If highly accurate maps of India are available anywhere in the world today, it is truly pointless to place export control restrictions on them. Not many people know that Google Map Maker, the technology behind the most widely used digital map in the world, was developed in Bangalore. Despite having the technical ability to build world-class maps, India has not been able to use this expertise to its advantage primarily because of regulations on the process of map creation. These technologies are at a point where they can be deployed at scale, giving us three new ways in which to map our world. But if we are to capitalize on the next wave of map technology, we must first rectify the mistakes of the past.

Source: Mint November 17, 2020 15:11 UTC