Regional Centre for Geodesy

Vision

The Surveying technology has seen drastic changes in instrumentation and methods, due to developments of Information and Space Technology. In the present scenario, the satellite-based data from Remote Sensing (RS) technology and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)/GPS are preferred due to their reliability, accuracy and temporal coverage. Also, various type maps are stored and analyzed in the digital form on computers by using Geographic Information System (GIS). Because of above three-geospatial technologies namely, RS, GIS and GNSS/GPS, the Surveying technology has got new name; Geoinformatics or Geomatics Engineering.

Basically, the Surveying & Mapping technology is a part of Geodesy and literal meaning of Geodesy in Greek is, “dividing the earth” and it deals with the determination of the absolute position with uniform accuracy at all points on the earth’s surface. Nowadays, the use of satellite-based mapping data in the GIS environment is very much in use for various applications like planning & execution of engineering projects, natural and manmade disaster mitigation, national security etc. In order to achieve full potential of presently available high resolution RS data and geodetic level accuracy positioning from GNSS, proper understanding on the fundamentals of Geodesy is very essential. This is due to fact that, knowledge of Geoid, Earth shape modelling, Global & Local datums, map projection, coordinate systems and related terminology and recent developments, is very much critical in the use of satellite-based mapping data.

Looking into the above-mentioned importance of Geodesy knowledge, Govt. of India has taken various initiatives for meeting the requirements of various group users like natural resource management, disaster mitigation, infrastructure development, defense and other sectors. The geospatial data policy has been formulated and documented and pioneer govt. agencies involved in the mapping/imaging fields like Survey of India (SOI) and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) are promoting the use of open-source data from their web portals like SOI Geoportal, CORS Web Application, Bhoonidhi & Bhuvan from ISRO.

In order to promote the academic, research and capacity building activities in India for various group users, the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India has funded project for setting up National Centre for Geodesy (NCG) at IIT Kanpur and establishing the Regional Centres for Geodesy (RCG) in some selected academic institutions namely MANIT Bhopal, IIT Bombay, IIT-ISM Dhanbad, IISST Trivandrum, IRS Anna University & MNNIT Allahabad. Various objectives of this project are Collaborative research activities in the area of Geodesy, Strengthening the academic competency of MANIT as well as other institutes in the region, conduction of short-term training programs/workshops/certificate courses and Support to industry in the capacity building, in the area of Geodesy.

RCG MANIT Bhopal has developed excellent lab facilities and having specialised faculty in the area of Geodesy/Geospatial Technology and looking forward to contribute for meeting requirements of your institute/organization in the area of Geodesy in the following ways:

1. Organizing short term/ long term training programs & workshops in the area of Geodesy as per requirements of your organization officials/Engineers/Scientists/Faculty.
2. Collaborative research and capacity building activities on the field related problem in Geodesy, which is relevant for your organization.
3. Developing the online/offline learning resources in the area of Geodesy/ Geoinformatics/Geospatial technology.  

Objectives

• Capacity building for the academic institutions and industry by organizing training programs through short term training & workshops.
• Developing learning material relevant for the industry field applications.
• Participation of students in academic exchange programs.
• Providing latest instrumentation facilities in the nearby area for the users of Geoinformatics techniques.
• Contribution of research papers in the different areas of Geodesy.
• Linkages with the industry and reputed academic and research institutions in the form of MoU for promoting the best practices on the use of Geodesy knowledge for various applications.

Salient Research Achievements:

1. Time series analysis of CORS data for hilly regions and its application for the positional changes and submitted the research paper in the SCI journal for publication.

2. Analysis on the use of CORS data for groundwater induced land subsidence in North-Western states of India and submitted the research paper in the SCI journal for publication.

3. Completed one project sponsored by organization NHDC (National Hydro Development Corporation) Bhopal for the use of Geospatial techniques for RIM Survey.

4. MoU with the startup GVB Geomatics Private Limited Aka Nebula Cloud, Gurgaon for cloud based Geospatial technology use for joint research and training works