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 Why can t Indians access maps for 43 per cent of their country? [1]

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Hilltop to desktop

Technology advances have transformed the way maps are made

When the Survey of India (SoI) was set up 237 years ago, in Dehradun, map making was akin to pure art. It required steady hands and a keen eye, and demanded months, at times years, of painstaking labour. The first maps were made on parchment using brushes.

The actual mapping of the land was an arduous process

Publication Date: 
14/12/2004
Down to Earth [2]
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Technology [3], Space Technology [4], NGO [5], France [6], India [7], Computers [8]

Technology Partners: MimirTech

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