The NDDB GIS server is the first attempt of its kind, where village level integration of data has been done, at such a large scale, for the dairy sector. Many GIS analysis, both spatial & non-spatial can be made through this application. Some illustrative examples are given below:
Illustration I:
Kolhapur Milk Union in Maharashtra has initiated a “re-vegetation” activity of a fodder development programme in this village under NDP-I. As a stakeholder, information is required for promoting dairy related activities pertaining to this particular village. The i-DGIS provides the information as below along with map. (Fig: 1)
- Village: Gogave
- Tehsil: Sahuwadi
- District: Kolhapur (Maharashtra)
- Households: 373
- Buffaloes: 205
- Xbred Cows: 117
- Population: 1809
- Cultivators: 616
- Agricultural Labourers: 14
- Village Area (in hectares): 764
- Cultivated Area: 715
- Irrigated Area: 23
- Culturable Wasteland: 11

It can be seen that along with the village boundaries (which are important to delineate the area within the village, where culturable wastelands are present for possible fodder development) , i-DGIS is able to show the entire datasets pertaining to village wise Human Census, Livestock Census and Village amenities dataset.
Illustration II:
Which are the villages that lie within 2-3 Km on either side of this road? Can some of these villages with dairy potential become part of our program by extending the existing milk route?

Illustration III:
How many villages, say within a radius of 3 km, can we cover if the Bulk Milk Cooler (BMC) is set up in this village? What is the combined breed able bovine livestock population in these villages?

Illustration IV:
Which villages have been already covered under bulking i.e. Village Based Milk Procurement System (VBMPS)? What is the scope of enhancing the coverage areas?

Illustration V:
Which is the village where a diary infrastructure, say, Bulk Milk Cooler, is located, when the coordinates are known by GPS readings (XY Longitude/Latitude) but the revenue village name is not known?

Illustration VI:
How to analyze the coverage of retail outlets in a given area?

Illustration VII:
How to map the milk routes using GIS?
