Problems

GIS in Bangladesh is also experiencing problems on the way to its development. The rapid changes and development of hardwares and softwares pose a serious problem in its upgradation when necessary. There is hardly any co-ordination among organisations using GIS in terms of users' needs, applications, procurement of new softwares and data gathering and exchange of data among the government organisations, research bodies and academic organisations. So far the geographers have demonstrated better skills in analysing GIS outputs in the form of maps. But the local experts at government level are mainly from a non-geography background. Besides, lack of availability of resources, institutional weakness, poor information base, lack of government initiatives, conflicting interests between donor agencies, lack of expertise -- all have constrained its march.