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View: By providing entrepreneurs access to geospatial data, India is sitting on data and economic riches
Today, given the access to incredibly sophisticated technology and no red tape to discourage entrepreneurs, the scope and power to exploit geospatial data in the Indian context is magnified n-times over.
Synopsis
This policy change is not just about killing red tape. Instead, it is about the imminent convergence between the physical and digital world that this unshackling has enabled. Something that opens up incredible opportunities.
Last month, GoI undertook a radical makeover of the rules governing the acquisition and production of geospatial data. But for a small no-go list, every bit of geospatial data that will capture the geographical location of a street light, home, office, river, road, etc, can now be mapped by anyone including the private sector.