CM attends UAV demo for geo-mapping
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, January 15 2023:
Chief minister N Biren on Sunday attended demonstration of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for use in geo map ping purpose held at Khuman Lampak Main Stadium.
Sharing the information on his social media handles, CM Biren informed that the technology will assist the government in collecting location-based data from surveys.
The geospatial data collected by the UAV will be used for creating digital maps with the help of GPS.
He also informed that trial geo mapping exercise will be taken up in select districts soon.
Geospatial data is information that describes objects, events or other features with a location on or near the surface of the earth.
Geospatial data, typically involves large sets of spatial data gleaned from many diverse sources in varying formats and can include information such as census data, satellite imagery, weather data, cell phone data, drawn images and social media data.