Land Resources Information System and NBSS BHOOMI Geoportal for Land Resource Monitoring and Management

Abstract

In the study, Land Resources Information System (LRIS) of India has been designed and developed using geographic information system (GIS) to effectively store, update, manage and query land and allied resource database. Based on the standardized datasets generated under LRIS, NBSS BHOOMI Geoportal has been designed and developed to visualize, query and disseminate various theme-based Web Map Services (WMS) and applications for agricultural land use planning. The thematic information on major physiographic regions, sub-physiographic regions, agro-ecological regions, agro-ecological subregions, soil data of India on 1:1 m and 1:250,000 scale, soil loss status and land degradation status of India, 1:50,000 scale soil data for selected districts and 1:10,000 scale soil data for selected blocks of India has been processed and deployed in LRIS and Geoportal. The point database on climatic data, benchmark soils, soil fertility, soil loss grid points of India and soil series data for 18 states and 22 districts has been deployed in Geoportal. Digital elevation models of SRTM DEM (90 m and 30 m) and ASTER DEM (30 m), the thematic database on major crop growing areas, land management units and potential growing areas for 17 crops at India and state level have been processed and deployed in BHOOMI Geoportal. The developed LRIS and NBSS BHOOMI Geoportal have immense potential in sustainable management of land resources and develop smart agricultural land use plans in India.