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Anyone can login and edit or comment. I can close the editing on 9th or 10th so we can send it in time I have added sections for each chapter. You can add comments there. Let's do this. Thej -- Thejesh GN *⏚* ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ http://thejeshgn.com GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 On Wed, 2 Dec 2020 at 18:46, Sharad Lele (शरच्चंद्र लेले) < [email protected]> wrote: > Dear Ved, > > I agree that may be the reason. But I am wondering if it is a good enough > reason. In all new technologies, state agencies have the capacity and the > onus to take risks and carry out R&D that will speed up their deployment, > iron out kinks and concerns, ensure that the technologies become accessible > for the right uses and to the weaker sections of society that may not be > able to afford commercial ones, and to state agencies working for the > public good. Since drone-based RS is indeed a cutting edge technology, I > was hoping the policy would take cognizance of that and propose positive > steps to engage with it, to build it up, and make it available. (The way > govt did for satellite based RS). > > Sharad > > On 27-11-2020 22:50, Ved Kolhatkar wrote: > > I think the reason why Department of Space might not be commenting much on > drones or UAV for that matter is that,in India drones are mainly used for > strategic purposes in order to fortify India's defences . Commercial use of > drone requires registration in India which could be a bit tedious process > and even when one registers they have to follow rules and regulations > which if are violated comes with a penalty. Even though India does not > outright ban the commercial use of drones . It still requires a person who > is licenced to fly a drone. Another reason might be that operating and > using a drone is not a cheap affair which means it cant be afforded by all. > No doubt UAV/drones are cutting edge technology. If at all there are more > relaxations to usage of drones/UAV in terms of rules and regulations, its > cost etc we will definitely see a rise in data being available to public > not just by data enthusiasts but also through official channels. > > On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 at 22:14, Sharad Lele <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I agree with you, Ujaval. Getting 5.6m data in the public domain will be >> a big boost. >> >> But I am curious to know from others what their experience has been with >> the quality of this 5.6m (IRS P6) data. For instance, I found the spectral >> quality to be rather poor: it boasts of being 10-bit but all the data are >> clustered in a 7-bit space. So we had to go back to coarser Landsat-8 >> because it gave better spectral quality (not just more bands). >> >> On the rest of the policy: I am wondering why they say nothing about >> drones, about UAV-based LIDAR, and so on, which are really the cutting-edge >> these days, are they not? >> >> Sharad >> >> On Friday, November 27, 2020 at 8:13:01 PM UTC+5:30 >> [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Hi Sharad, >>> >>> Thanks for sharing. From the perspective of sharing ISRO's own data, the >>> policy says >>> >>> " In the interest of promoting research, innovation, societal >>> applications and value addition, DOS shall make IRS satellite data having >>> GSD of 5 meter and coarser, easily accessible on ‘free and open’ basis. " >>> >>> I think this is really good. As the best open remote sensing >>> multispectral data currently is Sentinel-2 (10m), ISRO sharing LISS4 (5.6m) >>> data puts them ahead of USGS and ESA. Of course, the concern would be the >>> implementation and how fast they can make that data available. My comment >>> here would that they adopt a true open data license for this data, like >>> Government Open Data License. >>> >>> [image: Logo] <https://spatialthoughts.com/> >>> Ujaval Gandhi >>> Spatial Thoughts >>> mobile: +91-8095684687 <+91%2080956%2084687> >>> email: [email protected] >>> [image: LinkedIn icon] <https://www.linkedin.com/in/spatialthoughts/> >>> [image: >>> Twitter icon] <https://twitter.com/spatialthoughts> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 7:33 PM Thejesh GN <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Thank you for sharing. We should send out comments as community. >>>> Thej >>>> -- >>>> Thejesh GN *⏚* ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ >>>> http://thejeshgn.com >>>> GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, 27 Nov 2020 at 19:30, Sharad Lele (शरच्चंद्र लेले) < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Please read and comment. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> https://www.isro.gov.in/sites/default/files/spacers_policy_ngp_2020_draft.pdf >>>>> >>>>> Sharad >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. 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