Re: [datameet] Kerala (Sub) District Shapefiles

2017-03-07 Thread Praveen J 
Dear Devdatta,

 Many thanks - this almost certainly has what I would need 
to correct the boundaries.
Your lightning response is very much appreciated 

thanks & best rgds
Praveen

On Wednesday, 8 March 2017 10:58:38 UTC+5:30, Devdatta Tengshe wrote:
>
> That data has these Sub Districts:
>
>
> ​
>
> Regards,
> Devdatta
>
> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Devdatta Tengshe  > 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 > > 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  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 
>>>  which had 2011 data (which is post 
>>> boundary changes for that district) but sadly, this particular change has 
>>> not effectuated there. Infact, Google 
>>> 
>>>  has 
>>> the updated boundary ! There is also an SVG 
>>> 
>>>  
>>> 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 
>>> 
>>>  or 
>>> taluk level 
>>> .
>>>  
>>> I saw some discussion that the forum admin did attempt to procure the 
>>> shape files 
>>>  
>>> 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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>>
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Re: [datameet] Kerala (Sub) District Shapefiles

2017-03-07 Thread Devdatta Tengshe 
That data has these Sub Districts:


​

Regards,
Devdatta

On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Devdatta Tengshe 
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  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  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
>>  which had 2011 data (which is post
>> boundary changes for that district) but sadly, this particular change has
>> not effectuated there. Infact, Google
>> 
>>  has
>> the updated boundary ! There is also an SVG
>> 
>> 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
>> 
>>  or
>> taluk level
>> .
>> I saw some discussion that the forum admin did attempt to procure the
>> shape files
>> 
>> 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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Re: [datameet] Kerala (Sub) District Shapefiles

2017-03-07 Thread Devdatta Tengshe 
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  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  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
>  which had 2011 data (which is post
> boundary changes for that district) but sadly, this particular change has
> not effectuated there. Infact, Google
> 
>  has
> the updated boundary ! There is also an SVG
> 
> 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
> 
>  or
> taluk level
> .
> I saw some discussion that the forum admin did attempt to procure the
> shape files
> 
> 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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