Master Planning 7,935 Indian Cities and Towns

The Indian government wants its urban areas to have a plan. Right now, most don't. Formal master plans guiding the growth and development of infrastructure and land use in cities are somewhat rare in India, and the government is hoping a new technology initiative will encourage leaders in 7,935 cities and towns to start thinking about and planning for the future.

As Post Noon reports, the government is for the first time making available satellite imagery to the planners and development officials in these nearly 8,000 towns and cities. It's part of a National Urban Information System that is aiming to give municipalities access to the imagery and to help develop geographic information system databases that will be able to inform the needs of these areas as they develop over the next few decades.