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| Stakeholders discuss the implications & implementation of the Guidelines for acquiring & producing Geo-Spatial Data and Geo-Spatial Data Services including Maps |
New Delhi (Lisbon Times):- Dignitaries from a range of domains discussed the implications and the road to
implementation of the recently released Guidelines for acquiring and producing
Geo-Spatial Data and Geo-Spatial Data Services including Maps at stakeholders meet on
the issue.
“As
the next generation of mapping technologies develop, these guidelines will
enable Indian innovators to make advanced maps at the highest resolution,
empower small businesses, and make our lives easier,” said Principal Scientific
Adviser to the Government of India Professor K VijayRaghavan at the
stakeholder’s meet organized on February 19, 2021.
“The
new geospatial guidelines have liberated this sector and have implications in
several areas, whether it is mapping our biodiversity, our rivers, and
mountains, or using such data for health-care delivery, agriculture, or urban
planning. This is an opportunity for Indian industries to set up mapping and a
transformative one for both industry and science,” he added.
Secretary
Department of Science and Technology (DST), Prof Ashutosh Sharma, said that the
guidelines
will stimulate and empower Indian industry and surveying agencies without
diluting security concerns. Atmanirbharta in Geospatial products and
solutions can bring around one lakh crore business by 2030 and will also have
economic impact through development.
“Surveying
and mapping is very critical to planning and execution, and the guidelines will
lead to liberalization of the process of approval, the democratization of
geospatial data, and Atmanirbharata in the sector. Our corporations and
innovators will not require prior approvals before they collect, generate,
prepare, disseminate, store, publish, update digital geospatial data and maps
within the territory of India and it will also lead to fair and transparent
pricing of related products,” he pointed out.
Secretary, Department of
Space Dr.K.Sivan pledged support for
implementation of the geospatial guidelines. He said that the space-based
remote sensing policy that ISRO has now put in the public domain and the geospatial policy is going to do wonders for the country bringing new avenues.
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He added that ISRO is
committed to seeing all Indians benefit from the good work that has been done
at MapmyIndia over the last 25 years and helping accelerate India’s rise as the most advanced country in the world through the full power of our maps and
geospatial technologies, all developed indigenously in India, for India, and in
future, for the world.
Principal
Economic Adviser Shree SanjeevSanyal elaborated on the history of cartography
and the relevance of the guidelines in that context. He said that the
guidelines are historic at multilevel, and the Indian companies can now use them
for the development of society and the country. The announcement will lead to full liberalization of the
cartography and geo-spatial mapping sector, for the first time, this sector is
open to private innovation.
The meet was attended by representatives from several stakeholders like industry,
startups, academia, surveying agencies, and government ministries and
departments who participated in a panel discussion organized on the occasion.
The government has recently announced liberalized guidelines for geo-spatial data.
The guidelines drafted by the Department of Science and Technology bring
sweeping changes to India’s mapping policy, specifically for Indian companies.
With the advent of
publicly available geospatial services, a lot of Geospatial Data that used to
be in a restricted zone would be freely and commonly available now, and some of
the policies/guidelines that used to regulate such information have been
rendered obsolete and redundant. The guidelines would ensure what is readily
available globally does not need to be regulated. For Indian entities, it would mean complete
deregulation with no prior approvals, security clearances, licenses, etc. for
acquisition and production of geospatial data and geospatial data services,
including maps
High spatial accuracy
geospatial data finer than 1m horizontally and 3m vertically can now be acquired
and owned only by Indian entities and stored in servers physically located in
India Government agencies and others will collaborate and work towards
open-linked geospatial data.
The stakeholders benefitted will include practically every segment of society, from industry to academia to government departments. No security clearances are required for the acquisition of Geospatial data for SWAMITVA Project launched by Hon’ble PM to provide ownership titles to villagers for Abadi areas, National Hydrology Project, preparation of High-Resolution National Topographic Data Base, Geoid model, etc. by Survey of India, Industry, academia, for research, etc. It would also ensure ease of doing business, promoting innovation and unlocking of potential in the Geospatial sector.
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