Bhuvan – Indian Earth viewer launched to beat Google Earth

The India Space Research Organisation has done a lot for the advancements of Space Research & Administration in India. Now, ISRO is up with Bhuvan to compete with Google Earth. “Bhuvan” is a sanskrit word meaning “Earth”. Bhuvan will provide services similiar to Google Earth & Wikimapia, but it will be confined only within India.

Apart from the “geek” value of this service, ISRO plans to use it to enhance urban and forest planning and traffic management. Like Google Earth, a “special” version would be in the offering for professional and corporate users who might need higher resolution data. Of course, this would come at a price, though the base version would remain free.

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Feature Google Earth                                                                         Bhuvan
Max Zoom 200m                                                                                10m
Layer Single                                                                                           Multi
Update time 4 yrs                                                                              1 yr
View Viewing from only one date.                                               Options for viewing from different dates.
Source (Satellite) Commercial/International                            Indian
Imagery World                                                                                          World

According to a article at TOI:

Bhuvan allows you to zoom far closer than the aerial view from a chopper. If Google Earth shows details upto 200 meters distance and Wikimapia upto 50 meters, Bhuvan will show images upto 10 meters, which means you can easily see details upto a  three floor high building and also add information.

Apart from Bhuvan, ISRO is also readying an information portal called “Bhu Sampada.”  Though both of this services were expected to launch in March.

Due to some reason it is yet to be  launched.

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