Hi Srini, I dont know if this has been looked into, but the Election Commission used to host constituency shapefiles on their website a while back (2008/09 is what I remember) - maybe we can approach them? I do know of this private initiative: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sandip/data.html, but as the maintainer himself says, it needs some updating post the 2009 delimitation exercise
Sagar On Thursday, 16 May 2013 12:40:09 UTC+5:30, Srini wrote: > > Dear all, > > You can find this scraper tool that I wrote useful for getting > constituency wise data for the state. It also hosts the data that you need > in csv. You can modify the data in the csv file to get your format. > > > https://scraperwiki.com/scrapers/election_commission_india_results_meghalaya_asse_1/ > > Alternatively, if you want to scrape the data in the "state wise" format > that you mention, you can modify the scrapers that I had written for other > northeastern states earlier - look into my scraperwiki profile - for > Karnataka and obtain the same. > > https://scraperwiki.com/profiles/vrsrini/ > > ----- > > Apropos MP/MLA Shape files though, > > I am disappointed that despite putting in a lot of effort, there has been > no headway in obtaining shapefiles for constituencies though. It is just a > shame. > > Best, > Srinivasan > > -- > Srinivasan V. Ramani , > Senior Assistant Editor, > Economic and Political Weekly , > New Delhi: 110 067 > > > On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 12:29 PM, Megha Vishwanath > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Hey Venkat, >> >> Am not sure, but cant the Govt sites expose these data in a structured >>> manner? How is the OpenData-Gov movement working on these fronts. >>> >>> IMHO, if you are still relying on scraping data for NGO activities i >>> think you are trying to a wrong problem. Not only are you overloading the >>> Govt servers but are relying on a neanderthal technology. >>> >>> I need this data for my organisation's use. If the data is available in >> a structured manner, that'll be perfect to address my need. >> >> And is scraping neanderthal? What's the newest means by which I can get >> this data then? I'm willing to explore... >> >> -Megha >> >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
