India’s Very Own Google Earth:Bhuvan From ISRO

Bhuvan which means ‘earth’ in Sanskrit will allow users to navigate  and zoom into any part of the world with restrictions and exceptions to sensitive and important places and discover virtual earth in 3D space with specific emphasis on Indian region.Bhuvan is developed by ISRO, Indian Space Research Organisation  with a very important role played by National Remote Sensing Agency .

 

Features

Google Earth works on a downloadable client, Bhuvan works within the browser (only supports Windows and IE 6 and above).

Bhuvan would then be better than the free version of Google Earth, which can display up to 200m(Bhuvan can zoom up to 10 metres from the ground level) 

The navigation tools are similar to Google Earth (GE).

Users need to create an account and download a plug-in.

Bhuvan packs a lot of data on weather, water bodies and population details of various administrative units. 

Users can also not edit any data or tag locations.

 

 

 

To know detailed features, Visit  ISROBHUVAN's Blog.

 

It is mandatory to signup before you can use the service, you can signup here.After registration Download the Bhuvan Plug-in(11.2MB) for Internet Explorer.

 

System Requirements

Operating System: Windows XP/Vista;
CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz+ or AMD 2400 XP+
System Memory (RAM): 512MB
Hard Disk: 2GB free space
Network Speed: 768 Kbits/sec
Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 32MB of VRAM
Screen: 1280 1024, 32-bit True Colour

 

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