India’s ‘Google Earth’ to curb crime
Interesting to see them try to implement their own system rather than partner or use some exsisting mapping data.
New Delhi: India’s own version of Google Earth is in the offing! If things go according to plan, the project could be a reality in just about a year’s time.
Modeled on the hugely-popular Google mapping engine, the project is waiting a go-ahead from the Union Cabinet.
The Science and Technology Ministry has already launched a pilot project of this technology in the Chandini Chowk area of Old Delhi.
In the first phase, live cameras will cover a 20-sq-km area, and the three-dimensional surveillance system – called Geographical Information System or GIS – will be used to trace all kinds of illegal activities; from civic lawlessness to traffic snarls and much more.
In one such instance, the surveillance cameras recently caught an illegal construction in the Chandini Chowk area.
