The SoI is only an implementing agency. It is the Ministry of Defence (MOD) that specifies what qualifies as restricted and what is not. The approval has to be sought from the MOD. Para 6 of National Map Policy says as follows: *"The Ministry of Defence has from time to time issued detailed guidelines on various aspects of map access and use. These instructions shall continue to hold good but for the modifications cited herein.*. "
I am presuming that Google did not get approval from the MOD. The first step would be to get our hands on the guidelines if any, provided they themselves are not restricted. A google search reveals that there are some restrictions wrt. contours (news story <http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/flood-prediction-model-only-after-mod-edits-contour-maps/634761/> ). Praachi -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
