I just type the word village and i get this which includes the Columbia university post
On Tuesday, September 4, 2018 at 9:25:48 AM UTC+5:30, Naraina aka Dilip Damle wrote: > > 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> 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> 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> 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> 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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