Geospatial data policy eases business of map making
February 19, 2021
× The government’s decision to liberalise its geospatial data policy earlier this week has been welcomed by academics and entrepreneurs alike as this would bring immense value to general public, help enterprises develop innovative products and make governance more transparent and hassle-free.
“Surveying and mapping is so critical to decision-making, planning, infrastructure, logistics and to services with 80 per cent of all data having some geospatial component. Hence it is important to have ease of doing business in surveying and mapping,” said Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology (DST).
Surveying and mapping has been freed of all pre-approvals as also vetting of data. Data has been democratised with whatever produced using taxpayer money in public domain, except those required for security purposes and collected by security agencies. It is also for empowering both public
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India is putting out its mapping, geospatial data available for general use
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February 15, 2021 22:55 IST
The announcement comes at a time when advances in mapping technology, including aerial vehicles, mobile mapping systems, and LIDAR and RADAR sensors, are giving a lift to innovation in eCommerce, logistics and urban transportation sectors.
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India has so far been reliant on foreign resources for mapping technologies and services.
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The announcement comes at a time when advances in mapping technology, including aerial vehicles, mobile mapping systems, and LIDAR and RADAR sensors, are giving a lift to innovation in eCommerce, logistics and urban transportation sectors.
Google maps not authentic since not charted by government: Country s top surveyor
Google maps not authentic since not charted by government: Country s top surveyor
Google Maps Are Not Considered authentic Since They Are Not Charted By The Government, The Country s Top Surveyor Has Said. PTI | Updated on: 23 Jun 2017, 07:16:07 PM
New Delhi:
According to the the country s top surveyor, Google maps are not considered authentic since they are not charted by the government. Swarna Subba Rao, the Surveyor General of India, said on Thursday that maps prepared by the Survey of India, a 250-year-old institute in Dehradun, were used for vital infrastructure projects.
Astrosat satellite spots dinosaurs of the universe globular star cluster: Dept of Sci-tech
The team of scientists found about 34 UV-bright stars were found to be members of the globular cluster.
Jan 22, 2021 09:22:32 IST
Astronomers, with the help of India s first multi-wavelength space satellite Astrosat, have spotted a massive intriguing globular cluster in the Milky Way galaxy with rare hot UV-bright stars in it, the Department of Science and Technology said on Thursday. These stars whose inner core is almost exposed, making them very hot, exist in the late stages of evolution of a Sun-like star. It is not clear how these stars end their lives as not many of them are detected in these fast-evolving phases, making their study crucial.