Data Portals/Bhuvan (ISRO)

Bhuvan (ISRO)

India's national geoportal from ISRO, offering satellite imagery, thematic maps, and elevation data covering the Indian subcontinent.

Bhuvan is the geoportal of the Indian Space Research Organisation, run by the National Remote Sensing Centre. It provides access to Indian Earth observation imagery, a national base map, thematic datasets (land use, hydrology, disaster, agriculture), and elevation models.

Many products are free to download after registration, with some served through WMS for direct mapping. Bhuvan is the authoritative source for satellite-derived data over India, complementing the tabular focus of Data.gov.in.

Frequently Asked Questions

Satellite imagery, a national base map, thematic layers (land use/land cover, hydrology, disaster support, agriculture), and elevation data for India.

Many downloads require a free user registration; some services are openly viewable without an account.

It is operated by the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) under the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Details

AgencyIndian Space Research Organisation (NRSC)
LevelNational
RegionAsia
CoverageIndia
LicenseOpen (registration) / restricted
Formats
GeoTIFFShapefileWMSKML
Update FrequencyPeriodic
Categories
IndiaNationalEarth Observation
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