Statement 1 is correct. The Department of Space (DoS), which oversees ISRO, did sign an MoU with CE Info Systems Pvt. Ltd. (MapmyIndia) for collaboration on geospatial services. Statement 2 is incorrect. While the collaboration involves leveraging earth observation datasets, NavIC, and data/ services from ISRO's existing portals like ‘Bhuvan’, ‘VEDAS’, and ‘MOSDAC’ along with MapmyIndia's resources, the statement incorrectly claims that "The geospatial portals will be called ‘Bhuvan’, ‘VEDAS’ and ‘MOSDAC’." These are existing ISRO portals, and the collaboration aims to integrate data/services for a combined platform or application, not rename or create new portals with these names as the outcome of the collaboration.
Urban planning: Satellites provide data on land use, urban sprawl, infrastructure, and environmental conditions in urban areas. - 2. Mineral prospecting: Remote sensing data helps identify geological features, rock types, and surface anomalies associated with mineral deposits. - 3. Ocean resources management: Satellites monitor ocean parameters like temperature, colour (phytoplankton), currents, pollution, and support fisheries management. - 4. Disaster management: Satellites are crucial for monitoring natural disasters like floods, fires, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions, assessing damage, and aiding relief efforts. 3. Consider the following statements: The Department of Space (DoS), under which ISRO comes, has signed an MoU with geospatial technology company CE Info Systems Pvt. Ltd. The collaboration will enable them to jointly identify and build a holistic geospatial portal utilising earth observation datasets, ‘NavIC’, Web Services and APIs (application programming interface) available in MapmyIndia. The geospatial portals will be called ‘Bhuvan’, ‘VEDAS’ and ‘MOSDAC’.
Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 2 2023 · Topic: Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (Applications of Remote Sensing and GIS in various sectors (e.g., Urban Planning, Agriculture, Disaster Management, Environmental Monitoring))
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Answer: A. only 1 is correct
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