Protecting India's forests with satellite location technology

摘要

A navigation and positioning chip from wireless company u-blox is at the heart of a new high-tech initiative that protects forests, wildlife and endangered species, and promotes sustainable resource development. The Indian state of Odisha is larger than most European countries, but 30% of its area is forest, including national parks that are home to protected wildlife, tiger reserves and over 100 species of wild orchid. Now, the Forest Minister of Odisha has unveiled a locally developed handheld GNSS device, the Sxtreo T51 PDA, based on the u-blox M8 GNSS chip, which will be used by thousands of rangers to protect and manage forest resources.