In another step towards Atmanirbhar Bharat, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and digital mapping and location-based deep-tech company MapmyIndia on Friday (12 February) will jointly offer a fully indigenous, mapping portal and geospatial services.
At present, the most widely used digital map is Google Maps and with this indigenous service, Indians will no longer have to rely on a foreign service.
By combining the power of MapmyIndia’s digital maps and technologies with ISRO’s catalogue of satellite imagery and earth observation data, the end-user maps, apps and services are expected to be a much better, more detailed and comprehensive mapping solution for Indians. The company also hailed their indigenous mapping solution as privacy-centric and “hyper-local”.
“This partnership with ISRO heralds a new dawn of Aatmanirbhar Bharat in the strategic area of maps and geospatial technologies,” Rohan Verma, CEO & Executive Director, MapmyIndia, said in a statement.
“You don’t need Google Maps/Earth any longer”, Verma said in the headline in an article on LinkedIn.
“MapmyIndia’s maps cover all 7.5 lakh villages, 7500+ cities at street and building-level, connected by all 63 lakh kilometers of road network pan India and within cities, in total providing maps for an unparalleled 3+ crore places across India,” the company said in the statement.
The company also made it very clear that as a local Indian company, its maps will only reflect the true sovereignty of the country, depicting India’s borders as per government of India.
Indian scientists and academicians will now have access to the best satellite imagery, earth observation data, digital map data and advanced geospatial technologies. Also, users will have access to various map-based analytics and insights about the weather condition, pollution, agricultural output, land-use changes, flood and landslide disasters, among others, the company said.
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