MRSAC Geoportal

MRSAC Geoportal

MH Specific

Maharashtra Remote Sensing Application Centre geospatial layers covering land use, admin boundaries, watersheds, and thematic maps for all 36 districts at 1:50K scale.

Create a visual dashboard showing land cover changes to track deforestation or illegal mining in Maharashtra.
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Quick Start

# Access WMS layers from MRSAC Geoportal
import folium
m = folium.Map(location=[19.5, 76], zoom_start=7)
folium.WmsTileLayer(
    url='https://geoportal.mrsac.org.in/geoserver/wms',
    layers='mrsac:lulc', fmt='image/png', transparent=True,
    name='MRSAC Land Use'
).add_to(m)
m.save('maharashtra_landuse.html')
Modality
geospatial
Size
50+ layers; state-wide coverage at 1:50K scale
License
Format
Shapefile
Language
mr, en
Update Frequency
annual
Organization
Maharashtra Remote Sensing Application Centre (MRSAC), Government of Maharashtra

Schema

FieldTypeDescription
geometrygeojsonPolygon or multipolygon boundary geometry
layer_namestringThematic layer (e.g. LULC, admin boundaries, watersheds)
districtstringMaharashtra district name
attributestringLayer-specific attribute (land use class, watershed code, etc.)

Build With This

Build a change-detection alert system that compares annual land use layers and flags rapid conversions for environmental enforcement
Create a precision agriculture app overlaying MRSAC land use with soil and crop data for optimized resource allocation
Develop an urban sprawl tracker for Maharashtra cities using time-series land use layers

AI Use Cases

Land use classificationDrought monitoringWatershed delineationUrban sprawl analysis
Last verified: 2026-03-07