Thursday, August 20, 2009

Bhuvan, is satellite mapping tool

Bhuvan, is satellite mapping tool similar to Google earth and wikimapia. This is designed by ISRO. Bhuvan uses Indian Remote Sensing satellites and gives exceptionally superior quality picture of India compared to any other visual globe tool.

This gives better resolution of India and cleared of all sensitive details for security concern. Along with this has other tools such as weather monitoring, disaster mapping-flood and draught affected area mapping and also helps in district administration as it maps the district boundaries of all states of India.

National Remote Sensing Agency played an important role in the creation of this product. ISRO has used data provided by satellites including Resourcesat-1, Cartosat-1 and Cartosat-2 to get the best possible imagery for India both in 2D and 3D view.

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