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SoI’s Open Series Maps Fails to Implement Public Sharing of Govt Data
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
May 04, 2017
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filed under:
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Geospatial Data,
Openness
Although it has made the topographic maps or the Open Series Maps available to general public, Survey of India’s (SoI) Nakshe portal will have to go through a variety of litmus test, as the initiative fails to implement the mandates of public sharing of government data using open standards and open license as put forward by the NMP 2005 and NDSAP 2012, says Sumandro Chattapadhyay, Research Director, The Centre for Internet and Society. This interview was published by Geospatial World on May 02, 2017.
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Openness
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Legal Challenges to Mapping in India #1 - Laws, Policies, and Cases
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by
Adya Garg
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published
May 11, 2016
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last modified
May 11, 2016 01:43 PM
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filed under:
Geospatial Information Regulation Bill,
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Geospatial Data,
Openness
Responding to the draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill and the draft National Geospatial Policy made public recently, this post provides an overview of the present configuration of laws, policies, and guidelines that provides the legal framework in India for governance of creation and sharing of geospatial data in India. The post also studies these policies in action by describing the key legal cases around the creation and use of geospatial data. The next post of this series will document the reflections and opinions of the key geospatial industry actors in India, as well as the free and open source mapping community.
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Openness
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Protecting the Territory, Killing the Map
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
May 17, 2016
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filed under:
Geospatial Information Regulation Bill,
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Geospatial Data,
Openness
The politics of making and using maps in India has taken a sudden and complex turn with the publication of the draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016. Contrary to the expectations arising out of several government schemes that are promoting the development of the new digital economy in India – from start-ups to the ongoing expansion of connectivity network – the Bill seems to be undoing various economic and humanitarian efforts, and other opportunities involving maps. This article by Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Adya Garg was published by The Wire on May 16, 2016.
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Openness
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Consultation on 'National Geospatial Policy' - Notes and Submission
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by
Anubha Sinha
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published
Mar 29, 2016
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last modified
Mar 29, 2016 05:03 PM
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filed under:
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Featured,
Geospatial Data,
Openness,
Digital India
The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, has constituted a National Expert Committee for developing a draft National Geospatial Policy (NGP) to provide appropriate guidelines for collection, analysis, use, and distribution of geospatial information across India, and to assure data availability, accessibility and quality. A pre-drafting consultation meeting for the NGP was organised in Delhi on February 03, 2016. Ms. Anubha Sinha represented CIS at the meeting, and shares her notes.
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Openness
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Comments on the National Geospatial Policy (Draft, V.1.0), 2016
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by
Sumandro Chattapadhyay
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published
Jun 01, 2016
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last modified
Jun 30, 2016 09:40 AM
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Featured,
Geospatial Data,
National Geospatial Policy,
Openness
The Department of Science and Technology published the first public draft of the National Geospatial Policy (v.1.0) on May 05, 2016, and invited comments from the public. CIS submitted the following comments in response. The comments were authored by Adya Garg, Anubha Sinha, and Sumandro Chattapadhyay.
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Openness
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CIS's Comments on the Draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016
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by
Pranesh Prakash
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published
Jun 05, 2016
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last modified
Jun 05, 2016 03:06 PM
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filed under:
Freedom of Speech and Expression,
Geospatial Information Regulation Bill,
Geospatial Data,
National Geospatial Policy
The Centre for Internet and Society is alarmed by the Draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016, and has recommended that the proposed law be withdrawn in its entirety. It offered the following detailed comments as its submission.
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