GPS import in India was derestricted in Jan,04 - Bal Krishna, june’05
If we go strictly by rule that exists on paper, making a GPS operational without a license from WPC is not allowed – P. K. Garg, July’05
If GPS needs a license to operate in India then what is the procedure
for obtaining that license - Sudipto Roy, Jan07

It was easy to have detected Sumatra Offshore Earthquake from GPS - Shunji Murai and Harumi Araki, July’05 Rapid data acquisition and information services have contributed greatly to the rescue work and disaster relief efforts in Wenchuan Earthquake - Deren Li, July’08

Muneendra Kumar Speaks

If you have GPS, who needs a Geodesist? - Dec’05 “The usage of GPS surveyed accurate ellipsoidal heights will be significantly cost effective and time saving for any project.”- Jan’06 “Any ITRF does not constitute a geodetic system. It is adopted to define the system”- June’07

The National Map Policy
Hope that guidelines will be comprehensive, clear and fair. Ajay Lavakare - July’05 It stands as a pale shadow of the original proposal - Amitabha Pande Aug’05 The concept of the Map Transaction Register sounds to be too rigid - J G Krishnayya, Jun’06

SiReNT - Positioning Singapore for the future - Singapore Land Authority,- Aug’06 MyRTKnet has been successfully implemented with the establishment of a Network of Ref Stations - JUPEM, June’06

A unique reference frame for the American continent was established
by geodetic observation campaigns, SIRGAS95 and 2000 - May’06
I believe it is a myth that Galileo will give Europe independence of the US - David Last, Feb’07

The market will move away from pure navigation to also-navigation
– Alden Lee, May’07
Indian customers want cheap and best - Amit Prasad, Nov’08
Time to inject more realism into the Galileo Programme - Miguel Romay Merino, Sep-07

Galileo is daunting technologically, frightening financially, and maddening by the complex layers of intra- European political hurdles - F. Michael Swiek, Sep-07
Is certification of Galileo a bureaucratic overhead? - Martin Grzebellus, April’08
There is a need for surveyors that want to grow in GIS and GIS people who have survey inclination - Jack Dangermond, March’07

There is threat to both professions unless it is recognised that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. - Craig Roberts, June’07
We should build this bridge and should aim at integrating these two
areas - Stig Enemark, June’07
A close cooperation of universities with industry is necessary in satellite navigation - Günter W Hein, March’ 07

Students need to know capabilities and limitations of GNSS - Deok Won Lim, Jan’09
Geomatics industry in India has been primarily catering to the demands of set trends - S. Ghosh & S. Biswas, Jan’09
India is locked in wrong and outdated datum - Munnendra Kumar, Aug’06
We need Everest2007 soon!! - Lt Gen S P Mehta (Retd), Late M N Kulkarni and N K Agrawal, Feb’07
Survey of India took a conscious decision to switchover from Everest co-ordinate system to Geocentric co-ordinate system (ITRF) - Brig (Dr) B Nagarajan & R K Sawhney, April’07
Methodologies have to be evolved and institutional framework should further be strengthened - Dr K Kasturirangan, July’06

In ambitious programmes, it takes time to reach consensus. V S Ramamurthy, Jul’ 06
Make SDI happen now… or else there will be a good Indian spatial database from outside soon - Mukund Rao, Aug’ 07
The future will see the combined use of GPS and other GNSS – Ian Dowman, Nov’05

If the US withdraw GPS signal, the GAGAN system will collapse - K Ramalingam, Jan’06
GPS cannot be selectively turned off - Michael Shaw, July’07
Biggest GPS market in Japan is car navigation - H Nishiguchi, Mar’06
It is a time to talk about Asian satellite navigation system - Gyu-In Jee, Oct’ 06
Market needs will decide a nation’s geospatial policy - Matthew O’Connell, June’ 07
With slashed products prices, we will see improved web based services - V Jayaraman, Jan’ 09
Continued innovation is a primary driver for us - S Berglund, May’ 09
Future convenience and high value of GNSS data and applications will have a revolutionary impact - Keith D McDonald -Jan’ 08

The most promising technology will be made by the digital convergence of WLAN, RFID and UWB - Sang Jeong Lee - Jan’ 08
New signals, new applications, lower prices, more accuracy. All points to the acceleration of the navigation and positioning revolution - John Pottle -Jan’ 08
Map the earth to enrich the globe - Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, Dec’06
Errors by operators during vector capture from 3-D models require extensive rework - B Chintalapuri, V. Raghu Venkataraman, March’08
Neither the goals nor the procedures of 3D mapping are clearly defined yet. The available technologies require a fresh approach to mapping”- A Gruen, K Wolff, July’ 08

Growth driver of LBS after 2005, was the development and availability of assisted-GPS technology - R Challamel, Sep'08 There is significant market potential for mobile navigation in India - Steve Brazier, May'08 Mobile spatial information service for pedestrians must provide useful instructions to the individual's - Alexandra Millonig, Aug'08

Authoritative data are closest to the source, authentic and accurate
for the functions that they are intended for - L J Khoi, Feb’09

NMOs use their own traditions in map-making. It is difficult to hold them- P Nag, Feb’09
Chandrayaan-1 is India’s first mission to moon for remote sensing and mapping of the lunar surface - P K Srivastava, B Gopala Krishna and Amitabh, Apr’09