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QUESTION 15
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How can Artificial Intelligence (AI) and drones be effectively used along with GIS and RS techniques in locational and areal planning?

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What the examiner wants

Explain how AI and drones can be combined with GIS and remote sensing for locational and area planning.

ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.

Demand-wise check

  1. 1What each tool does: RS (satellite data), GIS (layering and analysis), drones (high-resolution local data), AI (pattern finding, prediction)≈65 words
  2. 2Applications: land records, urban master plans, site selection, flood mapping, crop planning, disaster response≈65 words
  3. 3Challenges: data privacy, skills, cost, regulation≈65 words

Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.

Answer plan

Roles of each toolHow they combineApplications with Indian examplesChallengesConclusion

Where marks usually go

  • Describing each technology separately without showing how they work together
  • No Indian scheme as an example

Draw this

  • Flow chart: drone/satellite data → GIS layers → AI analysis → planning decision

Value addition

  • SchemeSVAMITVA uses drones to map rural inhabited land and give property cards to villagers.Ministry of Panchayati Raj
  • PlatformBhuvan is ISRO's geoportal that provides satellite data for planning.National Remote Sensing Centre, ISRO