Multimedia survey of colonial India

The thesis emphasizes on building an intuitive and robust GIS(Geographic Information systems) tool which gives an insight into the colonial era of India, including the advent of independence. The GIS tool incorporates various European colonies and their territories on the ancient Indian map. The user can know more about the European colonies by clicking on the map.;The ancient Indian Map also incorporates the major cities and territories of the European countries which had colonies in India. This includes the colonies of the British, the Portuguese, the French, the Dutch and the Danish. The tool also depicts the post independence territorial map of India, Pakistan and Bangladesh which was a part of British India.;The tool has HTML (Hypertext markup language) pages which provide information on various European colonies and their trade and administration in colonial India. Web hyperlinks have been provided for the users which give more detailed information on the colonial period of India.;The tool has been developed in core JAVA. MOJO (Map Objects Java Edition) is used for presenting the ancient India map. Map Objects is developed by ESRI. The major features shown on the Indian map is designed using Map Objects. ESRI library modules have been used to render various graphical features on the map.;The user interface design uses HTML for content rendering and CSS for the styling. Some of the key aspects are shown using pictures which make the tool more interesting for the users.