How India is mapping for the world

Our Own Devices with Nandagopal Rajan

In this episode of The Indian Express weekly tech podcast – Our Own Devices, host Nandagopal Rajan is joined by Rohan Verma, CEO & Executive Director, MapmyIndia to talk about the growth in technology of mapping and navigation. They talk about everything, from solving very specific problems like locating speed bumps and potholes to working with ISRO for expanding the scope of mapping beyond the confines of land and into the deep waters and a lot more.
Introducing Rohan Verma
What is Mappls (00:31)
How are they planning on mapping the world (01:10)
Solving specific mapping problems (03:23)
From Mapping devices to Maps on smartphones (04:31)
Capturing accurate data (06:09)
Creating Next Gen vehicles (07:16)
Collab with ISRO (09:08)
Economy of Mapping (12:42)
Updates and improvements in the app (14:36)
Vision for Future (16:33)
Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar