GEOSPATIAL TECHNOLOGY

On the Occasion of the 1st Anniversary of the Release of Geospatial Data, the Government said that geospatial technology along with Drones will survey all the over 6 lakh Indian villages under the SVAMITVA scheme. Also the pan-India 3D Maps will be prepared for 100 Indian cities.
Geospatial Policy will be announced soon as the liberalisation of the guidelines has yielded very positive outcomes within one year’s time.
SVAMITVA Scheme is a reformative step towards establishment of clear ownership of property in rural inhabited (Abadi) areas.

Geospatial Technology

Geospatial technology uses tools like GIS (Geographic Information System) GPS (Global Positioning System) and Remote Sensing for geographic mapping and analysis.
These tools capture spatial information about objects, events and phenomena (indexed to their geographical location on earth, geotag). The location data may be Static or Dynamic.
Static location data include position of a road, an earthquake event or malnutrition among children in a particular region while dynamic location data include data related to a moving vehicle or pedestrian, the spread of an infectious disease etc.
The technology may be used to create intelligent maps to help identify spatial patterns in large volumes of data.
The technology facilitates decision making based on the importance and priority of scarce resources.

Challenges

There is no demand for geospatial services and products on a scale linked to India’s potential and size.
This is mainly due to the lack of awareness among potential users in government and private.
The other hurdle has been the lack of skilled manpower across the entire pyramid.
The unavailability of foundation data, especially at high-resolution, is also a constraint.
Essentially, foundation data can be seen as common data tables which are shared between multiple applications or processes which are supposed to create a sturdy foundation for good service automation and management
The lack of clarity on data sharing and collaboration prevents co-creation and asset maximisation.
There are still no ready-to-use solutions especially built to solve the problems of India.

Way Forward

There is a need to establish a geo-portal to make all public-funded data accessible through data as a service model.
It is important to inculcate the culture of data sharing, collaboration and co-creation.

SOURCE: THE HINDU,THE ECONOMIC TIMES,MINT

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