Since the Indian Government has removed restrictions and regulations on the use of geospatial data; Indians now have access to look at local maps with more detailed and realtime updates on what’s happening on the ground. MapMyIndia has already a tie-up with ISRO to create new mapping products.
Rohan Verma, the CEO of MapMyIndia says, “ISRO’s imagery gives a bird’s-eye-view of how India looks from above. But it also has a huge set of imagery like weather data and landslide information. When all of this gets combined, it is a more powerful and indigenous alternative to Google Maps,”
The advantage of partnering with ISRO will avail plugs for MapmyIndia’s lack of satellite imagery and will also grant access to “map-based analytics and insights about the weather, pollution, agricultural output, land-use changes, flood and landslide disasters etc”.
Further, Rohan says, “Today, because of the situation with Google Search, Android and Play Store, and then Google Maps being pre-installed, people just see that Google Maps as the only mapping option,”
The tie-up with ISRO comes at a time when there is increased focus by the government on the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat mission’.
