Re: [datameet] Data Request

2015-11-09 Thread Amiruddin Nagri
I think this will be more detailed data -> http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS04195.htm?ac=195 Can someone write a small script to scrape this. On Monday, 9 November 2015 19:49:39 UTC+5:30, Thejesh GN wrote: > > CSV > Downmoad: >

[datameet] Google Civic API

2015-08-17 Thread Amiruddin Nagri
This is a nice initiative by Google. Only in US though. https://developers.google.com/civic-information/?hl=en_US Anybody know of any similar initiative for India ? Regards, Amiruddin Nagri -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http

[datameet] Re: Draft requirements document for Design Contest for open sourced Bus Routes Management System for PMPML

2015-07-05 Thread Amiruddin Nagri
Did you have a look at Google Transit Feed Specification ? https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs/reference?csw=1 Allowing data export in this format allows Bus routes to be searched using Google Maps. Also, this has become sort of a unspoken standard and many independent apps being built

[datameet] Re: Draft requirements document for Design Contest for open sourced Bus Routes Management System for PMPML

2015-07-05 Thread Amiruddin Nagri
Finally spotted GTFS reference in one of the bullet points. So ignore the point about GTFS. On Monday, 6 July 2015 08:44:11 UTC+5:30, Amiruddin Nagri wrote: Did you have a look at Google Transit Feed Specification ? https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs/reference?csw=1 Allowing data

[datameet] Re: 8 reasons why Good Governance will not come by building on Aadhaar

2015-07-03 Thread Amiruddin Nagri
If good governance may not come using UID, it was certainly not coming when UID was not there. Yes there are all sort of security issues, but if you think about 120,000,000,000 people, half of whom live below poverty line, with UID trying to give them sort of promise that their share of

[datameet] Re: Data Science Courses on Coursera

2015-06-18 Thread Amiruddin Nagri
In my experience the ROI of a Study Group that meets weekly for few hrs is pretty low. On Thursday, 18 June 2015 09:54:27 UTC+5:30, Devdatta Tengshe wrote: Hi All, I came to know that Coursera has a Group of courses on the topic of Data Science:

[datameet] Need a sample Election Voter List Data

2015-06-05 Thread Amiruddin Nagri
as obvious choice and I know some of you have scraped the voter list from EC website. I don't have time to do it myself, so if someone can share their data with me here or email me on amir.na...@gmail.com. Thanks, Amiruddin Nagri -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more

Re: [datameet] Need a sample Election Voter List Data

2015-06-05 Thread Amiruddin Nagri
Thanks, that should do. On Friday, 5 June 2015 23:20:16 UTC+5:30, Anand Chitipothu wrote: On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Amiruddin Nagri amir@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Actually I need to train tesseract (OCR library) to scan and understand indian names (proper nouns). Tesseract

Re: [datameet] Re: Census 2011 - Geographical Code Directory - List of Towns and Villages in India

2015-05-26 Thread Amiruddin Nagri
Thanks. Regards, Amiruddin Nagri On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 9:35 PM, Eric Dodge edodg...@gmail.com wrote: Python pandas can also read .dta files with the read_stata() function. On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 10:26 AM, Sumit sumitm.mis...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, You can use the following package

[datameet] Re: Census 2011 - Geographical Code Directory - List of Towns and Villages in India

2015-05-25 Thread Amiruddin Nagri
:05:57 UTC+5:30, Amiruddin Nagri wrote: Anybody has Census 2011 Geographical Code Directory data readily available ? http://www.censusindia.gov.in/(S(0huvcu2f4n0szkzslrmfbw2z))/2011census/Listofvillagesandtowns.aspx Thanks. -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India

Re: [datameet] Indian Railways Schedule in Google Transit

2015-05-16 Thread Amiruddin Nagri
I think the sub urban transport real time data is very critical and should be available to all. I remember during my time in London, the bus's real time data was available and many innovative local travel planning apps were there to ease your travel. Lets try talking to IRCTC. If that doesn't