Global Positioning System (GPS) GAGAN kicks off new forest database

[Hindustani78]

Updated: April 19, 2015 05:46 IST
GAGAN kicks off new forest database - The Hindu

Karnataka is set to be the first State to initiate what will be a new, accurate and publicly available satellite based database of its forestlands.

The work also makes the Forest Department an early non-aviation user of GAGAN, the Indian augmentation of Global Positioning System (GPS).

The exercise follows a Supreme Court directive to States almost four years ago to update and put up their respective forest maps.

The maps are meant to rid authorities of ambiguities related to forest boundaries and give clarity to forest administrators, revenue officials as also the public, according to R.K. Srivastava, Chief Conservator of Forests (Headquarters). The department completed a pilot of 220 villages in 2014–15, covering four types of landscapes.

Mr. Srivastava told The Hindu that the department would totally map 10,893 villages that have forests once the standard operating procedures for the work are released in May. Estimated at over Rs. 27 crore, the geospatial database of forestlands pilot has used data from the Cartosat-2 satellite.

 

[Indus Falcon]

This is a very important step against deforestation. Hope they utilize it to it's fullest!!

 

[Azz Kikr]

forests? using it for military purposes will be better.

 

[Manindra]

forests? using it for military purposes will be better.

Every product for military purpose was the main cause for Soviet Union economic downfall & finally dissolution.

 

[Hindustani78]

Ministry of Civil Aviation
10-August, 2015 16:52 IST
GAGAN System

GPS- Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system has been fully operationalized from May 2015 and is capable of providing Navigation Services to Departure, en-route and landing operations to suitably equipped aircrafts. The GAGAN System provides very accurate and high level of integrity satellite signals for precision air navigation over the entire Indian airspace. The details of GAGAN system installations are as follows:


(i) GAGAN system consists of 15 Indian Reference Stations (INRES), 2 Indian Master Control Centre (INMCC) and 3 Indian Land Uplink Station (INLUS), 2 Geostationary Satellites.


(ii) The filfteen INRES are installed at various airports in India at Delhi, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Thiruvananthapuram, Kolkata, Guwahati, Portblair, Jammu, Gaya, Jaisalmer, Nagpur, Dibrugarh, Bhubaneswar, Porbandar and Goa.


(iii) The two INMCCs are located in Bengaluru.


(iv) The two INLUS are located in Bengaluru and one INLUS in Delhi.


The GAGAN system has been jointly developed by Airports Authority of India and Indian Space Research Organisation in collaboration with M/s. Raytheon with an estimated cost of Rs.774 crores. The Project completed in 8 years.


This information was given by Minister of State for Civil Aviation, Dr. Mahesh Sharmain a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.


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[Hindustani78]

Experts to deliberate on satellite navigation at Isro today

Bengaluru, Oct 08, 2015, DHNS
Isro is hosting a meeting of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) community, the user community and the academia at the Isro Satellite Centre, Old Airport Road on Thursday.

Titled GNSS user meet 2015, its theme is ‘Towards self-reliance in satellite navigation’. The event assumes significance as India has entered into the realm of satellite-based navigation with its two pioneering projects GAGAN (GPS-aided geo-augmented navigation) and IRNSS (Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System). GAGAN has received certification for precision approach and IRNSS provides independent positioning with four satellites.

The meet intends to bring together the GNSS-based industries, receiver manufacturers, PNT service providers, application developers, content providers, the user community and the academia. It aims to explore various avenues to utilise the Indian satellite-based navigation services for the country’s socio-economic benefits.

The event includes plenary session with talks delivered by eminent personalities from the GNSS community, technical sessions and a panel discussion. Also, an exhibition showcasing the GNSS products and services by the industry has been organised.

Papers are invited for four technical sessions with themes: GAGAN and IRNSS applications; innovative transport and location-based services; receiver technologies using GAGAN/IRNSS; advanced algorithms and methods for GNSS.

A competition has been organised for students to elicit innovative ideas from them on the topic ‘Innovative ideas in GNSS Design and Applications.’ For details, log on to Isro’s official website ISRO - Government of India Participation in the event is only by online registration.

The IRNSS is an autonomous regional satellite navigation system being developed by Isro. The requirement of such a navigation system is driven by lack of access to foreign government-controlled global navigation satellite systems, that was not guaranteed in hostile situations, as happened to the Indian military depending on American GPS during the Kargil war.

The GNSS is a system that is used to pinpoint the geographic location of a user’s receiver anywhere in the world.

 

[Hindustani78]

Ministry of Civil Aviation
20-July, 2017 19:08 IST
Installation of Gagan System in Aircraft

Government proposes to make it compulsory to install GAGAN navigation system in all aircrafts in the country. In accordance with the provisions of the National Civil Aviation Policy, 2016, it is mandatory for all aircrafts registered in India from 1st January, 2019 to be GPS Augmented Geo Navigation System (GAGAN) enabled.

GAGAN System has been certified for en-route and Approach with Vertical Guidance (APV1) operations by Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in December, 2013 and April, 2015 respectively in accordance with essential international standards. GAGAN System is continuously monitored on 24X7 basis to meet all the international standards of accuracy, availability, integrity and continuity requirements.

This information was given by the Minister of State for Civil Aviation Shri Jayant Sinha in written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

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