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Road Information system by NHAI
I just came across the RIS project undertaken by the National Highways Authority of India. Frankly, I was sweetly surprised. To give some context, Golden Quadrilateral is probably the largest and the most ambitious infrastructure projects undertaken by the Indian government. It connects the four largest cities of India and has made me proud the couple of times I have driven on it.
But this blog is about the RIS, which apparently has GIS data on these highways. I tried to check it out, but as expected, I was asked to come back with IE. So, more info on what exactly it promises as soon as I check. But, I am pretty certain it is going to be interesting.
From the site:
Road Information System (RIS) is an application having data of highways on Golden Quadrilateral (GQ), North-South (NS) and East-West (EW) corridors of NHDP with features of graphical viewing through GIS technology.
The application provides the information through different modules on various parameters such as NH location details of above corridors, Wayside amenities, Bridge location and details, Corridor Environment related information, Toll plaza location and toll data, Construction contractor details. Over the GIS interface additional thematic and raster maps are available.
