Hello, I think we need to tell users to Search within the group first after landing on this page before asking for any data.
Group search works fine. There are many posts already about Village Boundaries and the entire set For 2001 and 2011 is available from Columbia University which is also posted in this Group. SEARCH WITHIN GROUP BEFORE ASKING That should be the mantra On Friday, August 24, 2018 at 11:30:39 AM UTC+5:30, Thejesh GN wrote: > > > Q : "I've only joined just now so I have no clue about others who have > also requested for the same" > A : This is not a whatsapp group. It's an openly readable public forum on > the internet. You can search through all the past postings on this mailing > list going back almost a decade, over here: > *https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/datameet > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/datameet> *. One simple search > might fetch you a lot of resources. > > > This is mostly our (DataMeet's) problem than users. Eventhough Google owns > groups, some how Google group posts don't appear that significantly on > generic Google search. Today what doesn't appear on Google search doesn't > exist. So i do understand. > > May be we need to have a post on how to search on Google groups > effectively? > > Or > > I have the script for scraping the Google groups conversations for backup. > May be i can update it to generate some of the most popular discussions as > static htmls at > > http://projects.datameet.org/discussions > > That way Google can index better or we can link better. > > Looking at how useful > https://projects.datameet.org/maps has been. I don't think its a bad idea. > > > What do you guys think? > > Let me know. I have a day or two work on this end of this month. Also if > anyone of you like to contribute. > > > Regards, > Thej > > Thejesh GN ⏚ ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ > http://thejeshgn.com > > > On 24-Aug-2018 11:14, "Nikhil VJ" <nikh...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > Hi Nitin, Partha, > > Can you raise one ticket/issue for each of your states to work on village > boundaries here: > *https://github.com/datameet/indian_village_boundaries > <https://github.com/datameet/indian_village_boundaries>* > > And in that can you put in whatever details you already have about the > matter? For example, before coming to this group and posting your question > you surely must have checked at other places and found at least something > if not the whole thing. Maybe PDF maps of sub-districts, for example. That > is something a GIS/planning student can turn into a shapefile in a day for > you. Maybe you know exactly which office/department in that state is in > charge of officially maintaining the maps. These are all vital leads. so > please put them in your posting so that you maximise the chances of your > success. > > The folks from datameet community who CAN help you, who have *succeeded* > in getting together village shapefiles of many other states so far, will be > better reached at that github repo, and more constructive things can happen > over there, like different leads can come in. On the mailing list I've seen > over a dozen separate requests for village boundaries for the same states > being made by now. The requesters should consider allying together to > achieve their common aims. > > Q : "I've only joined just now so I have no clue about others who have > also requested for the same" > A : This is not a whatsapp group. It's an openly readable public forum on > the internet. You can search through all the past postings on this mailing > list going back almost a decade, over here: > *https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/datameet > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/datameet> *. One simple search > might fetch you a lot of resources. > > -- > Cheers, > Nikhil VJ > +91-966-583-1250 > Pune, India > Website <http://nikhilvj.co.in> > DataMeet Pune chapter <https://datameet-pune.github.io/> > Self-designed learner at Swaraj University < > http://www.swarajuniversity.org> > Payment / Contribute <https://nikhilvj.benow.in/pay> > > > On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 6:32 PM Nitin Sathe <samar...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> If any one have village boundaries shapefiles of MP and Chhattisgarh pl. >> share. >> >> On Thu, 23 Aug 2018, 09:21 Nikhil VJ, <nikh...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello Partha, >>> >>> This email is about plan B (seeing that your original request was made >>> an year ago). >>> >>> In the event that you have PDF/image maps of what you need but no >>> shapefile, you can make your own shapefiles. I did that for latest >>> municipal wards for Pune, MH, gave all the official source links and >>> disclaimers in documentation (that this is volunteer traced, no guarantees, >>> for accuracy go to officials, etc etc), and some orgs here have been happy >>> to take and use the shapefile in their work. >>> >>> See *this guide I've made for non-GIS folks >>> <http://datameet.org/2016/08/12/guide-on-digitizing-static-maps/>*, and >>> there are many others on the net, videos even. Search for "geo-referencing" >>> or "digitising maps". There are also students, freshers around looking for >>> such work so they can add to their cv's. >>> >>> And if shapes are too cumbersome and the end requirement is just to show >>> locations on map, then getting single lat-long point of each place is an >>> easier task. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Cheers, >>> Nikhil VJ >>> +91-966-583-1250 >>> Pune, India >>> Website <http://nikhilvj.co.in> >>> DataMeet Pune chapter <https://datameet-pune.github.io/> >>> Self-designed learner at Swaraj University < >>> http://www.swarajuniversity.org> >>> Payment / Contribute <https://nikhilvj.benow.in/pay> >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 23, 2018 at 12:16 AM, Partha Sarathi Ghose < >>> ghos...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Bala, >>>> >>>> Thank you for sharing the link. It was really helpful. >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> >>>> Partha >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, 7 June 2017 16:47:18 UTC+5:30, Balachander wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Hi >>>>> >>>>> I have come across this site which has kmls of all districts of TN. >>>>> http://nirt.in/ggis.htm >>>>> >>>>> I have no idea about the accuracy, source etc. >>>>> >>>>> Regards >>>>> Bala >>>>> Kotagiri >>>>> On 07-Jun-2017 2:03 pm, "Partha Sarathi Ghose" <ghos...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Dear All, >>>>>> >>>>>> Greetings. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have been working on a short mapping work and for that I need >>>>>> shapefile for the districts of Tamil Nadu and also Kerala. Luckily I was >>>>>> able to avail information on the villages of Kerala from the >>>>>> http://datameet.org/ website and the information is absolutely nice. >>>>>> However, I have not been able to find anything on Tamil Nadu. >>>>>> >>>>>> It would really helpful if anyone could help me find something on >>>>>> villages of Tamil Nadu. >>>>>> >>>>>> I look forward to your support. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards and best, >>>>>> >>>>>> Partha >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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 datameet+u...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. 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