International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) ISSN (Online): 2319-7064 Index Copernicus Value (2013): 6.14 | Impact Factor (2015): 6.391 Volume 5 Issue 5, May 2016 www.ijsr.net Licensed Under Creative Commons Attribution CC BY Web GIS based Information System for Rural Development Simhachalam Alajangi 1 , Kesava Rao Pyla 2 , Amminedu Eadara 3 , Prasad N S R 4 1 National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, North Eastern Regional Centre, Guwahati - 781022, India 2 National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500030, India 3 Departmentof Geoengineering, College of Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam-5300003, India 4 National Institute of Rural Development & Panchayati Raj, North Eastern Regional Centre, Guwahati - 781022, India Abstract: Web based GIS are evolved from different Web maps and client server architecture to distributed ones. As such, Internet reshapes all functions of information systems including: gathering, storing, retrieving, analyzing, and visualizing data. Moreover, disseminating spatial information on the Internet improves the decision making processes. The importance of Web-based GIS applications for government and analyze the information they produce to establish their impact on efficiency, effectiveness and transparency of government organizations. The potential and capability of remote sensing and GIS for providing cost and time-effective resource database to prepare Resource database using remote sensing and GIS techniques to strengthen various aspects of decentralized block level planning through a coordinated approach. An attempt was made to develop a Web enabled geo-information system for the Moinabad Mandal, Ranga Reddy District, Telangana. Further this database was used to develop a web GIS based geodatabase using ArcGIS Server. It enables the users to know the information and take better decisions, better planning and monitoring in rural development sector. Keywords: Web GIS, Geo Database, Thematic Layers, Rural Development, ArcGIS Server 1. Introduction The geographic information system has been an effective tool for implementation and monitoring of ruraland urban resources. The use of GIS has been in vogue primarily due to the advantage mentioned below  Planning of project  Make better decisions  Visual analysis  Improve organizational integration WebGIS is a new technology used for data display and to access analysis and query functionality from a GIS Server over the internet or intranet. Interactivity, user-friendliness and platform independent operation are some of the major advantages of webGIS. 1.1 Planning of Project Advantage of GIS is often found in detailed planning of project having a large spatial component, where analysis of the problem is a pre requisite at the start of the project. Thematic maps generation is possible on one or more than one base maps, example: the generation of a land use map on the basis of a soil composition, vegetation and topography. The unique combination of certain features facilitates the creation of such thematic maps. With the various modules within GIS it is possible to calculate surface, length, width and distance. 1.2 Making decisions The adage "better information leads to better decisions" is as true for GIS as it is for other information systems. A GIS, however, is not an automated decision making system but a tool to query, analyze, and map data in support of the decision making process. GIS technology has been used to assist in tasks such as presenting information at planning inquiries, helping resolve territorial disputes, and siting pylons in such a way as to minimize visual intrusion. 1.3 Improving Organizational Integration Many organizations that have implemented a GIS have found that one of its main benefits is improved management of their own organization and resources. Because GIS has the ability to link data sets together by geography, it facilitates interdepartmental information sharing and communication. By creating a shared database one department can benefit from the work of another-data can be collected once and used many times. 2. Web based GIS Applications Web application is an application that is accessed over a network such as the internet or an intranet (Shklar and Rosen, 2009). Web applications are popular because of the ubiquity of web browsers and the convenience of using a web browser as a client, sometimes called a thin client (Peng and Tsou, 2003). A key reason for their popularity is the ability to update and maintain web applications without distributing and installing software on potentially thousands of client computers and is the inherent support for cross- platform compatibility (Fowler and Stanwick, 2004). 2.1The number of web-based applications that use techniques derived from geographic information system (GIS) have seen an enormous increase (Haklay et al., 2008). Through a web interface, GIS equipped tools can provide a Paper ID: NOV164015 2469