In an attempt to ease the monitoring, maintenance, and management of various assets pertaining to the operations of Indian Railways, a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has been signed. This will include the use of satellite imagery to track encroachments around stations and to monitor land assets belonging to the Indian Railways.
Indian Railways today signed an MOU with ISRO to effectively monitor, manage and maintain its assets. The GPS based mapping of Indian Railways assets on GIS platform likely to be completed by December this year.
“As railway operations have wide spatial coverage, GIS mapping of assets on Indian Railways can be used for better management .After development of GIS portal, it may be possible to identify new encroachment all around station by comparing the images of Satellite Imagery which are updated by ISRO after a regular interval,” the release said
All Indian Railways assets are to be mapped and these will be subsequently used to develop Indian Railways’ GIS portal.
Indian Railways have large number of assets including land assets that need to be effectively monitored, managed and maintained. As railway operations have wide spatial coverage, GIS mapping of assets on Indian Railways can be used for better management.
After development of GIS portal, it may be possible to identify new encroachment all around station by comparing the images of Satellite Imagery which are updated by ISRO after a regular interval.
