Chalo Taluke - Gujarat Information Bureau

y T P Singh
Director, BISAG
Background:
he applications of space
technologies (satellite
Tcommunication and remote
sensing) and Geo-informatics have
contributed significantly towards
socio-economic development. Taking
cognizance of geo-spatial information
for developmental planning and
management of resources, the
D e p a r t m e n t o f S c i e n c e a n d
Technology, Government of Gujarat
established Bhaskaracharya Institute
for Space Applications and Geo-
informatics (BISAG) (formerly
Remote Sensing and Communication
Centre), an ISO 9001:2008 and ISO
27001:2005 certified institute to utilize
space technology and Geo-informatics
for developmental activities in Gujarat
State.
BISAG which was initially set up to
carryout space technology applications,
has evolved into a Centre of
10
Government Initiatives
October, 2011
BISAG
Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics
(Department of Science and Technology, Government of Gujarat)
Excellence, where research and analytical tools. The activities of this
innovations are combined with the unit are executed by a well trained team
requirements of users and thus acts as a of multi-disciplinary scientists. The
value added service provider, a Government has provided a modern
technology developer and as a infrastructure along with state-of-the-
facilitator for providing direct benefits art hardware and software. To study the
of space technologies to the grass root land transformation and development
level functions/functionaries. over the years, a satellite digital data
library of multiple sensors of last
The Institute:
twenty years has been established and
The Government has established a conventional data sets of departments
well equipped state-of-the-art campus have been co-registered with satellite
of BISAG. The activities are facilitated data.
through four technology groups related The geo-spatial databases have
to satellite communication, geo- been created using conventional maps,
informatics applications, geo- high resolution satellite 2D & 3D
informatics research and training. The imagery and official datasets
unit-wise details are provided below: (attributes). The geo-spatial databases
include terrain characteristics, natural
(i) Centre for Geo-informatics a n d a d m i n i s t r a t i v e s y s t e m s ,
Applications:
agriculture, water resources, city
The objective of this technology survey maps, village maps with survey
group is to provide decision support to numbers, water harvesting structures,
the sectoral stake holders through water supply, irrigation, power,
s c i e n t i f i c a l l y o r g a n i z e d , communications, ports, land utilization
comprehensive, multi-purpose, pattern etc. They also include social
compatible, & large scale (village level) infrastructure like the locations of
geo-spatial databases and supporting schools, health centers, institutions,