Streaming national maps as a service to India
National Informatics Centre (NIC) provides map services and is a lead developer of e-governance applications for the national government of India and different departments of state governments across the country.
With a fully developed national image web service in place, NIC ensures that state governments and departments across India have access to 5 TB of high resolution country-wide basemaps rendered with impressive speed, topographic maps, satellite images, and hybrid maps, all aligned to global geospatial standards.
This national image web service is used in various e-government applications and provides citizens with electronic delivery of services for improved planning and good governance.