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The new service is a variant of Google Earth and allows Web users to check high-resolution images of locations
Bangalore: There will soon be a local variant of Google Earth, the iconic and controversial service from Internet search company Google Inc. that allows ordinary people to take a close look at most parts of the world on their computer screens, using satellite images and maps.
The Indian Space Research Organization (Isro) is planning to launch a similar Web-based service that will allow users to check everything from the exact location of the new restaurant where they have booked a table for the evening to the state of flood-ravaged villages in Bihar.
The new mapping service will be called Bhuvan, which is the Sanskrit word for earth. “The content generation is taking time. We are doing first (the) internal evaluation and then the (public) launch,” said V. Jayaraman, director of the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) an Isro unit in Hyderabad that specializes in satellite image processing and distribution. He did not specify a launch date. Earlier, in November, the space agency had set a March deadline for Bhuvan to be operational. [...]
Read more: http://www.livemint.com/2009/03/03225016/Bhuvan-Isro8217s-answer-to.html
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