Urban Geospatial Data Stories Challenge-2022

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Recently, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)  announced the opening of the Urban Geospatial Data Stories Challenge.

About 

• The challenge has been organized with select Smart Cities that will be publishing high-quality GIS datasets. 
• It is part of a series of pre-event initiatives being undertaken by MoHUA to foster the adoption of geospatial technologies & to promote innovation in India’s urban ecosystem. 
• More than 1000 geospatial datasets have been made available to the registered participants from national geospatial agencies, private sector enterprises, scientific and academic institutions, businesses, consumer services & start-ups to analyse this data and create insightful data stories.
• Objectives 
  • to foster the adoption of geospatial technologies & to promote innovation in India’s urban ecosystem. 
• Significance
  • Sharing and integration of a wide range of data will empower citizens and enterprises to create, assess, and use geospatial data and information for empowering people and making urban services and applications more effectively. 

Source: PIB