Department of Science and Technology in partnership with IIIT Hyderabad and Microsoft is happy to announce the Geospatial Hackathon. A hackathon is to create interest in geospatial tech and specifically build solutions leveraging maps and satellite data for solving India’s problems.

Geospatial Technology is rapidly emerging as one of the most fascinating areas of technological innovation. Geospatial technology describes information that is obtained from images or data that is connected to a specific location, typically captured using sensors mounted on ground/ aerial /satellite-based platform and analysed by powerful computers.

This program was started on 14th January 2023.

The Geospatial Hackathon will be divided into 2 parts which are as follows:-

Part 1- Research Challenge
The Research Challenge is specific to the problem statements given by Survey of India, DST. Survey of India is proposing a Geospatial Data Processing, Solution development, and Servicing Challenge to foster the adoption of geospatial technologies and to promote innovation in India’s Geospatial ecosystem.

Part 2- Start-up Challenge
NSTEDB, DST and IIIT Hyderabad brings the Startup Challenge as part of the Geospatial Hackathon with an intention of promoting the use of geospatial technologies in solving real world problems and fostering innovation in the Indian geospatial ecosystem. The Startup Challenge provides the participants with a flexibility to work on problems of their choice and solve it using geospatial technologies.

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