If Google Earth's resolution is 200 meters, why is my car clearly visible in my driveway? Many features in Google Earth have a resolution of one to three meters. It all depends on where you look.

Pete, Charleston, USA

"India is the only democratic country in the region", says sonny of London, UK. Come again? Didn't the people of Pakistan just send their benevolent dictator packing and elect the husband of a slain candidate in his place? How is Pakistan not also democratic? On other things I agree with sonny.

Gregor, San Diego, CA, USA

I thought Google Earth purposely limited the resolution of their product for International safety and privacy reasons. I would think that if they had competition in this department, they would simply remove some resolution filters. I would definitely like to see India develop a comparable platform

Fynn, Los Angeles, USA

"Google Earth was also partially funded by the "state""???
Uh, no. Google bought Keyhole. Saying Google Earth was "state-funded" is like saying Google was "funded" by the creators of YouTube which Google acquired in 2006.

cp, san diego,

Big Brother is Here!

Bill Motsenbocker, Little Rock, ARK

Is this already up and running? Is there a web site to check this?
I couldn't find anything at ISRO site :-(

Claudio, Florida,

maps.live.com has better maps. google looks like kid cartoons. save us from google!

Calisurfer, LA, USA

The proposed roll out of satellite imagery service by the ISRO of India need not come as a surprise. Progress made by India in this field is considerable, though with a and low per capita income, which is not necessarily a disqualification. This is a news for every Indian to feel proud of.

Lt Col T. Saibaba(Retd), Secunderabad, India

Some of the comments show how little the people from the West know India or may not ready to accept India as an equal!
Believe me, India can rival the best in most technological areas and does not need to borrow from the West to put its plan into practice. The Empire has been long dead! Wake up!

Surya Vanshi, Manchester,

India is the only democratic country in the region and is trying to reach the level of achievement in the West. It is as far as I am aware a friend of the West, and has the same agenda. I don't understand the negativity and cynicism of some of the comments.

sonny, London, UK

The world's largest remote sensing satellite constellation has beenIndian for over a decade.
Frank - Canada's polar areas and waterways are mapped by Indian satellites for your government, and US and Europe have long been using Indian satellites for fighting pollution and forest fires.

Arvind Mahajan, Brussels,

so will this be pid for by the indian state with money collected via tax, or by the money foreign countries give to india to help its poor...hummmm i think we all know the answer there dont we

kyle smith, bristol, uk

I am not a george bush guy; I think it's great that the Indians are advancing themselves technologically, more power to them. BUT, to those who say Americans are just jealous of this effort, I challenge Indians to show where Americans live in trash heaps or live in slums feet from commuter trains.

M. Rant, Howell, USa

MM - money doesn't mean talent and within the global scientific community the spirit is more convivial across borders than apparent in some comments here. Whichever entity develops the technology, the earth and the mankind benefits. Period. Scientists know this. Laymen seem to ignore this.

Prabhat, UK,

Many people in the West are incapable of accepting India's fast growing economic, political & military power as well as scientific achievements. Usually Western media ignores positive news from India.

India's Moon craft cost at USD 80 M is less than half of other countries' similar efforts.

Mr Vipul Thakore, London, UK

I hope this is not one of another wild claims by the Indian press.

Frank, vancouver, Canada

If that were true, there would be virtually no major companies at the top of their sectors without being virtually state-owned. Everyone knows that if Google feels this is important, they'll simply upgrade their own offering. Google has more money to spend than the Indian state on this.

MM, USA,

Google Earth was also partially funded by the "state". The CIA's venture capital arm, In-Q-Tel financed Keyhole, the original software developers of of a program called Earth Viewer which was acquired by Google in autumn 2004.

John, Buffalo, New York, USA

An egocentric search engine? Called Egoogle? Must be these new specs? Surely it didn't say that? Presumably it always returns self-referential search results?

Paul Freeman, London, England

Blah ! This is just for Indian region. Probably ISRO is good in data generation, but is nobody when comes to web-based data dissemination. Their website can't deliver even a JPG file fast enough. I predict the interest of the Indian netizens fizzling in a month after the release (if any).

Manoj, Hyderabad, India

Isro project is funded by the state and hence can be expected to better Google Earth. Let us hope this venture succeeds in making India a better place to live for the millions.

Hughes, Seattle, USA