e-Library

LIBRARY RESOURCES

The JSAC Library has a sound collection of books, reports, proceedings and manuals mainly on the subjects like Remote Sensing/GPS/Photogrammetry, Geographical Information System (GIS), Geology, Soil, Agriculture, Forestry, Ecology, Geography, Computer Science & Information Technology, Tribal Studies, etc.

The Library has also SOI toposheets for entire Jharkhand, Atlas and thematic maps of different subjects. The Library subscribes journals in field of Remote Sensing, GIS, Soil & Agriculture, Forestry and Computer Science.

The Satellite data (viz. AWiFS, LISS - III &IV,Cartosat& Quick Bird Data for entire Jharkhand State) and digital copies of documents are available for reference purpose in JSAC Library.

Collection consists of:

• Scientific Books,: Printed and Digital
• Report, Proceeding, Thesis , Manual etc : Printed and Digital
• Light Reading Materials: General books, magazines, etc.
• Journals: Printed and Online link
• E-books: in PDF and Online link
• Final out put records (hard/soft copy) of all projects which include Maps, CD/DVD/Hard Disks, Reports, Atlas & etc
• Records of hard /digital copy submitted by different vendors and by the different Govt. Dept. under different projects
• Satellite Data : ( CDs & DVDs)

  S.N.	Sensor / Data Type	Resolution	Coverage Area	Year
  1	Advance Wide Field Sensor (AWiFS)	56 m	Entire Jharkhand	2009 to 2017
  2	IRS LISS III	23 m	Entire Jharkhand	2003 to 2016
  3	IRS LISS III (Toposheets-wise)	23 m	Entire Jharkhand	2008-09
  4	IRS LISS IV	5.8 m	Entire Jharkhand	2004 to 15
  5	IRS LISS IV - Ortho-rectified	5.8 m	Entire Jharkhand	2011-13
  6	CARTOSAT - I (Stereo pair)	2.5 m	Entire Jharkhand	2006-08
  7	CARTOSAT - I	2.5 m	Entire Jharkhand	2006-11
  8	CARTOSAT - II	1.0 m	Ranchi	2010
  9	Landsat Thematic Mapper (TM)	15 m	Entire Jharkhand	2015, 2016
  10	QuickBird	0.65 m	Entire Jharkhand	2006-12
  11	Aster Data	30 m	Lohardaga & Surroundings	2014
  12	Hyperion- Hyper-spectral Data	30 m	Lohardaga & Surroundings	2014
  13	QuickBird	0.65 m	10 cities of Jharkhand	2011-14
  14	Resourcesat LISS IV	5.8 m	Entire Jharkhand	2015
  15	Sentinal 2A	10m	Entire Jharkhand	2017, 2018
  16	Sentinel 1	10 m	Part of Jharkhand	2017
  17	Landsat 8	15m	Entire Jharkhand	2016-17

• SOI Toposheets

  S.N.	Scale of Toposheet	Coverage	Quantity (Sheets)
  1	1:50,000	Entire Jharkhand	230
  2	1:50,000	Parts of Bihar	70
  3	1:2,50,000	Entire Jharkhand	30
  4	1:25,000	Parts of Jharkhand	39
  5	1:50,000 (Open Series)	Parts of Jharkhand	163

• Thematic Maps of Entire Jharkhand in 1:50,000 Scale (hard / soft copy)
  • Vegetation classification Maps - 130 Sheets
  • Geological Maps (GSI) - 90 NOS
  • RGDWM Ground water Prospect Maps - Toposheets wise 130 Sheets
  • Soil Maps of Jharkhand ( toposheets wise)
  • Slop maps of Jharkhand ( toposheets wise)
  • Land Capability Maps of Jharkhand (toposheets wise)
• Other Thematic Maps in different scale (hard & soft copy)
  • DVC Project area Ariel Maps in 1:10,000 Scale – 226 sheets
  • Planning Series Maps:- Major Cities of Jharkhand
  • RGDWM Ground water Prospect Maps; Entire Jharkhand (block wise)
  • Bauxite Prospect Maps 1: 25,000 - 26 NOS
  • Geological Qurd. Maps (GSI) - 1: 250,000 - 8 NOS
• Village Cadastral Maps of Jharkhand State - 35343 Nos.
• City guide Map:
  • Ranchi
  • Dhanbad
  • Jamshedpur
• Atlas:
  • RGDWM Ground water Prospect Atlas: Entire Jharkhand ( Hardcopy and Softcopy in PDF format )
  • Cultural Atlas of Orissa
  • Mineral Atlas of India
  • Atlas of cropping system of India
  • Coal atlas of India
  • India Administrative atlas (1872 – 2001)
  • Wastelands Atlas of India
  • Wetland Atlas of India (Hardcopy and Softcopy in PDF format)
  • Land use Land Cover Atlas of India
  • Watershed Atlas of India
  • Jharkhand Administrative Atlas 2001: Maps in PDF
  • Jharkhand Administrative Atlas Vol. 1 & 2 (2011)