Justin, Devdatta, It's all about how things work in India,
Devdatta mentioned SWEat,blood and teARS It also includes the capitalised word :) Good to persevere though. Congratulatioins. Rgds Dilip Damle On Wednesday, August 6, 2014 9:59:13 AM UTC+5:30, Justin Meyers wrote: > > > <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-R0Y80NzLfCo/U-GuxQ7iCwI/AAAAAAAAAKA/gdN3wX4skFk/s1600/bihar_sample.jpg> > see the Bihar data compared to this:Red=Bihar Black=this dataset > > > > On Wednesday, August 6, 2014 12:21:27 AM UTC-4, Justin Meyers wrote: >> >> Devdatta, >> This is raw data that I converted from kml to shp. So it took me about >> 30 minutes to make sure the attributes came through properly. Cannot say >> my source until I download the rest of the content from the site, before >> they take it down. It seems like they put data on the internet, then try >> to take it down (or hide it...). Not really sure why? I posted the Orissa >> sample for you some time ago, but you never responded? I found official >> data for Orissa as well, so converting the census pdfs to gis is a big >> waste of time (took me a few days...). >> >> As per the quality of this dataset, it is the best I have seen on a >> national level. But if you look state by state, or really want quality >> data, then this isn't what you want. I would call this dataset a rough >> start. >> >> I posted a update about Bihar ( >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/datameet/QuP4Tt4n0_g) and that >> data is amazing, this data doesn't hold a candle to it. Too bad the >> government doesn't want help from the experts ;) >> >> Cheers, >> Justin >> >> >> >> On Wednesday, August 6, 2014 12:02:57 AM UTC-4, Devdatta Tengshe wrote: >>> >>> Hi Justin, >>> >>> Firstly let me congratulate you on doing this. I'm sure that this must >>> have involved a lot of sweat, blood and tears (Working with government >>> data, usually involves the last one). This is the most up-to-date, >>> comprehensive & complete dataset for sub districts that I have seen. >>> >>> Could you tell us what was the source for creating these boundaries? >>> >>> I'll cross check it with other datasets, and let you know how it goes. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Devdatta >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Justin Meyers <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-JCJJdFxwIJ4/U-GSaLtnplI/AAAAAAAAAJw/3nhGoIFzCNE/s1600/indiatahsil2001.jpg> >>>> >>>> https://app.box.com/s/vljeiolbqhx2hwyz8qxs >>>> >>>> Processed from a kml; did not edit any geometry or attributes. Data is >>>> pretty generalized, but it is a good start for a national dataset. I keep >>>> finding better data as I continue to look (already posted two previous >>>> versions of a taluk/ tahsil/ amin 3 boundary). After concerns to missing >>>> data, this is the best to date I have found. >>>> >>>> Cheers! >>>> Justin >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >>>> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >>>> --- >>>> 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/d/optout. >>>> >>> >>> -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- 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/d/optout.
