This is Amazing! Thank you very much!!
On Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 10:49 AM nisar...@gmail.com <nisar.ha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > *ANN:* PMGSY has opened data for about 7,00,000 geo-tagged rural > facilities across India. > > The data was collected to help plan road investments in PMGSY-III. It was > collected over the last year and counting. Depending on which state's data > you download either the survey activity is completed or still under-process. > > The list of facilities which were to be surveyed as per guidelines of the > scheme can be seen on Pg 37 of the PMGSY-III Guidelines ( > https://pmgsy.nic.in/sites/default/files/PMGSY_III_guidelines.pdf) > > Eg. High Schools, Higher Secondary Schools, Vet Hospitals, PHCs, CHCs, > Bedded Hospitals, Bus Stands, Block HQs, Panchayat HQs, Banks, Fuel > Stations, Cold Storages, Agro Industries, Pack Houses, Collection Centres > etc. > > Data opened includes name of facility, address, category, sub-category and > lat/long. > > Some context: > While a common android application was used for this data collection there > was no in-depth centralized training/SOP for how the data was to be > collected and states were given freedom to interpret the definition of the > facilities which need to be surveyed as long as they met the overarching > categories and goals. Eg. Some states would have considered privately owned > facilities as well for certain categories or would have interpreted > bus-stands to include taxi-stands if that's the only relevant means of > transport or not considered weekly haats for agro-markets etc. There is no > documentation for these variations. Once the survey is completed in a > Block it won't be updated in the future. > > Even within a state you'll find variation because different divisions may > have undertaken the survey independently with different levels of > completeness, intent and accuracy. No standard mobile was used and GPS > accuracy will vary from place to place. Further, the surveyors could be > either on contract or government engineers. Treating it as a census may > lead to claims of little substance. > > Nevertheless, it was a massive exercise and hopefully of some secondary > use as well. > > License is Open Data License - India (s/o Naveen Francis) and you can > download data for one state at a time. Other disclaimers are on the > website. > > Link: http://omms.nic.in Other Reports -> Facility Details > > PS. Any pointers on how to collect citation metrics for this dataset are > appreciated. It may help create a case for future such attempts to open > data. > > Regards, > Harsh Nisar > > -- > 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/81e8a002-cb97-4c43-953d-7f9e4d9514fdn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/81e8a002-cb97-4c43-953d-7f9e4d9514fdn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/CA%2BsGXOLHg%3DTceZU01RyGTbG3MH5DTHwoDYbR1myR-yNbZxzc3A%40mail.gmail.com.
