Generation of Database and Implementation of Web Enabled Water Resources Information System in the Country (http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in)  ...

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Generation of Database and Implementation of Web Enabled Water Resources Information System in the Country (http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in)                 The project “Generation of Database and Implementation of Web Enabled Water Resources Information System in the Country” short named as India-WRIS WebGIS is a joint venture of the Central Water Commission (CWC), Ministry of Water Resources, Govt. of India and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Department of Space, Govt. of India, as per the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on December 3, 2008 between the two departments. India-WRIS WebGIS aims as a ‘Single Window’ solution for comprehensive, authoritative and consistent data & information of India’s water resources along with allied natural resources in a standardized national GIS framework (WGS-84 datum and LCC projection) tools to search, access, visualize, understand and analyze the data for assessment, monitoring, planning, development and finally Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM). The data collection, generation and presentation into the portal are continuous activities. The current version India-WRIS WebGIS (Version 4.1) has spatial layers and attributes as per data collected till July 2015. Further updating the attribute data and presentation are being done by the India-WRIS Project Team. These data have been collected from concerned state Govt. departments, CWC offices and Govt. of India departments and are organized in this portal. Based on the type of data and its availability, the present portal contains 12 major info systems, 35 sub info systems having 95 spatial layers along with large attribute data of the water resources assets and temporal data of 5-100 years. Based on the National Map Policy (2005) and CWC data dissemination policy, the portal has two versions. The public domain version complies with both policy guidelines. ENTER

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