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Google, Apple and Microsoft may need licence for satellite mapping in India
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 10, 2016
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filed under:
Open Standards,
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Openness
Cold response from MNCs like Google to India's security concerns is seen as a prime reason for the proposed legislation to regulate mapping of the country, a move that critics call "return of the Licence Raj" and "digital nationalism".
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Legal Challenges to Mapping in India #1 - Laws, Policies, and Cases
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by
Adya Garg
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published
May 11, 2016
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last modified
May 11, 2016 01:43 PM
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filed under:
Geospatial Information Regulation Bill,
Open Data,
Open Government Data,
Geospatial Data,
Openness
Responding to the draft Geospatial Information Regulation Bill and the draft National Geospatial Policy made public recently, this post provides an overview of the present configuration of laws, policies, and guidelines that provides the legal framework in India for governance of creation and sharing of geospatial data in India. The post also studies these policies in action by describing the key legal cases around the creation and use of geospatial data. The next post of this series will document the reflections and opinions of the key geospatial industry actors in India, as well as the free and open source mapping community.
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December 2011 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 23, 2012
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last modified
Jul 23, 2012 08:35 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Research,
Openness
Welcome to the newsletter issue of December 2011. This issue carries a special section on Freedom of Expression as there was much discussion regarding the Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Mr. Kapil Sibal’s proposal for pro-active censorship of social media.
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November 2011 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Jul 24, 2012
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
Research,
Openness
Welcome to the Centre for Internet and Society newsletter! In this issue we bring you the updates of our research, events, media coverage and videos of some past events organized by us during the month of November 2011.
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August 2011 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Aug 24, 2011
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last modified
Aug 13, 2012 05:13 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
CISRAW,
Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this issue we are pleased to present you the latest updates about our research, upcoming events, and news and media coverage:
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September 2010 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Sep 23, 2010
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last modified
Aug 10, 2012 07:22 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
CISRAW,
Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet and Society! In this bulletin we bring you updates of our research, news and media coverage and announcement of events organised in the month of September 2010.
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May 2010 Bulletin
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
May 23, 2010
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last modified
Aug 10, 2012 10:00 AM
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Digital Natives,
Telecom,
Accessibility,
Internet Governance,
CISRAW,
Openness
Greetings from the Centre for Internet & Society. We bring you updates of our research, news and media coverage and information on our events in this bulletin of May 2010
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Wikipedia Workshop @ BITS Goa
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 05, 2013
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last modified
Mar 05, 2013 08:29 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Event,
Wikimedia
The Access to Knowledge team at the Centre for Internet & Society is organising a workshop at BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa Campus on March 7, 2013, from 5.30 p.m. to 8.00 p.m.
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Access to Knowledge Bulletin — February 2013
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 11, 2013
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last modified
Mar 12, 2013 04:20 AM
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filed under:
Openness,
Wikipedia,
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia
In the second issue of our newsletter for 2013, we are glad to introduce you to our new programme officer, Dr. U.B. Pavanaja. The A2K team consists of four members based in Delhi: T. Vishnu Vardhan, Nitika Tandon, Subhashish Panigrahi and Noopur Raval, and one new team member Dr. U.B. Pavanaja who works from Bangalore office.
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Kannada Wikipedia Workshop
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by
Prasad Krishna
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published
Mar 15, 2013
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filed under:
Access to Knowledge,
Wikimedia,
Wikipedia,
Workshop,
Openness,
Event
A Kannada Wikipedia workshop is being organized by the Centre for Internet and Society in Mysore on March 24, 2013. Dr. U.B. Pavanaja will be participating in this workshop. The one day workshop will begin at 10 a.m. in the morning and shall end at 5.00 p.m. in the evening.
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