Thank You guys. I think we should use the power of crowd sourcing / community project to define these boundaries on OpenStreetMap. Any suggestions are welcome.
Thanks, Shravan On 22 March 2016 at 12:02, Ma-roof M <mahroo...@gmail.com> wrote: > True. revenue village is what I had in mind. not the GPs. > > ____________________________________________________________ > Knowledge, that is *discovered*, lasts a lifetime.. > > Research Associate, PAS Project > CEPT University, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, 380009 Gujarat, India > Per | mahroo...@gmail.com | > *www.pas.org.in <http://www.pas.org.in/> Mob:* +91 *94 285 10963 *| O: +91 > 79 26302470 ext: 467 > * f * fb.com/pas.cept | * in * linkedin.com/in/pascept > > > On 22 March 2016 at 11:17, Jaisen Nedumpala <jaisuv...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> 2016-03-22 9:33 GMT+05:30 Ma-roof M <mahroo...@gmail.com>: >> >>> I would think that the tehsil/taluka boundaries would be a union of >>> respective village/town boundaries. >>> >> >> Tehsil/Taluk boundaries are a union of respective revenue village >> boundaries. Not to be confused with the village panchayat/municipality >> boundaries. >> >> >>> >>> ____________________________________________________________ >>> Knowledge, that is *discovered*, lasts a lifetime.. >>> >>> Research Associate, PAS Project >>> CEPT University, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, 380009 Gujarat, India >>> Per | mahroo...@gmail.com | >>> *www.pas.org.in <http://www.pas.org.in/> Mob:* +91 *94 285 10963 *| O: +91 >>> 79 26302470 ext: 467 >>> * f * fb.com/pas.cept | * in * linkedin.com/in/pascept >>> >>> >>> On 22 March 2016 at 00:26, Arun Ganesh <arungra...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> It would be interesting to know how postal boundaries are defined >>>> officially. I have asked a couple of postmasters and the most even they >>>> have is a hand drawn diagram of the postman's beat. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Yogesh <csyog...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Shravan, >>>>> >>>>> You can get them either from gadm[1] where there are some restrictions >>>>> on the use of data or from OSM boundaries[2] site where the data is >>>>> available under ODbL. But I'm not sure whether Tehsils of all Indian >>>>> states >>>>> have been mapped in OSM and also gadm data may not be complete/accurate. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> [1]http://www.gadm.org/download >>>>> [2]https://osm.wno-edv-service.de/boundaries/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> cheers, >>>>> yogi >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 03/21/2016 02:09 PM, shravan wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi Dilip, >>>>> >>>>> Where can I get the Tehsil boundaries from? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Shravan >>>>> >>>>> On 21 March 2016 at 13:15, Dilip Damle <cadvis...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> One could then supers impose tehsil boundaries which are available >>>>>> and fine tune the boundaries >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11:34:00 AM UTC+5:30, Raphael Susewind >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi Shravan, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> another option - depending on what you are after - could be to use >>>>>>> Devdatta's point data for post offices, voronoi it into polygons, >>>>>>> and >>>>>>> aggregate by pincode - that might not be the same as official >>>>>>> boundaries, but the closest you can get (each locality in India >>>>>>> would be >>>>>>> assigned to the most proximate postoffice...) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Best, >>>>>>> Raphael >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 17.03.2016 06:18, Jaisen Nedumpala wrote: >>>>>>> > Hi Shravan, >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > I don't think that you would get it that easy. I was in search of >>>>>>> this >>>>>>> > data, since the year 2008. Eventually I could understand that even >>>>>>> the >>>>>>> > department of posts doesnt have this data. We could do it as a >>>>>>> community >>>>>>> > project to build it. Not easy, but not impossible. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > 2016-03-17 10:32 GMT+05:30 shravan <shrava...@gmail.com >>>>>>> > <mailto:shrava...@gmail.com>>: >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Hey everyone, >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > I am looking for pin code boundaries of India, preferably in >>>>>>> any of >>>>>>> > the GIS file formats ( kml, kmz, shp, geojson or any other ). >>>>>>> It >>>>>>> > would be nice if someone can point me in the right direction, >>>>>>> where >>>>>>> > I can get this data from. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > Thanks, >>>>>>> > Shravan >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > -- >>>>>>> > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. >>>>>>> Know >>>>>>> > more about us by visiting <http://datameet.org> >>>>>>> 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+u...@googlegroups.com >>>>>>> > <mailto:datameet+u...@googlegroups.com>. >>>>>>> > For more options, visit <https://groups.google.com/d/optout> >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > -- >>>>>>> > ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ >>>>>>> > - ജയ്സെനോവ് നെടുമ്പാലോവിച്ച് പഹയനോവ്സ്കി - >>>>>>> > ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ >>>>>>> > (`'·.¸(`'·.¸^¸.·'´)¸.·'´) >>>>>>> > «´¨`·* . 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