High Resolution 1:10,000 scale Mapping Strategy of Multi ... - NDMA

decision to aid in the expeditious generation and regular updation of the NTDB.
Eliciting private participation
The management innovation, which can be brought about is bringing private
participation. Further, encouragement of private participation is a major objective of
the National Map Policy, 2005. Therefore in conformity with and in pursuance of the
NMP, the private sector could be pressed into a fruitful partnership with the SOI in
the generation of the NTDB on 1: 10,000 scale. The basic approach in the
partnership will be for SOI to retain all core (strategic) functions in map making, while
the repetitive, yet laborious and non strategic functions will be opened to the private
sector through a transparent and competitive bidding procedure. The PPP model
envisaged here will have the following components and structure;
(a) use suitable and appropriate satellite stereo images instead of aerial
photographs as the input for generation of maps;
(b) identify the principal steps of generation of maps from satellite stereo
images and divide these steps into core (or strategic) steps and into
routine (or non strategic) steps;
(c) entrust the core steps with the SOI and routine steps to the private sector;
(d) require the SOI to ensure quality checks at all stages;
(e) stipulate that SOI shall have ownership rights over the entire database and
the private party ownership rights on unrestricted areas in which it had
performed the steps as mentioned in (c) along with the SOI. It is more
appropriately to be termed as “co-ownership” rather than “joint ownership”.
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