The exact geographical position of each of the 51,919 polling booths in the forthcoming West Bengal Assembly elections can soon be viewed on computer screens, just as locations of landmarks can be seen on Google maps — courtesy the Election Commission’s decision to come up with geographic information system (GIS) maps of all the booths. Apart from giving a 360-degree view of each of the polling booth’s periphery, including all the approach roads and nearby installations, the software will also show every single detail of the polling station concerned with just one click on the mouse button. Read More
