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Mobile Oriented Development Initiatives for GIS to Citizens – ‘MODI – GIS 2C’

Theme: Digital Connectivity to the Last Mile

                        

Abstract—            Today, human is not a mere social animal, advancement in technology made them techno-social. In the context of indigenous and local communities (rural areas), the term techno-social can be perceived in primitive fashion, by conceiving that mobile phones have now become an inevitable part of our life. This thematic paper outlines the role of Mobile Apps, ISRO’s IRNSS, Common Service Centers (CSCs), and youths in GIS, thereby targeting to provide digital connectivity to the last mile. It advocates for mobile based Participatory GIS (m-PGIS) in mapping the locations of government offices and service delivery centers by youths under the supervision of CSC. The civilian use Standard Positioning Service (SPS) provided by the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) could be utilized for this objective. Moreover, the India’s National Telecom Policy (2012) has targeted to take the rural tele-density from 39% to 70% in next five years. It also sets a target that every single Indian has a phone by 2020. In short, this paper has two manifolds. First, it discourses the methodology, socio-economic, political and epistemological relevance involved in strategy, stakeholders and technological components needed. Secondly, it discusses AMMA Mobile App (Aadhaar authenticated Mobile Mapping App) framework for mapping the locations of government offices by youths using IRNSS. Thus, the hope is to harness CSC facility and utilize the existing techno skills of youths on m-PGIS towards digital transformation of India.

Keywords— e-Sevai Center, AMMA App, IRNSS-SPS, P-GIS, ICT Vs ICDT, Location-based Advertisement    

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