Re: [datameet] Re: Improving India road data on OpenStreetMap

When OSM was starting up and android phones with onboard GPS weren't yet commonplace, I saw OSM enthusiasts like the folks at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science using GPS devices to record the trace on their journey and then transferring the trace to computer and uploading the trace to OSM. Now when

[datameet] Re: Improving India road data on OpenStreetMap

Definitely a theme for the next GeoDEL mapping party. On Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 4:15:59 PM UTC+5:30, Arun Ganesh wrote: > > India has one of the lowest road coverage in OSM according to the recent > data metrics report: https://www.mapbox.com/data-platform/country/#india > . We have

Re: [datameet] Re: Improving India road data on OpenStreetMap

Sarath, I believe the data you posted is actually historical OSM data! When osm first came out, several websites hosted it and split it up based on country. I haven't looked at this data in a few years, but believe it is very very old OSM data. Cheers, Justin On Wednesday, November 25, 2015

[datameet] Re: Improving India road data on OpenStreetMap

That example was for Maharashtra On Wednesday, November 25, 2015 at 12:17:56 PM UTC-5, Justin Meyers wrote: > > Here is a extract of OSM road features vs Govt data. > osm - 99,002,845 meters > govt - 243,678,394 meters > > > > On Tuesday, November 24, 2015 at 5:45:59 AM UTC-5, Arun Ganesh wrote:

Re: [datameet] Re: Improving India road data on OpenStreetMap

Here is another open resource http://www.mapcruzin.com/free-india-country-city-place-gis-shapefiles.htm With regards, Sarath -- *Dr. Sarath Guttikunda* *http://www.urbanemissions.info * On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 11:47 PM, Arun Ganesh