Abstract

The development of rural areas is an initiative which should hold prime importance in our exponentially growing modern world. Owing to the high demand of better quality, consistency and accurate geographic data in the 20th century we have seen an unprecedented change in how rural development can take place. Areas such as irrigation, soil testing, pest control, impact of urbanization have greatly improved by the use of accurate Geographic Information. There is a growing agenda to prioritize healthcare and the monitoring of available primary healthcare resources in its raw form, such as the location of medicinal plants and its distribution. Thus using GI we can accurately identify these locations and various other details for use in primary health care in rural areas of the country.