For those of you who follow my writing in my Ex Machina column and elsewhere you will know that this is a reform that I have been clamoring for for years. https://twitter.com/matthan/status/1361209706363068419
The very first Ex Machina article I wrote was on this topic. In response to the proposed Geospatial Bill. https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/eU06AUQ4I3Yn64odU0YaZK/Whats-new-in-the-Geospatial-bill.html
What the new Geospatial bill means for you

If any of our map regulations, present or future, are strictly enforced, many of the conveniences that we have come to take for granted won't be there

https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/eU06AUQ4I3Yn64odU0YaZK/Whats-new-in-the-Geospatial-bill.html
I have written several others on the topic including a reference to the Everest Spheroid which the government used to cling to as the reason for refusing to change. https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/vQD98WntwZWArtcDaiF3lK/The-Everest-Spheroid.html
The Everest Spheroid

The Indian government's continued insistence on enforcing regulations that protect a surface-based map reference system just makes us look silly

https://www.livemint.com/Opinion/vQD98WntwZWArtcDaiF3lK/The-Everest-Spheroid.html
More recently I pointed to the future technologies we were missing out on by refusing to liberalize mapping. https://exmachina.substack.com/p/next-generation-map-technologies
Next Generation Map Technologies

The incongruity of India’s map regulations have long perplexed me. They were created at a time before GPS but, rather surprisingly have resiliently withstood the demand for innovation. As a result,...

https://exmachina.substack.com/p/next-generation-map-technologies
The announcement today has addressed all these issues making it possible for India to truly become a global leader in map technology. In over two decades of working in tech policy this is far and away the most significant reform I’ve been associated with.
The Department of Science and Technology and the Prime Minister’s Office deserve huge credit for all the work they did to make this reform a reality.
Now it’s over to Indian entrepreneurs to make the most of the opportunity.
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