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Bhuvan : Indian Earth Observation Visualization
Recently I received mail from ISRO(Indian Space Research Organization) for the notification that they have removed login process for accessing Bhuvan.
So After a long time I again tried Bhuvan.


Here are some details of the Bhuvan.


How to Access Bhuvan

• Log on to www.bhuvan.nrsc.gov.in using any one of the following supported web browsers on Windows Platform. (1) Internet Explorer 6.0 or above, (2) Mozilla Firefox 3.5.1 or above, (3) Netscape 6.0 or above.

• For all those who have accessed bhuvan earlier by installing the Bhuvan plug-in successfully, on the Bhuvan Homepage, just click the ‘ Enter bhuvan ’ button and you will be taken to the Bhuvan 3D Globe page.

• For first time users, on clicking the ‘ Enter bhuvan ’ button on the Bhuvan homepage, you will be taken to the plug-in download page wherein you will be asked to download the DirectX 9.0 or above and the Bhuvan plug-in . After successful download and installation of these files, Click Enter Bhuvan link ( placed al the bottom of the plug-in download page) and It will take you to the Bhuvan 3D Globe page.

Note For Firefox and Netscape browser users
While using the Firefox and Netscape browsers for accessing Bhuvan, on the homepage
after clicking ‘Enter bhuvan’ a separate window will be launched. You can fully use
Bhuvan and its functionalities inside this separate window

Basic Features of Bhuvan

• Access, explore and visualise 2D and 3D image data along with rich thematic information on soil,wasteland, water resources etc.
• Visualise multi-resolution, multi-sensor, multi-temporal IRS image data
• Superpose administrative boundaries of choice on images as required
• Visualisation of AWS (Automatic Weather Stations) data/Information in a graphic view and usetabular weather data of user choice
• Fly to locations (To fly from the current location directly to the selected location)
• Heads-Up display (HUD) navigation controls (Tilt slider, north indicator, opacity, compass ring,zoom slider)
• Navigation using the 3D view pop-up menu (Fly-in, fly-out, jump in, jump around, view point)
• 3D fly through (3D view to fly to locations, objects in the terrain, and navigate freely using themouse or keyboard)
• Drawing 2D objects (Text labels, polylines, polygons, rectangles, 2D arrows, circles, ellipse) and3D Objects (placing of expressive 3D models, 3D polygons, boxes)
• Snapshot creation (Copies the 3D view to a floating window and allows to save to a external file)
• Measurement tools (Horizontal distance, aerial distance, vertical distance)
• Shadow analysis (It sets the sun position based on the given time creating shadows and effects the lighting on the terrain)
• Urban Design Tools (To build roads, junctions and traffic lights in an urban setting)
• Contour map (Displays a colorised terrain map and contour lines)
• Draw tools (Creates simple markers, free hand lines, urban designs)
• Navigation map (To jump to and view locations in the 3D India)
• Metadata for satellite images

What's New in Bhuvan

• 5.8 m resolution seamless data for entire Indian region.
• Global coverage of 56m resolution data from IRS-P6 (Australia, New Zealand, Madagascar, Africa, South America, North America, Europe).
• Near Real time weather parameters for India from ISRO’s AWS stations.
• Wide variety of Thematic and Disaster Specific Information towards societal good.

Upcoming Features

• Updated raster and thematic information.
• Bhuvan 2D Viewer
• Ocean related services

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