Gandhinagar, Nov. 2 -- The Survey of India has a glorious legacy that predates the history of the nation itself.

According to the Gujarat CMO, in 1767, when India had neither its own Constitution nor a national flag or a modern mapping system, a small team of surveyors undertook the historic initiative of scientifically measuring the country's land. This initiative marked the beginning of the Survey of India, which today functions as one of the country's oldest scientific institutions and its national mapping agency.

Providing details, Siddhant Sen, Director of the Gujarat, Daman and Diu Geospatial Directorate of the Survey of India, functioning from Gujarat's capital Gandhinagar, stated that surveyors initially undertook the 'Great Tri...