Indian Space Research Organisation, Bhuvan
11/03/2008:
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing a web based information system for India that will taken on Google Earth. In Gandhinagar yesterday, ISRO chief G. Madhavan Nair announced a new program named "Bhuvan", Sanskrit for Earth. The program will provide high resolution images of India and details of every destination. ISRO will launch an Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS) called Bhuvan and an information portal called Bhu-Sampada. The information collected will be provided different government agencies for urban planning, traffic management, crop planning, education and forest planning. Some of the data will be free to users, while high resolution images will be provided for a cost. Bhuvan will be able to provide images upto 10 metres.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is developing a web based information system for India that will taken on Google Earth. In Gandhinagar yesterday, ISRO chief G. Madhavan Nair announced a new program named "Bhuvan", Sanskrit for Earth. The program will provide high resolution images of India and details of every destination. ISRO will launch an Indian Remote Sensing Satellite (IRS) called Bhuvan and an information portal called Bhu-Sampada. The information collected will be provided different government agencies for urban planning, traffic management, crop planning, education and forest planning. Some of the data will be free to users, while high resolution images will be provided for a cost. Bhuvan will be able to provide images upto 10 metres.
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