Why use GIS Data?
GIS as a tool helps locate available information spatially. All the information available on a particular area can be collated using this tool. Thus, information which would otherwise be fragmented can be viewed form a comprehensive shared database, enabling one department to benefit from the work of another. The GIS data collected once can be customised for varied purposes and used many times. EIC and GIS Data GIS data in India, is generated by a number of agencies, however, the full and complete potential of this data cannot be realised as it is generated in different formats. In addition the geographical constraint due to the generation of this GIS data at different locations in the country and further the absence of a common bank for the depositing of GIS data, makes this data accessibility difficult for the user. The MoEF has therefore initiated this effort to bring all the available information under one umbrella. Environmental Information Centre was then set-up to work as a repo
