Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC), Government of Tamil Nadu has initiated a process to improvise governance, physical and social infrastructure. The main thrust of the initiative is to address the needs of the urban sector through an integrated approach for sustainable local economic and urban development.
While IT enablement has helped integrate and analyze large sets of data, the probe for generating revenue using IT is increasingly required. The concept and application of GIS, therefore was found to be viable for meeting the purpose and requirements.