It would be interesting to know how postal boundaries are defined officially. I have asked a couple of postmasters and the most even they have is a hand drawn diagram of the postman's beat.
On Mon, Mar 21, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Yogesh <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Shravan, > > You can get them either from gadm[1] where there are some restrictions on > the use of data or from OSM boundaries[2] site where the data is available > under ODbL. But I'm not sure whether Tehsils of all Indian states have been > mapped in OSM and also gadm data may not be complete/accurate. > > > [1]http://www.gadm.org/download > [2]https://osm.wno-edv-service.de/boundaries/ > > > cheers, > yogi > > > > On 03/21/2016 02:09 PM, shravan wrote: > > Hi Dilip, > > Where can I get the Tehsil boundaries from? > > Thanks, > Shravan > > On 21 March 2016 at 13:15, Dilip Damle <[email protected]> wrote: > >> One could then supers impose tehsil boundaries which are available and >> fine tune the boundaries >> >> On Thursday, March 17, 2016 at 11:34:00 AM UTC+5:30, Raphael Susewind >> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Shravan, >>> >>> another option - depending on what you are after - could be to use >>> Devdatta's point data for post offices, voronoi it into polygons, and >>> aggregate by pincode - that might not be the same as official >>> boundaries, but the closest you can get (each locality in India would be >>> assigned to the most proximate postoffice...) >>> >>> Best, >>> Raphael >>> >>> On 17.03.2016 06:18, Jaisen Nedumpala wrote: >>> > Hi Shravan, >>> > >>> > I don't think that you would get it that easy. I was in search of this >>> > data, since the year 2008. Eventually I could understand that even the >>> > department of posts doesnt have this data. We could do it as a >>> community >>> > project to build it. Not easy, but not impossible. >>> > >>> > >>> > 2016-03-17 10:32 GMT+05:30 shravan <[email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>>: >>> > >>> > Hey everyone, >>> > >>> > I am looking for pin code boundaries of India, preferably in any >>> of >>> > the GIS file formats ( kml, kmz, shp, geojson or any other ). It >>> > would be nice if someone can point me in the right direction, >>> where >>> > I can get this data from. >>> > >>> > Thanks, >>> > Shravan >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. 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