Arun, I never heard if you received the gis data. Did they supply you with any shapefile data?
Thanks, Justin On Monday, December 21, 2015 at 1:16:31 PM UTC-5, Arun Ganesh wrote: > > Just approved my RTI application that was drafted by OnlineRTI to send to > the Corporation of Chennai. > > i encourage everyone who advised to file an RTI to give it a try, this was > rather easy. > > On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 11:31 PM, Arun Ganesh <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Just filed for one through onlineRTI for the shapefiles for Chennai. Lets >> see how that goes. >> >> Thanks Pradeep. >> >> On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 9:45 PM, Pradeep Bhatt <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Guys, >>> >>> Some days back Vinoth had mentioned about OnlineRTI.com where you can >>> apply RTI online for any govt in India and they take care of drafting and >>> all other formalities. >>> >>> This month PayTM is sponsoring social RTIs on the site. Digital dataset >>> is very much a social RTI. >>> >>> You mentioned series of RTIs at different level, you can do on the site >>> for free. All it needs is creating a PayTM account, you can read more here >>> onlinerti.com/paytm >>> >>> Disclaimer : I am co-founder here >>> >>> Regards >>> Pradeep >>> >>> Till 31st December Pa >>> On 19-Dec-2015 21:06, "Justin Meyers" <[email protected] >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> I think some things may have to be digitized from pdf/ jpeg/ paper maps >>>> (because the government will not allow any dissemination of a digital >>>> format, for whatever reason they see fit). However all India data (slum, >>>> ward, ac/pc, district, village, tehsil/ taluk, etc) exists in a digital >>>> format. I think the most important thing to do is start a series of RTIs. >>>> >>>> File one per layer/ dataset per agency per state/ federal. There is no >>>> other way to get quality information. Even commercial gis data in India >>>> (while it passes certain standards/ criteria) exists, it isn't always the >>>> greatest quality. While a lot of data exists, sometimes, the quality is >>>> lacking. If we do just download data, it may be missing pieces, >>>> attributes, etc. For some parts of the nation data is well outdated, and >>>> others it is amazing. I saw Nisha had started a github (I believe it has >>>> changed already), but she listed places in Bihar that could be digitized. >>>> I went to a few of the sites (http://ceobihar.nic.in/map/MainMenu.asp >>>> and http://gis.bih.nic.in/Map/BiharMap.aspx ) and downloaded a few >>>> maps. These are nice, but generalized. I then compared with some >>>> downloaded data. You can be the judge. Attached is a sample of the >>>> downloaded data. I think some of it is nice, but some is heavily >>>> generalized. >>>> >>>> I know a few people on datameet have downloaded data and served it back >>>> to the public or just kept it. Some data exists here: >>>> https://archive.org/details/IndiaVillageBoundaries I believe Thejesh >>>> GN did this. It is not complete, has holes, and I am not sure all of the >>>> attributes exist. >>>> >>>> I believe that a detailed system of filing RTIs is the best way to >>>> pursue the data. I imagine many will be denied. But I think it is the >>>> best way to start. Then we can figure out what to do as a next step. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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] <javascript:>. >>>> 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] <javascript:>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Arun Ganesh >> (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad> >> >> > > > -- > Arun Ganesh > (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad> > > -- 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.
