Just approved my RTI application that was drafted by OnlineRTI to send to the Corporation of Chennai.
i encourage everyone who advised to file an RTI to give it a try, this was rather easy. On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 11:31 PM, Arun Ganesh <arungra...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 For some parts of the nation data is well outdated, and 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> > > -- 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.
