On Wednesday, 20 January 2021 at 11:40:46 UTC+5:30 prkraj...@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello Harsh and everyone, > This is great work! > > Would it be possible to include these two pieces of info in the FAQs: > 1. Date/ Month of the opening of the dataset to the public > 2. The survey period over which this dataset was collected (I understand > the survey is ongoing for some states, so maybe at least the start month > would be useful to have). > Thanks! > Yes - I'll get that updated. Thanks. Does anyone know how to get this data ported to OSM (if at all that's possibility)? > > On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 10:49 AM nisar...@gmail.com <nisar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> *ANN:* PMGSY has opened data for about 7,00,000 geo-tagged rural >> facilities across India. >> >> The data was collected to help plan road investments in PMGSY-III. It was >> collected over the last year and counting. Depending on which state's data >> you download either the survey activity is completed or still under-process. >> >> The list of facilities which were to be surveyed as per guidelines of the >> scheme can be seen on Pg 37 of the PMGSY-III Guidelines ( >> https://pmgsy.nic.in/sites/default/files/PMGSY_III_guidelines.pdf) >> >> Eg. High Schools, Higher Secondary Schools, Vet Hospitals, PHCs, CHCs, >> Bedded Hospitals, Bus Stands, Block HQs, Panchayat HQs, Banks, Fuel >> Stations, Cold Storages, Agro Industries, Pack Houses, Collection Centres >> etc. >> >> Data opened includes name of facility, address, category, sub-category >> and lat/long. >> >> Some context: >> While a common android application was used for this data collection >> there was no in-depth centralized training/SOP for how the data was to be >> collected and states were given freedom to interpret the definition of the >> facilities which need to be surveyed as long as they met the overarching >> categories and goals. Eg. Some states would have considered privately owned >> facilities as well for certain categories or would have interpreted >> bus-stands to include taxi-stands if that's the only relevant means of >> transport or not considered weekly haats for agro-markets etc. There is no >> documentation for these variations. Once the survey is completed in a >> Block it won't be updated in the future. >> >> Even within a state you'll find variation because different divisions may >> have undertaken the survey independently with different levels of >> completeness, intent and accuracy. No standard mobile was used and GPS >> accuracy will vary from place to place. Further, the surveyors could be >> either on contract or government engineers. Treating it as a census may >> lead to claims of little substance. >> >> Nevertheless, it was a massive exercise and hopefully of some secondary >> use as well. >> >> License is Open Data License - India (s/o Naveen Francis) and you can >> download data for one state at a time. Other disclaimers are on the >> website. >> >> Link: http://omms.nic.in Other Reports -> Facility Details >> >> PS. Any pointers on how to collect citation metrics for this dataset are >> appreciated. It may help create a case for future such attempts to open >> data. >> >> Regards, >> Harsh Nisar >> >> -- >> > 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+u...@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/81e8a002-cb97-4c43-953d-7f9e4d9514fdn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/81e8a002-cb97-4c43-953d-7f9e4d9514fdn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/e818297f-7316-47bb-8849-662a605c244an%40googlegroups.com.
