NEW DELHI:
Union Minister of State for Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh today released the new application services of Bhuvan Geospatial platform of ISRO describing it as ”India’s Google”.
Speaking at an event organised here on the occasion of National Remote Sensing Day, celebrated on the birth anniversary of Prof. Vikram Sarabhai, the Minister said it was in line with the ‘Make in India’ vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
A ‘Hall of Space’ could be opened in the National Capital on the lines of ‘Hall of Nuclear Energy’ being set up at Pragati Maidan, he suggested adding that this would help in the dissemination of activities on technologies related to the space and the people of India, especially the youth, could benefit from it.
The Minister also released six documents and two brochures related to Bhuvan. The six unique documents on Bhuvan platform for public knowledge include user handbook, geospatial content standards, geospatial content, software specification description, outputs and products and mobile applications.
The informative brochures on Bhuvan that were released today included Bhuvan platform Gateway to Indian Geospatial products & services, and Ministry-wise Geospatial Applications on Bhuvan platform.
Dr Singh said ”for any technology to be sustainable, it has to be economically viable as well as socially relevant.” Space technology was being used for the benefit of society especially during Natural Disasters. (AGENCIES)
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