ISRO to unveil mapping application 'Bhuvan' tomorrow

New Delhi, Aug 11 (PTI) Indian Space Research
Organisation (ISRO) will unveil its version of Google Earth,
the iconic mapping service for the common man to zoom into any
part of the world on their personal computer using satellite
images.

However, the new mapping service -- Bhuvan, which means
earth in Sanskrit -- will allow users to have a closer look at
any part of the subcontinent barring sensitive locations such
as military and nuclear installations.

ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair will unveil the Bhuvan
webportal at a function here on Thursday in the presence of
Minister of State in the PMO Prithviraj Chavan.

Bhuvan will use images taken by ISRO's seven remote
sensing satellites at least a year ago. These eyes in the sky
can capture images of objects as small as a car on the road to
build three-dimensional map of the world.

The pictures are expected to be sharper than those on
Google Earth as Bhuvan uses 10 meter resolution images as
against 200 meter resolution photos offered by others.

Unlike in Google Earth, users will not be able to
download images from Bhuvan and will be able to browse content
like on any website.

"With Bhuvan, we will be able to produce very local
information which will be specific to only our own country.
This information available from this mapping system will be
useful in addressing very local problems like floods, famines,
infrastructure development, education and much more," Nair
said. PTI SKU
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