What is the status Geographic Information policy in India?
The use of geographic information for purposes other than defence is relatively recent. Unlike many developed countries, the use of maps has not been widespread in India and the culture of making use of maps is also relatively underdeveloped. Since the use was restricted to defence and other government departments, policies were related primarily to standards of production of geographic data geared to providing accurate and reliable data to armed forces. It is for this purpose, map information was also seen as being sensitive and sharing of information with wider public was therefore not encouraged especially on account of its potential of being misused. So all policies were therefore primarily internal to the government. It is only now that geographic information is being seen as vital infrastructure along with the trend towards the right to information. There is an articulated need for a policy framework for making data assets already created available and accessible to the larger pu
