Hi praveen, Have you looked at: https://github.com/datameet/indian_village_boundaries/tree/master/kl ?
Regards, Devdatta On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:36 AM, Praveen J <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Experts, > > This topic must have been discussed many times - but the > threads are a bit confusing (for me!) to decide on the best possible course > of action. I am writing here to be enlightened and hoping for some good > advice. > > I am looking out for the *correct district boundaries for Kerala* (India) > as a shape or a KML file. We do a bit of citizen science activities in mapping > birds <http://birdatlaskerala.github.io/atlas/> in the state. However, > the boundaries we have are off [=dated] for one of our districts (Ernakulam > district), which I am trying to fix. > > After much looking up, I found a github repo > <https://github.com/datameet/maps> which had 2011 data (which is post > boundary changes for that district) but sadly, this particular change has > not effectuated there. Infact, Google > <https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Ernakulam,+Kerala/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x3b07e415deabd61f:0x6b911227eed3f76f?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf7aywjcbSAhVQ3GMKHXepDRoQ8gEIGDAA> > has > the updated boundary ! There is also an SVG > <https://bitbucket.org/sanand0/districts/src/tip/districts.svg?fileviewer=file-view-default> > file with correct boundaries but I dont know how to convert it to a SHP or > a KML file nor can I assess fidelity loss during a conversion. > > Hence my next attempt was to look for Taluk/Panchayat level boundaries to > fix this boundary myself but no shape file is available publicly at that > administrative level. Some JPGs elsewhere exists, which is very nice and > detailed, to the village level > <https://revolutionarygis.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/kerala-sindia-shapefile-data/> > or > taluk level > <https://revolutionarygis.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/kerala-village-shapefile-2015/>. > I saw some discussion that the forum admin did attempt to procure the > shape files > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/datameet/X5kzViRMJKs/mFqnAwQvtP0J> > of similar JPGs from the same source, but I do not see an evidence that she > succeeded. Hence, I treat this as something that is not readily accessible. > > > What I have/can? QGis & Inskscape, Scripting (python/perl/R) with limited > GIS knowledge. > > Any help on how to proceed would be very much appreciated. > > thanks & best rgds > Praveen > > PS: How I got the current boundaries is probably not much relevant - it > reached me after several hand-overs and almost certainly its origins are > from a publicly accessible website like GADM or 2011 Census Data. > > > -- > 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.
