Thanks Anoop > Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:54:45 +0530 > Subject: Fwd: Re: [datameet] An inquiry about boundaries of gram and taluka > panchayats > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > > Please see email below from anoop. Can someone add anoop to the e group. > sent on android > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [datameet] An inquiry about boundaries of gram and taluka > panchayats > From: Anoop Aravind <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected],Sudarshan Rodriguez <[email protected]> > > Dear All > > Its a thrill for me to hear from enthusiasts like you always and I just > noticed that there is Rajesh also marked in one of the mails (I hope he > remember the exchange of information we had at NIRD during the workshop of > June 2012) > > Anyway, coming to the point of discussion here, raised by Meera and > followed up by Sudharshan, Vinay and Rajesh; let me clear up the murky > picture that everyone is having as far as spatial data especially > boundaries of Panchayats is concerned > > 1. Gram Panchayat (GP- the smallest rural administrative body) comprising > of one or more revenue villages does not have the boundaries drawn by any > particular agency (as far as my current knowledge goes) Although Registrar > General of India -Census demarcates the boundaries of Panchayats whenever a > new GP is carved out/merged from existing ones. > > 2. Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) has now taken up the initiative to > start the exercise of generating GP boundaries from the Revenue Village > boundaries based on the tagging done in an application called Local > Government Directory (LGD) accessible at *lgdirectory.gov.in.* > In this application, State Panchayati Raj (PR) Departments have started > tagging the respective villages to the respective GPs to which they belong > to. Once this exercise is completed, GP boundaries can be extracted very > easily by merging the village boundaries. (Only in those cases where a > whole/full village forms a GP. > There are instances where villages get split between 2 or more GPs. In such > a case, there is no easy way out but to manually digitize the boundary or > do a GPS survey and upload the coordinates. > > 3. MoPR will not wait for only the LGD tagging to finish. But it may start > with GPs as point features so that data related to GPs can be tagged on a > GIS and necessary GIS based graphical outputs and analysis can be done > (without boundaries also, whereever possible) As no much area calculation > is supposed to be initiated in the early stages and we definitely can not > expect 100% data readily available (because this will be the first time in > the history of India that such an exercise on a GP level will be initiated) > > 4. I am not sure about NRDMS (but I am pretty sure that, boundaries > wherever available are those of Revenue Villages- made available by Survey > of India- authentic and ready to be used) But I don't think the shape files > are available for download. Moreover the question shouldn't be to get the > shapefile:- if you are a developer, get the WMS from NRSC team (incharge of > Bhuwan) or from NIC-GIS division, and use the service to project boundaries > on your application. We need not think that unless we get a shp file our > project doesn't start. > > I will make sure that village boundaries are made available as a WMS and > let me see what can be done to make the process more easy. > > 5. Bhuvan team is coming up with another version called Bhuvan Geo > Panchayat (which will have detailed spatial data generated from satellite > images; i.e. secondary products like land use, land cover, kind of maps > generated using image processing and GIS softwares.) There is a project > called Space based Information for Decentralized Planning (SIS-DP) under > which huge number of such data has been generated for a few States on a > scale of 1:10,000 and for some on a scale of 1:50,000. > All of this will be in public domain just like present bhuvan. And to use > them, you can call them using WMS. > > There are huge strides being taken in this regard, and I request > cooperation of intellects like all of you to give valuable inputs for > making Geospatial tech available for our villages and GPs. > > *Summary*:- > Gram Panchayat boundaries are being prepared. (since its based on LGD > tagging- done by States themselves- it will be made public once > verification is completed as to whatever village names have been tagged to > GPs are correct or not.) > > Taluk/Block Panchayat boundaries- Block boundaries may be/are available not > sure about from where you can download the same. > > For any information or suggestion, please call me any time or best, drop a > mail. Let us create the tech for our India through maps. Just think of me > as yours eyes and ears in the government. And think of the Government (not > by any political party names) but as a much higher entity (where many other > intellectuals are working day in and day out to meet demands of future > India. > > Jai Hind > > -- > *Anoop Aravind* > Consultant > Ministry of Panchayati Raj > Govt. of India, New Delhi > +91 9962 011 933 > [email protected] > > > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 4:53 PM, Sudarshan Rodriguez < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Those might be for revenue villages. > > > > Census follows revenue village system and is different from panchayat > > village system. if I am not mistaken a few revenue villages make a > > panchayat > > > > These distinctions are imp. Need to findout what NRDMS and bhuvans . Most > > probably rev village boundary . > > > > Anoop is a gis person and tech consultant working on e-governance program > > in the ministry of panchayati raj . I am ccing him on this mail. > > He mentioned a web page they have set up > > Anoop - your thoughts and > > pointers would be helpful > > More later > > Regards > > Sudarshan > > > > > > > > > > sent on android > > > > "Rajesh D Hanbal (ರಾಜೇಶ)" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > >Panchayat and Village boundaries should be available with NRDMS. I am not > > >sure about the access issues though. The low-resolution pdfs are generally > > >put up on district websites. > > > > > >Bhuvan shows village boundaries. May be you can try your luck there too.. > > > > > >Both are government agencies and might need you to put up with a lot of > > >red-tapism., > > > > > >Thanks, > > >Rajesh > > > > > > > > > > > >On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Vinay Venu <[email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > >> I had taken a look at gadm.org taluk data for Chhattisgarh around 2 > > >> months ago, and the data was pre-2011 census. The number of taluks in > > the > > >> census was double of what was present in the census data. Of course, > > your > > >> mileage may vary with different states. We are manually editing these > > for a > > >> little reporting app we are building (our app doesn't need high > > accuracy, > > >> atleast for now). > > >> > > >> > > >> -Vinay > > >> > > >> > > >> On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 10:40 AM, Sudarshan Rodriguez < > > >> [email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >>> try gadm.org for taluka boundaries > > >>> > > >>> ( not sure about accuracy- we at TISS are in the process of making of > > >>> making a request for shape files of state dist and taluka boundaries at > > >>> data.gov.in > > >>> will send you link to endorse ( we need 100 endorsements to get the > > data) > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> panchayat boundaries do not exist to my knowledge as of yet > > >>> MoPR is at present looking geting them done but that depends of the > > >>> state government. > > >>> For that your best luck is with the state government > > >>> > > >>> I was told by someone in MOPR that West Bengal is the only state where > > >>> they have mapped panchayat boundaries > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Sudarshan Rodriguez > > >>> Please note the change in my mobile number to +91 9310442441 > > >>> Senior Programme Coorindator Director's Office Coastal Area Mapping > > >>> Project/ TISS LAHDC Ladakh Gyurja II Project http://camp.tiss.edu and > > >>> http://ladakh.tiss.edu Email: [email protected] > > >>> [email protected] Mobile: +91 9310442441 > > >>> On Wednesday 17 April 2013 10:28 AM, Meera Mehta wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Would anybody have an idea about how to get recent e-copies of gram > > >>> /tauka panchayat boundaries ? Preferably linked to the 2011 census. > > >>> > > >>> best > > >>> > > >>> Meera Mehta > > >>> CEPT University > > >>> -- > > >>> 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 and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an > > >>> email to [email protected]. > > >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> -- > > >>> 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 and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an > > >>> email to [email protected]. > > >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> -- > > >> 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 and stop receiving emails from it, send > > an > > >> email to [email protected]. > > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > >-- > > >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 and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > >For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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 and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >
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