In the context of space technology, what is “Bhuvan”, recently in the news? 

(a) A mini satellite launched by ISRO for promoting the distance education in India 

(b) The name given to the next Moon Impact Probe, for Chandrayan-II 

(c) A geoportal of ISRO with 3 D imaging capabilities of India 

(d) A space telescope developed by India

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(c) Bhuvan, is a software application which allows users to explore a 2D/3D representation of the surface of the Earth. ISRO launched the beta version of its web-based GIS tool, Bhuvan, on August 12, 2009. Bhuvan offers detailed imagery of Indian locations compared to other Virtual Globe Software, with spatial resolutions ranging up to 1 metre.

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