That data has these Sub Districts:

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Regards,
Devdatta

On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Devdatta Tengshe <devda...@tengshe.in>
wrote:

> Hi praveen,
>
> Have you looked at: https://github.com/datameet/indian_village_
> boundaries/tree/master/kl ?
>
> Regards,
> Devdatta
>
> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:36 AM, Praveen J <paintedst...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear Experts,
>>
>>                  This topic must have been discussed many times - but the
>> threads are a bit confusing (for me!) to decide on the best possible course
>> of action. I am writing here to be enlightened and hoping for some good
>> advice.
>>
>> I am looking out for the *correct district boundaries for Kerala*
>> (India) as a shape or a KML file. We do a bit of citizen science activities
>> in mapping birds <http://birdatlaskerala.github.io/atlas/> in the state.
>> However, the boundaries we have are off [=dated] for one of our districts
>> (Ernakulam district), which I am trying to fix.
>>
>> After much looking up, I found a github repo
>> <https://github.com/datameet/maps> which had 2011 data (which is post
>> boundary changes for that district) but sadly, this particular change has
>> not effectuated there. Infact, Google
>> <https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Ernakulam,+Kerala/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x3b07e415deabd61f:0x6b911227eed3f76f?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf7aywjcbSAhVQ3GMKHXepDRoQ8gEIGDAA>
>>  has
>> the updated boundary ! There is also an SVG
>> <https://bitbucket.org/sanand0/districts/src/tip/districts.svg?fileviewer=file-view-default>
>> file with correct boundaries but I dont know how to convert it to a SHP or
>> a KML file nor can I assess fidelity loss during a conversion.
>>
>> Hence my next attempt was to look for Taluk/Panchayat level boundaries to
>> fix this boundary myself but no shape file is available publicly at that
>> administrative level.  Some JPGs elsewhere exists, which is very nice and
>> detailed, to the village level
>> <https://revolutionarygis.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/kerala-sindia-shapefile-data/>
>>  or
>> taluk level
>> <https://revolutionarygis.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/kerala-village-shapefile-2015/>.
>> I saw some discussion that the forum admin did attempt to procure the
>> shape files
>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/datameet/X5kzViRMJKs/mFqnAwQvtP0J>
>> of similar JPGs from the same source, but I do not see an evidence that she
>> succeeded. Hence, I treat this as something that is not readily accessible.
>>
>>
>> What I have/can? QGis & Inskscape, Scripting (python/perl/R) with limited
>> GIS knowledge.
>>
>> Any help on how to proceed would be very much appreciated.
>>
>> thanks & best rgds
>> Praveen
>>
>> PS: How I got the current boundaries is probably not much relevant - it
>> reached me after several hand-overs and almost certainly its origins are
>> from a publicly accessible website like GADM or 2011 Census Data.
>>
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