SURVEY OF INDIA GOES HIGH-TECH IN MAPPING
The Survey of
India has gone high-tech introducing Digital camera integrated,
Airborne Laser Terrain Mapping Technology. Launched as a pilot
project of the Department of Science and Technology, the Airborne
Laser Terrain Mapping (ALTM) is being executed in collaboration
with a Delhi-based Aerial survey firm with fully integrated systems
and equipment. With this the survey of India has become the first
to utilise the ALTM system in India and may be the first in the
Asia-Pacific region.
Induction of ALTM
forms an important part of the large scale modernisation of the
Survey of India and will enable it to produce large scale geospatial
data bases and meet customer's new requirements. This will also
enable Survey of India to play a much bigger role in the creation
of National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI).
The Survey of India
collected the data during May and now it is under process. From
these data it will produce Digital Terrain Model (DTM), Digital
Elevation Model (DEM), Orthophoto maps, line maps and fly-throughs.
After signing the
agreement with the Delhi firm, the Surveyor General of India said
here yesterday that now we have the capability to generate very
highly accurate maps in very quick time, specially needed for
pre and post disaster management, corridor surveys for infrastructure
development such as national highways, railways and inter-linking
of rivers. Flood plain mapping is a very crucial area, where this
technology can be effectively used. Survey of India will now be
offering its services to all the Agencies, including private,
requiring large-scale maps for urban and rural planning, disaster
management, infrastructure development, revenue records maintenance.
