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13/10/23 06:20 AM IST

National Survey Network

In News
  • Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Science & Technology, Dr Jitendra Singh  launched state-of-art latest National Survey Network.
  • The nationwide "Continuously Operating Reference Stations" (CORS) Network will be operated by the Survey of India.
About CORS
  • The Survey of India has set up more than 1,000 CORS stations across India.
  • The Government has initiated several growth-oriented initiatives the SVAMITVA project for mapping of rural abadi areas, the PM-Gati Shakti National Master Plan for Multi-Modal Connectivity, Smart Cities &
  • AMRUT Project for urban development, Bharatmala and Sagarmala Projects for improving the logistics sector,
  • National Hydrology Project to harness water resources and multiple other infrastructural and developmental projects.
  • The common thread among all these projects is the requirement of high-accuracy mapping and positioning data, the deregulation of Geospatial Sector and democratization of Geospatial data has resulted in ease of access to these datasets to various user groups.
  • In addition to the Geospatial sector, CORS based precision services will also boost auto navigation and machine control-based solution in Agriculture, Mining, Construction, Transport and Civil Aviation sector.
  • This will open new domains of innovation and research and create a Geospatial based ecosystem in these sectors.
  • CORS data will also aid in various scientific studies like Upper Atmosphere and Space weather studies, Meteorology and weather forecast, Plate motion and Tectonic studies, Seismology and Hydrology etc.
  • Nationwide CORS based services will be available to business and pubic, which will not only ensure coherence in geospatial data generated by different stake holders by providing them common reference, but will also increase their productivity.
Source- PIB

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