Karnataka Govt Awards World’s Largest Drone-based Land Parcel Mapping Contract
The Karnataka government on Wednesday selected geospatial organisations Allterra and NeoGeo as the winners of the world's largest drone-based land parcel mapping contract.
Through an open tender process, the project, covering an extensive area of 68,000 square kilometres and spanning 10 districts in Karnataka, including Gadag, Koppal, Kodagu, Chamarajanagar, Chikkamagaluru, Vijayapura, Yadgir, Raichur, Bidar, and Kalaburagi, has garnered significant attention.
Allterra and NeoGeo have chosen Aereo (formerly Aarav Unmanned Systems) as their technology partner for this historic project. This entire project will be done using Aereo’s drone solutions.
The ambitious undertaking involves the deployment of approximately 60 survey-grade PPK drones, which will capture high-resolution images to generate maps with an exceptional resolution better than 5 cm per pixel. At full scale, this fleet of drones will be capable of mapping an approximate area of 175,000 acres in a single day on average.
The Survey Settlement and Land Records Department (SSLR) of Karnataka will utilise these Ortho-Rectified Images (ORIs) to create digital land parcel maps. These digital maps will be instrumental in updating land ownership records, conducting ground truthing exercises, and facilitating infrastructure development across the state.
In a statement, Pradeep Rathor, MD, Allterra said, “AllTerra’s vision is to transform the way the world works using state-of-the-art GIS and survey technology. With this project, India enters a new age of geospatial data collection, processing, and implementation.”
“Using Aereo’s drone solutions to capture high resolution and accurate data we will help create assets that have immense use across sectors. Most importantly, this data will ramp up development across the state of Karnataka and make governance technologically advanced and simpler,” he added.
