Topic
Geospatial Data
6 items.
4 May 2017
Blog post
SoI’s Open Series Maps Fails to Implement Public Sharing of Govt DataAlthough it has made the topographic maps or the Open Series Maps available to general public, Survey of India’s (SoI) Nakshe portal will have to go through a variety of litmus test, as the initiative fails to implement the mandates of …
5 Jun 2016
Blog post
CIS's Comments on the Draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016The Centre for Internet and Society is alarmed by the Draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016, and has recommended that the proposed law be withdrawn in its entirety. It offered the following detailed comments as its submission.
1 Jun 2016
Blog post
Comments on the National Geospatial Policy (Draft, V.1.0), 2016The Department of Science and Technology published the first public draft of the National Geospatial Policy (v.1.0) on May 05, 2016, and invited comments from the public. CIS submitted the following comments in response. The comments were …
17 May 2016
Blog post
Protecting the Territory, Killing the MapThe politics of making and using maps in India has taken a sudden and complex turn with the publication of the draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016. Contrary to the expectations arising out of several government schemes that …
11 May 2016
Blog post
Legal Challenges to Mapping in India #1 - Laws, Policies, and CasesResponding to the draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill and the draft National Geospatial Policy made public recently, this post provides an overview of the present configuration of laws, policies, and guidelines that provides the …
29 Mar 2016
Blog post
Consultation on 'National Geospatial Policy' - Notes and SubmissionThe Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has constituted a National Expert Committee for developing a draft National Geospatial Policy (NGP) to provide appropriate guidelines for collection, analysis, use, and …