[datameet] Re: View of the map data for the Deccan
Yes, its absolutely gorgeous. That's where we need a reality check when data makes the reality look beautiful and appealing. Lets not forget that some of the driest, heavily deforested, heavily mined, and extremely contaminated places exist on this map. Regards, Rajesh On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 2:35:05 PM UTC+5:30, Devdatta Tengshe wrote: Hi Arun, This is a Gorgeous Map. I specially loved the colour combination. Could you share the QGIS map (.qgs) file, so that I can create similar maps for other areas? Regards, Devdatta Tengshe On Monday, August 11, 2014 12:13:48 AM UTC+5:30, Arun Ganesh wrote: This might interest folks who are interested in the data quality and coverage in the openstreetmap project. Check this render of the highways, rivers, cities and towns made using the latest osm dump: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Cities_and_Towns_in_the_Deccan_Plateau,_India.png The yellow areas are the highway=residential or living_street segments. Cities seem to be in decent shape. Towns are yet to see much street level detail. Only areas around Bangalore seem to have details in the rural areas. The hydrology detail looks really good. Almost all rivers are mapped. -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh -- 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.
Re: [datameet] Re: View of the map data for the Deccan
On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 12:41 PM, rajesh sha...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, its absolutely gorgeous. That's where we need a reality check when data makes the reality look beautiful and appealing. Lets not forget that some of the driest, heavily deforested, heavily mined, and extremely contaminated places exist on this map. The map has been updated with the mining areas in red. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Cities_and_Towns_in_the_Deccan_Plateau,_India.png Regards, Rajesh On Tuesday, August 12, 2014 2:35:05 PM UTC+5:30, Devdatta Tengshe wrote: Hi Arun, This is a Gorgeous Map. I specially loved the colour combination. Could you share the QGIS map (.qgs) file, so that I can create similar maps for other areas? Regards, Devdatta Tengshe On Monday, August 11, 2014 12:13:48 AM UTC+5:30, Arun Ganesh wrote: This might interest folks who are interested in the data quality and coverage in the openstreetmap project. Check this render of the highways, rivers, cities and towns made using the latest osm dump: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Cities_ and_Towns_in_the_Deccan_Plateau,_India.png The yellow areas are the highway=residential or living_street segments. Cities seem to be in decent shape. Towns are yet to see much street level detail. Only areas around Bangalore seem to have details in the rural areas. The hydrology detail looks really good. Almost all rivers are mapped. -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh -- 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.
[datameet] Re: View of the map data for the Deccan
Hi Arun, This is a Gorgeous Map. I specially loved the colour combination. Could you share the QGIS map (.qgs) file, so that I can create similar maps for other areas? Regards, Devdatta Tengshe On Monday, August 11, 2014 12:13:48 AM UTC+5:30, Arun Ganesh wrote: This might interest folks who are interested in the data quality and coverage in the openstreetmap project. Check this render of the highways, rivers, cities and towns made using the latest osm dump: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_Cities_and_Towns_in_the_Deccan_Plateau,_India.png The yellow areas are the highway=residential or living_street segments. Cities seem to be in decent shape. Towns are yet to see much street level detail. Only areas around Bangalore seem to have details in the rural areas. The hydrology detail looks really good. Almost all rivers are mapped. -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh -- 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.
