HI, Is there any monthly meet up planned @ CHennai?
WOuld be eager to attend one if there are any. THanks, Lakshminarayanan On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 7:03 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/datameet/topics > > - Publisher Threatens to Sue Blogger for $1-Billion - Technology - The > Chronicle of Higher > Education<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13eaaf87ce26938b_group_thread_0>[1 > Update] > - Meetup in > Mumbai?<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13eaaf87ce26938b_group_thread_1>[5 > Updates] > - an idea of how difficult it is to do detailed mapping in > India<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13eaaf87ce26938b_group_thread_2>[2 > Updates] > - India Taluk boundary with head > quarters<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13eaaf87ce26938b_group_thread_3>[2 > Updates] > - New bmtc > website<https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/html/compose/static_files/blank_quirks.html#13eaaf87ce26938b_group_thread_4>[2 > Updates] > > Publisher Threatens to Sue Blogger for $1-Billion - Technology - The > Chronicle of Higher > Education<http://groups.google.com/group/datameet/t/8a35a61226605553> > > Thejesh GN <[email protected]> May 16 06:51AM +0530 > > Interesting read as its about open access and also about Indian IT > laws. > > > > http://chronicle.com/article/Publisher-Threatens-to-Sue/139243/?cid=wc&utm_source=wc&utm_medium=en > > -- > Thejesh GN | ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ > http://thejeshgn.com/ > GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 > > > > Meetup in Mumbai?<http://groups.google.com/group/datameet/t/5da75e24eeb7d2e8> > > rushabh <[email protected]> May 15 02:28AM -0700 > > Dear all, > > Happy to bump into this mailing list. Is anyone interested in a meetup > in Mumbai - the last one I searched was almost a year ago? > > A quick intro: We had participated in the recent Planning Commission > hackathon. When we saw the data.gov.in site, we realized that there > must be a better way to visualize all this data. So we came up with > http://codeformumbai.org (repository: > https://github.com/codeformumbai/data-gov-in). > > The goal is to create a data portal that can merge all the datasources > based on some heuristics (here is a start I did for the data.gov.infiles: > https://github.com/codeformumbai/data-gov-in/blob/master/build_db.py). > I was able to map almost 60% datapoints to timeseries and 30% to a region. > And this is just the start - there is the awesome devinfo census database. > Would also love to find ways to map election data into this so that it > could be useful in the up coming elections. Also if we can map the > governance architecture (governments, departments, ministries, > institutions) then it will make for even interesting analysis. > > Since I am a newbie in this field would love to meet more experienced > folks, get ideas for visualisations, share datasources, tools. If there are > any similar projects (did not find many so far) please let me know. > > best regards, > Rushabh > > > > > Pradeep Mohandas <[email protected]> May 15 08:47PM +0530 > > Meetup in Mumbai - Let's do it! > Code for Mumbai - nice project! > > Pradeep > > > > -- > How Pradeep uses email - http://goo.gl/6v1I9 > > > > > Jaidev Deshpande <[email protected]> May 16 12:27AM +0530 > > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 8:47 PM, Pradeep Mohandas > > Meetup in Mumbai - Let's do it! > > Code for Mumbai - nice project! > > I'm in. > > > -- > JD > > > > > Johnson Chetty <[email protected]> May 16 12:54AM +0530 > > Yes we do need to have a meetup... > When? Mostly Saturdays? > > Where? I can pitch to get a place at the TIFR Campus in Mankhurd, > Mumbai. > It has proper internet and facilities. (Subsidized food, projectors, > etc > etc) > > > > > > > > -- > Regards, > Johnson Chetty > > > > > Sundeep Narwani <[email protected]> May 15 01:24PM -0700 > > The project idea sounds awesome. > I can try with CED library in colaba .they have a projector too. > > > > > > an idea of how difficult it is to do detailed mapping in > India<http://groups.google.com/group/datameet/t/bbbd99091559ad9e> > > Avinash Celestine <[email protected]> May 15 05:13PM +0530 > > this is an interesting paper on an attempt to do detailed sub-district > level mapping in South India. > > http://www.demographie.net/sifp/Output/methodology.pdf > > > > > Vaibhav P <[email protected]> May 15 06:36PM +0530 > > Interesting. its really a thorough. > > Thanks for sharing. > > > - Vaibhav > > > > On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Avinash Celestine < > > > > India Taluk boundary with head > quarters<http://groups.google.com/group/datameet/t/faeb2222a0e21138> > > Pranesh Prakash <[email protected]> May 15 05:04PM +0530 > > Sajjad Anwar [2013-05-13 20:57]: > >> boundary & Taluk head quarters of entire India... > > > gadm.org - Download it from here > > http://www.filefactory.com/file/61su34uudcjz/n/IND_adm_zip > > Might it be useful to push this dataset on to datahub.io, tagged with > "India"? > > Thej has already created a link from DataMeet.org to > <http://datahub.io/tag/india>. > > ~ Pranesh > > -- > Pranesh Prakash > Policy Director > Centre for Internet and Society > T: +91 80 40926283 | W: http://cis-india.org > PGP ID: 0x1D5C5F07 | Twitter: @pranesh_prakash > > > > > Sajjad Anwar <[email protected]> May 15 05:46PM +0530 > > >> http://www.filefactory.com/file/61su34uudcjz/n/IND_adm_zip > > > Might it be useful to push this dataset on to datahub.io, tagged with > > "India"? > > Done: http://datahub.io/dataset/india-administrative-boundaries > Please do edit the meta data and description if it's not sufficient. > > Meanwhile, gadm.org is listed here: > http://datahub.io/dataset/gadm-admin > > > -- > Sajjad Anwar | W: http://sajjad.in | T: @geohacker > > > > New bmtc website<http://groups.google.com/group/datameet/t/eccbae08fdf98fce> > > Pranesh Prakash <[email protected]> May 15 11:44AM +0530 > > This is great. I've not made extensive use of the Bangalore bus system > (as I have the Chennai and Delhi ones), and I hope this might help me > change that. I've noticed that Google Maps has started rolling out bus > stop information (including timings) in Bangalore. > > How's ChaloBest.in coming along? What are the current usage figures > like? > > As for the smart cards: I hope that the tender also allows for these > smart cards to be used anonymously. > > ~ Pranesh > > srinivas kodali [2013-05-13 22:33]: > > -- > Pranesh Prakash > Policy Director > Centre for Internet and Society > T: +91 80 40926283 | W: http://cis-india.org > PGP ID: 0x1D5C5F07 | Twitter: @pranesh_prakash > > > > > Febin John James <[email protected]> May 15 11:46AM +0530 > > Well what i am thinking this government must release data apis for > developers.. I am sure cool stuffs will be comming out... > > What say? Any posssiblity of that? > > > Centre for Internet and Society > > T: +91 80 40926283 | W: http://cis-india.org > > PGP ID: 0x1D5C5F07 | Twitter: @pranesh_prakash > > -- > Regards, > > Febin John James > > *MSP * > *Microsoft* > * > * > * > * > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group > datameet. > You can post via email <[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe from this group, send<[email protected]>an > empty message. > For more options, visit <http://groups.google.com/group/datameet/topics>this > group. > > -- > 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. 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