[SDI-AsiaPacific] India: National GIS effort launched

[Kate Lance]

http://suvratk.blogspot.com/2011/07/mapping-india-another-national-gis.html
Mapping India: another National GIS effort launched
 (commentary)

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2011-06-30/news/29721790_1_digital-map-core-group-gis-database

National GIS promises to transform governance landscape, make life easier
India is mapping out its newest national asset, a state-of-the art online 
information bank, which promises to transform governance, aid planning and make 
life easier for the man on the street. Called National GIS, this geographical 
information systempowered service would be the first one-stop database of 
India's natural and physical assets, providing information and services about 
government schemes and businesses -- right from locating malls, hospitals or 
ATMs to lodging complaints.
The locational data service, expected to be fully operational in 3 years, would 
be accorded the status of a national asset and can accessed through desktops or 
mobiles. National GIS, which is expected to help boost productivity and keep a 
check on wasteful expenditure, will have a "citizen layer" that will make it 
possible for individuals to geographically tag complaints and grievances on a 
real-time basis that will be accessible to users across three 
levels-—government, businesses and citizens.

http://www.iii.gov.in/images/stories/innovation/GIS.pdf
National GIS vision document v.1.0 (June 2011) - Establishment of “National GIS" 
under Indian National GIS Organization (INGO)
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