Geographical Indications (GI) of India – Mapping India’s Geographical Heritage
Geographical Indications (GI) of India – Mapping India’s Geographical Heritage is a Bhuvan geospatial application that provides a map-based visualisation of products whose distinctive quality, reputation or characteristics are essentially associated with their geographical origin. The application brings together India’s diverse Geographical Indications and enables users to explore their spatial distribution across the country.
The application provides an interactive map interface through which GI products can be viewed and explored geographically. Users can filter the information based on different categories of goods, including Agricultural, Handicrafts, Natural Goods, Textile, Food Stuff, Manufactured and Meat/Poultry. The application also provides standard Bhuvan map-navigation and query capabilities, enabling users to interact with the mapped information and examine GI locations in their geographical context.
Geographical Indications serve to identify goods originating from a specific geographical region where their quality, reputation or other characteristics are attributable to that origin. In India, the registration and protection of GIs are governed by the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999, administered through the Geographical Indications Registry under the Controller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks.
By bringing GI information onto a map, the Bhuvan application provides a geospatial perspective of India’s rich and diverse geographical heritage, connecting distinctive products with the regions from which they originate.