Hi guys, Google Earth’s got some competition now — from the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), which today unveiled its beta version of Bhuvan (meaning earth in Sanskrit).
Bhuvan is the addition to the numerous scientific innovations by ISRO and is a satellite mapping tool, just like Google Earth or Wikimapia, but allows you to zoom far closer than the aerial view from a chopper. If Google Earth shows details upto 200 metres distance and Wikimapia upto 50 metres, Bhuvan will show images upto 10 metres, which means you can easily see details upto a three floor high building and also add information.
Well all these things is what has been stated by the official report. Albeit ,there has been very high speculation that if this really could come up as real challenger to Google earth & other similar products., only time can tell
Source:http://bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in/Mininimum Requirements:
* Operating System: Windows XP/Vista;CPU: Pentium 4 2.4GHz+ or AMD 2400xp+ ;System Memory (RAM): 512MB ; Hard Disk: 2GB free space ;Network Speed: 768 Kbits/sec; Graphics Card: 3D-capable with 32MB of VRAM; Screen: 1280x1024, "32-bit True Color"
* To browse Bhuvan, you require the Bhuvan Plug-in which can be downloaded from this website, after registration and you will also need DirectX9 or higher version (DirectX 10) and MS .NET framework 2.0 or above for installing the plug-in. Please note that the Bhuvan Plug-in can be installed with administrative privileges only.
Well the site is down at the moment ,
"Site is heavily loaded withe users. Please bear with us for the delay. View in IE 6.0 or above only."
Regards
Kelly
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