Brig. Girish Kumar, Deputy Surveyor General led an Indian Delegation to Islamabad from 13 to 15 Dec 04 to decide about joint survey of boundary pillars at the Sir Creek area. Pakistan Delegation was led by Maj. Gen. Jamilur Rehman Afridi, Surveyor General of Pakistan. Both the countries agreed to conduct a joint survey of the boundary pillars at Sir Creek area.

Joint Survey in the Sir Creek area commenced on 03rd January 2005.

Digital Mapping Centre (Dehradun) has been renamed as National Geo-spatial Data Centre(NGDC).

Digtal Mapping centre (Hyderabad) has been renamed as GIS and Remote Sensing Directorate.