BENGALURU:
The Centre plans to spend as much as Rs 1,000 crore to digitally map
the country using drones and validate through foot on street to
create a topographic database.
“The need to have a digital map of India was felt as it would enable better decision making in the government. The map will have all types of records including land details, socio-economic data, road network, etc,” Prof Ashutosh Sharma, secretary to the government (Ministry of Science and Technology) told reporters at Indian Institute of Science on Monday
“The need to have a digital map of India was felt as it would enable better decision making in the government. The map will have all types of records including land details, socio-economic data, road network, etc,” Prof Ashutosh Sharma, secretary to the government (Ministry of Science and Technology) told reporters at Indian Institute of Science on Monday
The
Survey of India, the country’s oldest scientific department —
which is tasked with the responsibility — has chalked out a
five-year plan to complete the project. “We have started the
exercise in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Haryana. The project will be
extended to other states but the respective government should show
interest and also provide some financial support,” Sharma
said.
While the drones, mostly outsourced, will ..
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