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Breaking Data Silos: How GDI is Transforming Access to Geospatial Information in India

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October 27, 2025
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Breaking Data Silos: How GDI is Transforming Access to Geospatial Information in India Authors: Bryan Paul Robert, Mahidhar Chellamani, Jyotirmoy Dutta For years, some of India’s most valuable geospatial datasets remained scattered across government departments, research institutes, or private organizations. They held immense potential to transform logistics, strengthen climate resilience, and support smarter urban planning, but they remained difficult to …

India Urban Data Exchange (IUDX) is a transformative initiative of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India to provide a data exchange platform to Indian cities. IUDX serves as a seamless interface for data providers and data users, including ULBs, to share, request, and access datasets related to cities, urban governance, and urban service delivery. The platform has been developed by the Smart Cities Mission and is implemented by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.

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