In Continuation of my previous email, here is a CSV file which shows just how bad the GDAM dataset is.
Regards, Devdatta On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Devdatta Tengshe <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sharad, > > I just download the GDAM data again, to confirm what you have said. > > I'm going to have to disagree with you about the quality of the IND_adm3 > data. > > > Acoording to the 2001 Census, there are 5454 Sub Districts in India > <http://www.socialjustice.nic.in/pdf/tab11.pdf>. The GDAM dataset has > just 2299 features. > > So clearly these taluk features do not correspond to the 2001 Census. I > cross checked for some areas I have ground knowledge of, and I can say that > this dataset is not from any specific era. Some tehsils in the file were > created post 2001, while others created in the 90's were not present. > > In my opinion the GDAM data is pretty much unusable. > > > Regards, > Devdatta > > > On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Sharad Lele <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I have downloaded and checked the GADM boundaries (my version is 2011). >> The taluka boundary layer probably holds good today, becuase few talukas >> get split. Districts get split regularly (every so many years) so the >> district boundary layer in this GADM set is quite of date (may apply to >> 2001 or so). The spatial registration (positional accuracy is ~1km, and the >> spatial detail is of course not as good as the boundaries given in a Survey >> of India 50k topo, but then that is an unfair standard, so by a more >> generalized standard, the quality is okay. >> >> Sharad >> >> >> On Monday, August 4, 2014 7:20:38 PM UTC+5:30, Dilip Damle wrote: >>> >>> Mr Thakkar, >>> >>> Please also look at another post (more than one) on this group about >>> Taluk Shapefiles by Justin Meyers >>> >>> So far as I know GADM is the source that has Taluk files. >>> I am not sure about its completeness and accuracy as on today >>> >>> http://www.gadm.org/ >>> >>> On Monday, August 4, 2014 6:23:07 PM UTC+5:30, D Thakker wrote: >>>> >>>> thanks Dilip for your hardwork. >>>> I have been on a lookout for all taluka / tehsil shape file, so how do >>>> I be in a loop as I am very keen to see the repository mail / list. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Monday, August 4, 2014 9:50:26 AM UTC+5:30, Dilip Damle wrote: >>>> >>>>> Sharad, >>>>> >>>>> I am working on some things will revert in about a week or may be more. >>>>> >>>>> Thejesh, >>>>> >>>>> Go ahead, >>>>> >>>>> Actually there was one more source a Low Resolution (vertices) >>>>> District map by VDS technologies. >>>>> I have it as Polylines in Autocad. I seem to have lost the original >>>>> file. >>>>> If anyone has then please share it. (it does not seem to be on their >>>>> site now) >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, August 3, 2014 11:32:43 PM UTC+5:30, Thejesh GN wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Actually its not a bad idea to list it on the wiki. Let me know i >>>>>> will create an account. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Thejesh GN ⏚ ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ >>>>>> http://thejeshgn.com >>>>>> GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 >>>>>> On Aug 3, 2014 10:15 PM, "Sharad Lele" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Dear Dilip and others: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I have been following this thread with interest, but to be honest am >>>>>>> a bit lost now. Can someone post a summary of which maps mentioned so >>>>>>> far >>>>>>> have what features (which coverage, pertaining to which year, what >>>>>>> attributes (such as census codes), etc.)? Would be most helpful. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Sharad >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Friday, August 1, 2014 9:03:58 PM UTC+5:30, Dilip Damle wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This is an old post. >>>>>>>> However this is the appropriate place to add an additional source. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I had downloaded the set from Grid Geneva many years ago. >>>>>>>> The original complete source was named as GNV197 which is 24 MB >>>>>>>> Titled as "HUMAN POPULATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES DATABASE >>>>>>>> FOR ASIA" >>>>>>>> I am attaching the South Central Asia E00 file. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> That set contains The disputed areas under the country name IN1 and >>>>>>>> IN2 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> This dataset can not be easily found at present on the GRID Geneva >>>>>>>> site http://www.grid.unep.ch/index.php?lang=en in the same name. >>>>>>>> may be it is still there somewhere with some other name. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> For copyright check the metadata file which is here >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://geonetwork.grid.unep.ch/geonetwork/srv/en/iso19139.xm >>>>>>>> l?id=835 >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> rgds >>>>>>>> Dilip Damle >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Wednesday, January 4, 2012 9:52:57 AM UTC+5:30, Karthik >>>>>>>> Shashidhar wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> All the shapefiles for India that I have downloaded do not show >>>>>>>>> PoK and Aksai Chin as part of India. Does anyone here have access to >>>>>>>>> shapefiles that include these territories? Basically looking to >>>>>>>>> publish >>>>>>>>> (online) some maps, so want to make sure that it's accurate. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> (I looked through the group archives, and all sources mentioned >>>>>>>>> there do not show these regions as part of India) >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>>>> Karthik >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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. 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"STATE_NAME","GDAM_LEVEL3_COUNT","Census_2001_COUNT" "Andaman and Nicobar",2,7 "Andhra Pradesh",210,1125 "Arunachal Pradesh",15,149 "Assam",25,14 "Bihar",52,533 "Chandigarh",1,1 "Chhattisgarh",61,97 "Dadra and Nagar Haveli",1,1 "Daman and Diu",3,2 "Delhi",1,27 "Goa",12,11 "Gujarat",214,226 "Haryana",45,67 "Himachal Pradesh",66,109 "Jammu and Kashmir",15,59 "Jharkhand",26,210 "Karnataka",176,175 "Kerala",62,63 "Lakshadweep",5,4 "Madhya Pradesh",166,259 "Maharashtra",307,353 "Manipur",28,38 "Meghalaya",7,32 "Mizoram",10,22 "Nagaland",8,93 "Orissa",58,388 "Puducherry",4,10 "Punjab",46,72 "Rajasthan",210,241 "Sikkim",4,9 "Tamil Nadu",155,201 "Tripura",11,38 "Uttar Pradesh",208,300 "Uttaranchal",32,49 "West Bengal",53,341
