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'Bhuvan' to be launched in March
New Delhi, Dec 23 (PTI) 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 have mapping of 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. PTI BKM
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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 have mapping of 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. PTI BKM
RKM
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