I can write a post, if you think it is worth it. Lets talk off-list for details.
-Vinay On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Nisha Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting Vinay... > > Would you mind writing a blogpost about this for DataMeet.org? > > Nisha > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Vinay Venu <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I tried spiking out a similar API last week, and parts of it look pretty >> easy to build. I tried to merge data from the shape files with datameet >> <https://github.com/datameet/maps> with MP information provided in >> http://sansad.co. Sansad provides its API from PRS <http://prsindia.org/>. >> Here <https://github.com/vinayvenu/politica> is a crude prototype >> prepared during a hackathon. It needs a lot of love. A live demo here >> <http://128.199.65.27:8090/leaders?y=12.9073061&x=77.6431242>. x and y >> are latitude and longitude. >> >> On piece different from Google is that the API does not crowdsource the >> data. At an India scale, I am hoping we can find official sources of data >> that can be used to build this out. If no one already is providing this >> API, I am more than happy to finish this up and host it. >> >> Regards >> Vinay >> >> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 8:44 PM, Amiruddin Nagri <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> This is a nice initiative by Google. Only in US though. >>> >>> https://developers.google.com/civic-information/?hl=en_US >>> >>> Anybody know of any similar initiative for India ? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Amiruddin Nagri >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > > > -- > Nisha Thompson > DataMeet.org > [email protected] > skype: nishaqt > mobile: 962-061-2245 > > -- > 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.
