The MapmyIndia and ISRO Collaboration For Indigenous Mapping Systems

ISRO AND MapmyIndia Collaboration 

Why in NEWS?

• Recently ISRO and MapmyIndia has entered into a memorandum of understanding[MoU] for developing a fully indigenous mapping portal.

What is the MoU?

•  ISRO and MapmyIndia has entered into a memorandum of understanding[MoU] for developing a fully indigenous mapping portal and geospatial services for India based in location-based Software and artificial intelligence based solutions.

• Through the MoU, The combined geospatial expertise of the department and CE info systems (MapmyIndia) will be leveraged through their respective geoportals.

• It also combines the power of MapmyIndia digital maps and technologies with ISRO catalogue of satellite imaging and Earth observation data said CEO of MapmyIndia.

• This collaboration will enable both that aims to jointly identify and build holistic geoportals solution utilizing the earth observation data sets NavIC Web services and API is available in map my India ,Bhuvan ,Vedas and MOSDAC geoportals.

Important details

• MapmyIndia CEO and executive director Rohan Verma

Google Monopoly system

• Main reason behind this is Android where the Google maps and Google Earth comes pre-installed
• Due to the quality service provided by Google to the consumers and run efficiently.

What Is MapmyIndia ?

• MapmyIndia is an Indian technology company that builds digital map data and other related services
• The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered at New Delhi with regional offices in Mumbai and Bengaluru and smaller offices across India it has also an international office in the San Francisco bay area

What  MapmyIndia said related to this collaboration

• Some people think that the foreign mapping systems are free but they are not so because they collect the users data and used it for their advertisements and making money.

•  the people think that the foreign mapping systems are free but they are not show because they collect the users data and used it for their advertisements and making money.

• Also the privacy of a user is not secure in some cases.

• MapmyIndia clarified that it will not use the users data for such business models.

Conclusion

"You don't need Google Maps/Earth any longer", Rohan Verma in a LinkedIn post.