sector to generate and disseminate geospatial data for a variety
of uses. We, at GIS Development are very pleased to felicitate Ordnance Survey on its contribution for making
geospatial data a public commodity for the benefit of society at large.”
Earlier this year GIS Development had also felicitated few other eminent names and organisations from the
geospatial domain for their outstanding achievements and work in the field. The awards which were
distributed during Map World Forum in January in Hyderabad, India were given to
Mr. Jack Dangermond for Lifetime Achievement
SiRF Technologies for Empowering Location based Services
Google Earth for Making Geospatial Information a Public Commodity
Rolta India for Geospatial Leadership in India
ISPRS for Building Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing Professionals Network
ITC-The Netherlands for Capacity Building in Geospatial Technology
Dr. K. Kasturirangan for Leadership in Space Technologies
About Ordnance Survey
Ordnance Survey is Great Britain’s national mapping agency, providing the most accurate and up-to-date
geographic data, relied on by government, business and the public. For more information please visit:
www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk
About GIS Development
GIS Development promotes and propagates the usage of Geographic Information Science, Technology and
Applications in various areas of development, worldwide and Asia in particular. It assists community and
government in developing their productivity, policies and management capabilities by facilitating knowledge
transfer in the domain of geographic information. It fosters the growing network of those interested in geoinformatics
and encourages the exchange of scientific know-how through its key platforms: Magazines, Portal,
Conferences and Training.
For more details on this press release please contact:
Megha Datta
Marketing Coordinator
GIS Development Pvt Ltd
A-145, Sector - 63,
Noida (U.P.) - 201 301
INDIA
Tel: +91-120-4260800-808
Fax: +91-120-4260823-24
Email: megha.datta@gisdevelopment.net
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