Consider the following statements regarding Bhoonidhi Vista :
- It is a data visualisation service of Bhoonidhi providing full resolution mosaicked data visualisation capability through Web Map Service.
- It is enabled for ResourceSat-2/2A, Sentinel 1 and 2 satellites.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 only
2 only
Both 1 and 2
Neither 1 nor 2
Answer is Right!
Answer is Wrong!
This question was previously asked in
UPSC CDS-1 – 2024
Statement 1 is correct: Bhoonidhi is ISRO’s Earth Observation Data Dissemination portal. Bhoonidhi Vista is a service under Bhoonidhi that provides visualization capabilities for geospatial data, including full-resolution mosaicked data, often accessible via Web Map Service (WMS). Statement 2 is correct: ISRO/NRSC processes and provides data from its own ResourceSat series of satellites (ResourceSat-2/2A) and also serves as a dissemination node for European Space Agency’s Copernicus data, including from Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites. Bhoonidhi and its visualization tools like Vista are enabled to handle and display data from these diverse sources.