Just filed for one through onlineRTI for the shapefiles for Chennai. Lets see how that goes.
Thanks Pradeep. On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Pradeep Bhatt <bhatt.prad...@gmail.com> wrote: > Guys, > > Some days back Vinoth had mentioned about OnlineRTI.com where you can > apply RTI online for any govt in India and they take care of drafting and > all other formalities. > > This month PayTM is sponsoring social RTIs on the site. Digital dataset is > very much a social RTI. > > You mentioned series of RTIs at different level, you can do on the site > for free. All it needs is creating a PayTM account, you can read more here > onlinerti.com/paytm > > Disclaimer : I am co-founder here > > Regards > Pradeep > > Till 31st December Pa > On 19-Dec-2015 21:06, "Justin Meyers" <justinelliotmey...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I think some things may have to be digitized from pdf/ jpeg/ paper maps >> (because the government will not allow any dissemination of a digital >> format, for whatever reason they see fit). However all India data (slum, >> ward, ac/pc, district, village, tehsil/ taluk, etc) exists in a digital >> format. I think the most important thing to do is start a series of RTIs. >> File one per layer/ dataset per agency per state/ federal. There is no >> other way to get quality information. Even commercial gis data in India >> (while it passes certain standards/ criteria) exists, it isn't always the >> greatest quality. While a lot of data exists, sometimes, the quality is >> lacking. If we do just download data, it may be missing pieces, >> attributes, etc. For some parts of the nation data is well outdated, and >> others it is amazing. I saw Nisha had started a github (I believe it has >> changed already), but she listed places in Bihar that could be digitized. >> I went to a few of the sites (http://ceobihar.nic.in/map/MainMenu.asp >> and http://gis.bih.nic.in/Map/BiharMap.aspx ) and downloaded a few >> maps. These are nice, but generalized. I then compared with some >> downloaded data. You can be the judge. Attached is a sample of the >> downloaded data. I think some of it is nice, but some is heavily >> generalized. >> >> I know a few people on datameet have downloaded data and served it back >> to the public or just kept it. Some data exists here: >> https://archive.org/details/IndiaVillageBoundaries I believe Thejesh GN >> did this. It is not complete, has holes, and I am not sure all of the >> attributes exist. >> >> I believe that a detailed system of filing RTIs is the best way to pursue >> the data. I imagine many will be denied. But I think it is the best way >> to start. Then we can figure out what to do as a next step. >> >> -- >> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "datameet" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad> -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
