The state-owned service, which will initially cover only India, will be free to use on the web.
'We've created a lot of value added products out of satellite data of the Indian region', Dr. V. Jayaramna, a director at Isro, told the Financial Times.
'We will introduce Bhuvan in phases. Over the next three to four months, the first lot [of map data] will come out and then more in a systematic manner.'
The move comes just weeks after India stepped up its position in the space race with the blast-off of the country's first unmanned space mission to the moon.
The latest project has sparked speculation that India will develop its own global positioning system, providing for TomTom-like devices for cars.
It is already working towards a satellite-based global aviation navigation system.
And scientists revealed earlier this week that designs for an Aditya spacecraft to study the sun are nearly complete.
'We've created a lot of value added products out of satellite data of the Indian region', Dr. V. Jayaramna, a director at Isro, told the Financial Times.
'We will introduce Bhuvan in phases. Over the next three to four months, the first lot [of map data] will come out and then more in a systematic manner.'
The move comes just weeks after India stepped up its position in the space race with the blast-off of the country's first unmanned space mission to the moon.
The latest project has sparked speculation that India will develop its own global positioning system, providing for TomTom-like devices for cars.
It is already working towards a satellite-based global aviation navigation system.
And scientists revealed earlier this week that designs for an Aditya spacecraft to study the sun are nearly complete.