January – Geospatial Industry – Looking Beyond
This anniversary issue will focus on all the aspects of geospatial technology/industry – initiatives, policies, applications, software/hardware, new satellites, education and science. The edition will try to analyse and bring out the opportunities and challenges under the entire gamut of ‘geospatial’ and what to look forward to in the future. The edition will feature views and interviews of ‘who’s who’ in the geospatial arena.

February – Sustainable Planet Earth
In line with the spirit and promise of Map World Forum 2009, this edition will talk about the many issues relating to the sustainability of planet Earth like food security, forests, species extinction, climate change and disaster management and how geospatial technologies can provide a holistic view on these issues, identify the problems/issues and provide technological solutions for a better tomorrow.

March – Design And Engineering
The basic element of all design and engineering – CAD - and GIS, though differ in many aspects, share one major characteristic – they both deal with geometry. CAD and GIS systems provide information on and deliver representations of the real-world objects in each phase of the product lifecycle and there is an increasing tendency to integrate them. The edition will deal with several areas of application like design of infrastructure, visualisation, simulation and data collection where incorporation of geospatial technologies proved to cut costs and avoid design and engineering errors.

April – Technology Convergence
Remote sensing, photogrammetry, GIS, CAD, AM/FM and navigation were once different vertical segments. But now, these geo-enabled technologies are converging and their markets becoming horizontal. Developers are merging or fusing geospatial content like maps, earth images and 3D with other types of content in several ways to make new applications. Mashups, navigation applications, grid computing and cloud computing are just but a few examples in this direction. Technology convergence, market horizontalisation and information fusion are real phenomena today, and for sure will shape up the industry in the future.

May – Energy
Exploration, conservation of energy and search for alternative sources of energy are the need of the hour to achieve energy security for future generations. Geospatial tools offer technical and economic benefits for the energy sector, be it oil, gas, wind or other renewable and non-renewable sources of energy. The edition will feature the application of geospatial technologies in the exploration, production, distribution and efficient management of energy sources, their environmental impact and risk management.

June – Governance
Governance has taken a revolutionary path by incorporating technological developments including GIS in creating transparency, speed and convenience in processes, facilitating interaction between governments and citizens and enhancing revenues. Digital mapping technologies that enable geographical analyses proved to be effective decision making tools at all levels of governance. The edition will bring out the extended role of GIS in governance – be it local, state or central and how various governments utilise this technology in taking up and implementing various programmes pertaining to land, taxation, health, social infrastructure etc. in a bid to reach out to the public better.

July - Special issue on Africa
African nations are gearing up to take the second mover advantage in the use of geospatial technology. From building SDIs to use of geospatial technology in agriculture and natural resources management to creating spatially enabled governments, African nations are using this technology full throttle in the course of development. This edition will feature various geospatial initiatives in the region, be it by the national mapping agencies, multilateral organisations or United Nations’ bodies. In short, the edition will be a report on Africa vis-à-vis geospatial technology status, challenges and opportunities.

August – Public Private Partnership
Public private partnerships have come of age. PPPs in geospatial are now recognised and implemented world wide to reduce public sector borrowing, build capacities, bring in technological innovation, operational efficiency and synergies among all the stakeholders and create a win-win situation. These, in effect, are connecting communities and creating new dimensions in the geospatial arena. The edition will discuss challenges and opportunities in public-private partnerships in the context of data pricing, data sharing, intellectual property rights, standards, SDIs and businesses.

September - Security
Security is multi-faceted and is of prime importance for the sustenance of humanity on planet earth. From ensuring food security to tackling terrorism, from resource planning to information security, from fresh water management to recycling of waste water, geospatial information is an important intelligence in today’s networked world. This special issue will deal with all aspects of security in geospatial realm including food security, water security, energy security, financial security, climate, homeland security, integrated intelligence and geo-forensics.

October – Utilities
Network planning, asset management, outage management, mobile workforce management, pipeline route planning, detecting pipeline leakage, troubleshooting, emergency response, signal coverage, geocoding assets like transmission towers and client addresses – you name any application in utilities; geospatial technology has an integrated operational support solution. It can provide comprehensive, enterprise-capable, network asset infrastructure management platform. The edition will cover the wide and far-reaching application of GIS in electricity, gas, water supply, sewage, telecommunications etc. The edition will also feature case-studies and success stories of this technology in utilities management from across the globe.

November – Positioning
From providing information on nearest shopping mall to finding the shortest route to reach a hospital in emergency to satellite navigation, positioning technologies have come of age. Personal navigation, fleet management, geocoded information on mobiles, incorporation of location in business operations and a host of location based applications and services are gaining momentum. The edition will also cover latest technology aspects in positioning like inertial navigation, wide area augmentation services and integration of GPS with Wi-Fi and RFID.

December – Geospatial for Lifestyle & Yearbook
The technology that is so far been quite complex and limited to huge projects is now invading the living rooms of people. The ever growing geospatial toolbox and interfaces are slowly making this technology simple to use and an everyday item. From geo-tagged cameras to personal navigational devices to 3G services on mobiles to real-time traffic information to GPS enabled watches and fitness gear, geospatial technology is donning an ubiquitous avatar. This edition will talk about how geospatial technology is evolving to creating new avenues for a better lifestyle. This edition will also have a compilation of significant events and happenings in the industry, academia and the government and will serve as ready-reference of the geospatial industry for the year that was - 2009.