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16 Geospatial Information for Development
Pages 66-68

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... India has satellite images from 1 km resolution, which provides images every half an hour, to 1 m resolution. The satellite images should be converted to spatial information, such as land use maps, groundwater maps, and forest maps, and then these spatial data sets should be linked with nonspatial data, such as human census data and village development data, to make them more useful.
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From page 67...
... This information also assists district administrators with decisions about employment opportunities or subsidies. A major program in India has been the establishment of a Natural Resources Information System in which an integrated GIS database of 22 spatial and 8 nonspatial parameters is generated as decision support for district authorities.
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From page 68...
... This process ensures that a right to add value is given to the user, while the original copyright of all the satellite images rests with the responsible national agency. We are slowly moving toward consolidating the issues of a spatial information policy.
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Key Terms

  • spatial information
  • spatial data
  • using satellite
  • resources management
  • national spatial

  • generated using
  • land management
  • data infrastructure
  • crop production
  • drinking water

  • related information
  • geospatial information
  • climate modeling
  • continuous availability
  • difference vegetation

  • prognostic terrain
  • village development
  • including difficulty
  • primary schools
  • process ensures

  • various obstacles
  • security perspective
  • nsdi provides
  • database containing
  • finding drinking

  • modeling tools
  • terrain models
  • human census
  • organized spatial
  • assist villages


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