Question: Survey of India will deploy how many drones map the country?
(a) 100
(b) 200
(c) 300
(d) 400
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
(a) 100
(b) 200
(c) 300
(d) 400
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- The Survey of India (SoI), the oldest scientific department of country is historically tasked with mapping the country, will for the first time rely on drones to map the country.
- SoI which is India’s National Survey and Mapping Organization is in charge of mapping and surveying entire country.
- SoI is affliated to the Department of Science and Technology (DST).
- As a precursor to undertake such drone-based mapping exercises, Survey of India has signed agreements with districts in Haryana (6), Karnataka (2) and Maharashtra (2).
- Every square kilometre mapped by drones will be encapsulated in 2500 pictures and thus be a store of digital data.
- The mapping will be creating high-resolution maps of the land in villages facilitating the digitization of land titles in villages, according to officials involved with the survey.
- The objective is to map 75% of India’s geography, about 2.4 million sq km of the 3.2 million sq km, within the next two years. However forests, hills and deserts are likely to be left out.
- A major consequence of drone-based exercise will be mapping of settled habitations in villages. Based on availability of accurate maps, residents will finally be able to get property cards as well as proper legal titles to their lands.
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