Using the latest IT developments, National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO) would map the entire country down to the village level using spatial technology.
KOLKATA: Using the latest developments in IT, the National Atlas and Thematic Mapping Organisation (NATMO) would map the entire country down to the village level using spatial technology through its Golden Map Service.
"After the advancements in remote sensing, GIS and GPS, now is the era of web cartography in mobile communication. NATMO will take a leading role in this field, in its Golden Map Service project," NATMO director Pritthis Nag said.
The programme will be launched tomorrow at the concluding ceremony of NATMO's golden jubilee. A national seminar on 'Geospatial Technology and Thematic cartography' has also been scheduled on the occasion, to be inaugurated by Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Science, Kapil Sibal.
Explaining the Golden Map Service concept, he said under the project, the entire country would be mapped on large scale maps right up to the village level. "The service will involve all thrust areas of geospatial technologies along with web, internet and communication technologies."
Geospatial technology has gone far ahead in the field of digital mapping through remote sensing, GIS and GPS. "Large scale data are now available on computers, depicting even 3D views of various infrastructures like roads and buildings with help of high resolution imagery."
Based on micro-level spatial data analysis and integrated geospatial technologies, modern thematic cartography is able to provide various inputs for planning to help administrators, planners, academicians and researchers, Nag said.
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