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Drones to Map the Country
September 17 , 2019
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- The Survey of India (SoI) will for the first-time use drones to map the country.
- 300 drones will be used to map 75% of India’s geography (2.4 million sq. km)
- Unprecedented details will be captured.
- Such high-resolution maps of land in villages will facilitate the digitisation of land titles in villages.
- Currently the best SoI maps have a resolution of 1:250000, meaning a 1 cm in the map represents 2500 cm on the ground.
- The maps being prepared now will be of 1:500 resolution, meaning 1 cm will represent 500 cm.
About
- Survey of India is the National Survey and Mapping Organization of the country.
- It is the oldest scientific department of the Government of India.
- It was set up in 1767 and headquarters is at Dehradun, Uttarakhand.
- It is under the Department of Science & Technology.
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