About the Reviewers

Prasad Lingam has been passionately exploring Geoinformation technologies for almost 10 years. He has gained knowledge in the application of Geoinformatics to areas such as urban planning, transportation, utilities, environment and construction management, thus leveraging his civil engineering background. He is currently working in the water and waste water domain, implementing geospatial analysis in Desktop GIS and promoting web as well as mobile-based GIS applications for solving operational and planning issues. His work experience spans to project locations such as Perth, the Middle East, New Zealand, Fiji, and India. He is keen toward studying the confluence of geospatial technologies with technologies such as Big Data, BIM, Geo-Visualization, and so on.

Shaik Shavali, a senior GIS developer at Dar Al-Riyadh, Shaik, has 7 to 8 years of experience in the field of geospatial technologies and projects. His areas of expertise are developing custom GIS web and mobile applications using the latest ESRI technologies. He was one of the lead developers for Emergency Response Management Systems for the largest Islamic pilgrimage (Hajj), gathering nearly 2 million people. Currently, he is actively taking part in designing and developing GIS projects for the government sector in Saudi Arabia.

He has received his bachelors in engineering. Presently, he is pursuing his masters in GIS through UNIGIS.

Firstly, I would like to thank Allah for his countless blessings. I would also like to thank my parents (Akbar Saheb and Fathima), in-laws (Ehasanulla and Shahnaz), and family for their emotional support, guidance, and prayers. Finally, I would like to thank my better half, Farheen Ehasanulla, for her love and support, which has always pushed me to do better. She is my backbone, best critic, and most importantly, my best friend.