Hello Siddhant, OSM has 70 national parks. 34 are yet to be mapped/tagged. Clean up is almost done. https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/National_parks_in_India
You can see the map @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_parks_of_India#Map -- naveenpf On Wednesday, 10 October 2018 15:21:57 UTC+5:30, Siddhant N wrote: > > *Is there an open-source mapping event at SOTM next month?* > *Even o/w could this group have any suggestions on this:-* > > For an ongoing project, we found only ~ 60% of National Parks and Wildlife > Sanctuaries in India are mapped with boundary information. Further, ~25% > are not even mapped up to the point location. (The mapped dataset is > available freely on IUCN portal.) > > Is there any scope at SOTM to organise a discussion or an exercise to > increase coverage in this respect? > > This is easier now as a new opportunity has emerged since mandatory ESZs > are notified for every Park in India. These notifications contain precise > location data, > contrary to past when only blurred toposheets were available, rendering it > impossible to accurately judge the forest limits. > > > Not to be emphasised enough, this project has global value for > researchers. There is a lot of interest in how will economic growth and > urbanisation in India will impact forests and biodiversity. Comprehensive, > accurate and publicly available forest data is then a first step for any > analysis. > > > *I look forward to ideas! * > *My email is [email protected] <javascript:>.* > > Many thanks > Siddhant > -- > [email protected] <javascript:> > +91 8889616139 > twitter: @siddnow > > -- 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.
