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After launching Bhuvan, ISRO will be able to map the entire earth.
'Bhuvan' to be launched in March
Tue-Dec 23, 2008
New Delhi / Press Trust of India
Bhuvan, India's response to Google Earth, will be launched in March 2009 and will provide high resolution imagery data of the order of five metre which would be of great relevance for real-time exercises, including disaster management and military operations.
"The Google Earth is providing high resolution data in the order of less than a metre. But the data is two to three years old. It cannot be of much use for any real-time exercise. But Bhuvan will provide the relevant data for any real-time exercise," S K Pathan, Head, Geo Informatics Data Division, ISRO, told PTI.
Bhuvan, to be launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), will be a better alternative to Google Earth in terms of quality of data, he said.
"Bhuvan, which means earth, will get the images from the satellites and provide high resolution imagery data of the order of five metre. This can be of use for real-time exercises like disaster management and military operations," he said.
For real-time exercises, the latest data is a guiding force, he said. It can show the topography, altitude, depth and other features of any specific location.
"This information will be required when you are undertaking a massive exercise like flood management or post-cyclone disaster mitigation," he said.
The data could be of use to manage public services, internal security, town planning and infrastructure development activities.
After launching Bhuvan, ISRO will be able to map the entire earth, both in terms of the upper land surface and the exotic minerals down below.
However, it is not yet decided whether the data can be put on the web, helping the public to access them. There are apprehensions that the data could be misused.
"Bhuvan will be created by March next year. Then we will seek the government's permission to put it on the web," Pathan said.
Asked whether there is any threat perception if Bhuvan is put on web, a senior Defense Ministry official allayed such fear.
"There is mechanism to block the image of certain locations. Or we can make the imagery of certain locations unclear which we think that these locations should not be projected," the official said.
"The Google Earth is providing high resolution data in the order of less than a metre. But the data is two to three years old. It cannot be of much use for any real-time exercise. But Bhuvan will provide the relevant data for any real-time exercise," S K Pathan, Head, Geo Informatics Data Division, ISRO, told PTI.
Bhuvan, to be launched by Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), will be a better alternative to Google Earth in terms of quality of data, he said.
"Bhuvan, which means earth, will get the images from the satellites and provide high resolution imagery data of the order of five metre. This can be of use for real-time exercises like disaster management and military operations," he said.
For real-time exercises, the latest data is a guiding force, he said. It can show the topography, altitude, depth and other features of any specific location.
"This information will be required when you are undertaking a massive exercise like flood management or post-cyclone disaster mitigation," he said.
The data could be of use to manage public services, internal security, town planning and infrastructure development activities.
After launching Bhuvan, ISRO will be able to map the entire earth, both in terms of the upper land surface and the exotic minerals down below.
However, it is not yet decided whether the data can be put on the web, helping the public to access them. There are apprehensions that the data could be misused.
"Bhuvan will be created by March next year. Then we will seek the government's permission to put it on the web," Pathan said.
Asked whether there is any threat perception if Bhuvan is put on web, a senior Defense Ministry official allayed such fear.
"There is mechanism to block the image of certain locations. Or we can make the imagery of certain locations unclear which we think that these locations should not be projected," the official said.
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remember bhuvan is in still beta testing phase.
and wats the probs if they make it available ? to see india in detail next bhuvan version will need proof of indian citizenship.
think of the amount of information it delivers..thnaks to ISRO
after the launch of the site (http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/ ) 2 days it was down due to over load of traffic. overnight another site by the name http://bhuvan2.nrsc.gov.in/
was created and started to operate. by this time only one site exists http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/
and its fully working.this was what the confusion is. u can download the plugin called terraexplorer ,once opened the site in IE u can see the 3d globe...
and better the speed of connection better it performs in terms of detail.
read http://bhuvanmap.blogspot.com to know next version of bhuvan.
thanks
DO NOT MAKE IT AVAILABLE LIKE GOOGLE STUPIDS HAVE... if this info is used for disaster management... it is also used for creating disasters! i hope we realise this and stop this GPS stupidity on mobile phones!!!
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