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122 PIONEERING A NEW FUTURE
L-R: Director of NATMO receiving Special Achievement Award for science and technology innovation from Prime Minister Narendra Modi
A Braille training session being conducted at NATMO
Participants during a joint field visit by NATMO and GISTDA for Indo-ASEAN Archaeological Atlas
NATMO official presenting her research papers
Below: Release of India-ASEAN Archaeological Atlas at Bangkok
• Preparation of State Atlases and other special atlases.
• Generation of thematic maps and standardization of thematic information.
• Mapping of natural resources for assessment towards sustainable socio-economic planning at district level.
• Large-scale mapping and development of digital cartographic base for utility-based services.
• Providing geographical education and training to visually impaired and low vision society through maps and atlases.
• Management of comprehensive geo-informatics products for the service of the nation through web portal.
• National and international cooperation on multidisciplinary geosciences through collaborative programmes.
• Providing unrestricted map service to all sections of the society.
• Other activities entrusted through the Administrative Ministry from time to time.
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS
Cartographic Innovations for the Visually Impaired: Unique cartographic Innovations for the Visually Impaired:
Braille maps for the visually impaired
have been prepared; a effort that reveals the organisation’s social commitment. This project has received wide appreciation.
Setting-up of of NATMO Data Centre using state of art technology and hosting of NATMO geoportal https://geoportal.natmo.gov.in to provide OGC complaint map services to all users spread across the internet.
Golden Map Services (GMS) and District Planning Map Series (DPMS): District Planning Map Series (DPMS), a unique project, envisaged and executed by NATMO, has received much popularity and appreciation. Under this project the entire country is being mapped in 1:250,000 scale. The project with a minimum of ten most essential thematic inputs, which are shown as inset in small scale, serves as a ready reckoner for planners, administrators and for general public as well.
Golden Map Services (GMS), a flagship project
of NATMO, was launched during the organisation’s golden jubilee celebrations on 16 February 2007. GMS is the most ambitious project of NATMO, which has been designed to provide attached quarry oriented database in integrated (spatial & attribute data) GIS environment for planners, administrators, researchers and common users. It provides location- based information or coordinate-based information