Excellent work from Kerala, Why did it go defunct? How did you guys collect the data? Was it automatic from the dams?
Nisha On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 2:38 PM, Sabarish, KSITM <[email protected]>wrote: > Hello, > > I am presenting a website which is defunct for a while, which is on > transparency of the dam water-level. > > http://damalert.kerala.gov.in/main/index.php > > The same may be extended to whole of india, the code fully on open source > developed by NIC for KSITM > > Regards > > Sabarish.K > > > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 12:50 PM, Nisha Thompson <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> Hey Everyone, >> >> At the Meetup on Tuesday we discussed the following: >> >> *Data.Gov.In* >> >> The team at NIC's Data.gov.in has been putting up a few datasets. Now >> they have around 20. >> >> There are a lot of community functions on the site. As a data-centric >> community we really should be finding ways to give feedback and demand >> datasets. I would like share the following google doc with the list of data >> sets we have been requesting. I will be officially requesting the >> government related ones on the request data forum. >> >> We also have priority data we would like Pincodes being the biggest >> demand and shapefiles being the next more asked for dataset. So please vote >> for those sets here: >> >> Also would anyone be interested in participating in some of their forums. >> Specifically one about requesting data and discussing formats, >> standardization, and data quality. >> >> *India Water Portal Data Project* >> I presented the work I'm doing at India Water Portal >> >> The India Water Portal Data Project is looking at water data in India in >> a systematic way the hopes to see what data is out there, who collects it, >> what are the gaps, and how you can use data to build quality and >> sustainable water projects and tell a more realistic story about the state >> of water in India. >> >> So we are looking at data from government, NGOs, and academics have to >> try to get an idea of how to answer two big questions. >> >> How much water do we have? >> How much water do we need? >> >> *How much do we have?* >> India's water cycle is constricted to surface water which depends heavily >> on the three months of monsoon rains, and groundwater. >> >> So data around rain, reservoir levels, surface water, and groundwater >> levels are essential to understand the supply we are working with. This >> data is scattered, collected by many different agencies, and also is of >> questionable quality. >> >> *How much do we need?* >> Demand for water is harder to understand. Metering of water use is not >> widely used and not required by law. Real numbers of actual use are not >> available but can be deduced from other proxy factors like energy use (for >> pumps) and what kind of crops are grown. >> >> The discussion then moved to the urban story of water. How you can check >> for leaks and get demand information from apt administrators and houses >> that use tankers. >> >> One of the projects discussed was forming a home weather station network. >> India Water Portal is in the process of getting a weather station to live >> stream data in Bangalore. Several people also want to make cheaper versions >> of a weather station for homes that will also collect data. This network >> could be a source of data that is more granular and there for more useful >> for projects like rainwater harvesting. >> >> If you are interested in working on the Weather network in Bangalore >> please let me know. I can connect you to Pavan and Sam Rajkumar. >> >> Nisha >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Nisha Thompson >> Mobile: 962-061-2245 >> >> >> -- >> For more details about this list >> http://datameet.org/discussions/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "datameet" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> >> >> > > -- > For more details about this list > http://datameet.org/discussions/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > -- Nisha Thompson Mobile: 962-061-2245 -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected].
