On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Gora Mohanty <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2 March 2014 13:13, Thejesh GN <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Mar 1, 2014 7:59 PM, "Gautam John" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Gora Mohanty <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> > idea of having a way to get data from the Excel files, and other > >> > sources, on > >> > data.gov.in and other places, and providing real API-based access, > and > >> > have > >> > some thoughts on this. Should we discuss this here, or take it > offline. > >> > >> Wouldn't something like CKAN work? > >> > >> http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/api/index.html > > > > I had not checked the CKAN in a long time. It looks very interesting. It > > doesn't say anything about GIS part. I am very interested in GIS. I will > > probably install over the weekend and let group explore. > > We have extensively used GIS with GeoDjango. While GIS is doable, > maybe we should agree upon what the primary purpose of the site should > be. What I thought that you were proposing was a site that acts as a > central location where data from multiple Indian data sources are > accumulated, > and provided to users via an API. > > While we are also interested in GIS, visualisation, and reporting, to my > mind > that should be a secondary focus for this site. > > My focus is to deliver bangalore data through API. that includes location based query too - For example given lat, long what are the nearest bus stops. - Given a lat, long what are the nearest schools - Given a lat, long whats the AC, PB and WARD etc There are the things that can be consumed by an app directly. > Regards, > Gora > > -- > 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.
