The Uttarakhand government is launching a project to GPS and GIS map 100 trekking routes to enhance safety, facilitate rescue operations, and promote tourism.
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Through the Reader lens: The government of Uttarakhand is initiating a project to digitally map 100 major trekking and hiking routes using GPS and GIS technology. This initiative aims to improve safety for trekkers, streamline emergency rescue operations, and boost local adventure tourism. Additionally, the project will lead to the development of a navigation application that works without mobile network connectivity. Authorities hope this scientific approach will create local job opportunities and promote sustainable tourism while protecting the sensitive Himalayan ecology.
What to watch next
- Development of the offline and online GPS navigation mobile application
- Progress on the Detailed Project Report for the 100 mapped routes
- Implementation of waste management and amenity planning along the trails
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Pushkar Singh Dhami
1 quote“Uttarakhand has immense potential for adventure and trekking tourism and stressed the need to use modern technology to systematically bring both established trekking regions and remote, lesser-known routes onto the tourism map”
In the article
…(GIS) technology to improve trekker safety, streamline rescue operations and promote adventure tourism, chief minister Pushkar Singh Dhami said on Friday, as he flagged off an expedition team to begin the exercise. “ Uttarakhand has immense potential for adventure and trekking tourism and stressed the need to use modern technology to systematically bring both established trekking regions and remote, lesser-known routes onto the tourism map ,” CM Dhami said as he flagged off the team formed by the Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board (UTDB) from the chief minister’s Camp Office. He added that tourist safety, alongside the promotion of tourism activities,…
Dhiraj Singh Garbyal
1 quote“The application would allow trekkers to access essential information about trails and routes on their mobile phones even in areas without network connectivity”
In the article
…mapping and technical surveys of 100 major trek and hike routes would be carried out under the project. “An offline and online GPS navigation application based on the mapping would subsequently be developed,” he said. “ The application would allow trekkers to access essential information about trails and routes on their mobile phones even in areas without network connectivity ,” he added. According to Garbyal, upon successful implementation, Uttarakhand would become the first state in the country to develop such an application covering all 100 mapped trekking routes. The application would…
Sources1
- [1]Hindustan TimessupportiveUttarakhand to map 100 trekking, hiking routes to improve trekker safety: CM Dhami