Mapping Hacks

The recent floods in Mumbai provoked a crisis in government geospatial data distribution in India. Coordination between emergency services, identification of local residents, modelling for future flood vulnerabilities; open exchange of geospatial information is crucial, and this has impelled the Indian government into liberalising geodata access policy. Shekhar Krishnan of the Mumbai Free Map project writes:

See the official press note on the new map policy approved by the
Cabinet:

S&T Minister Kapil Sibal’s recent responses in Parliament on related
questions: link 1 link2

An interview with him on the new map policy.

Related article from Hindu Business Line 

This article gives the best outline I have so far found of the
restrictions on civilian map production in India, though it is now
outdated in light of the removal of the aerial photography ban and
the revision of the map policy.

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