BHUVAN by Isro-is India’s Google Earth

BHUVAN, Indian mapping service is India’s Google Earth.Bhuvan will be able to give you an image from only 10 meters awayISRO will unveil its new earth mapping service Bhuvan on August 12. ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair along with Minister of State Prithviraj Chavan will unveil the Bhuvan web portal at a function today.

Bhuvan will use images taken by ISRO’s seven
remote sensing satellites at least a year ago. These eyes in the sky
can capture images of objects as small as a car on the road to build
three-dimensional map of the world. ISRO’s Bhuvan is latest version of Google Earth, which allows common man to zoom into any part of the world on their personal computer using satellite images.

Bhuvan, meaning earth, is the addition to the numerous scientific innovations by SAC and is a satellite mapping tool, just like Google Earth or Wikimapia, but allows you to zoom far closer than the aerial view from a chopper. If Google Earth
shows details upto 200 metres distance and Wikimapia upto 50 metres,
Bhuvan will show images upto 10 metres, which means you can easily see
details upto a three floor high building and also add information.Bhuvan will use the data recorded by the Indian satellites only. With
Bhuvan we will be able to produce very local information which will be
specific to only to our own country. This information available from
this mapping system will be useful in addressing very local problems
like floods, famines, infrastructure development, education and much
more.

‘Bhuvan‘ After creating history by launching India’s first moon. Bhuvan, which means Earth in Sanskrit,

ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair will unveil the Bhuvan webportal, Bhuvan
will use images taken by ISRO’s seven remote sensing satellites at
least a year ago. These eyes in the sky can capture images of objects
as small as a car on the road to build three-dimensional map of the
world.