The Bearer token was probably a red herring.. and Claude found the public key for the WMS encoding( which is different from the one used for the other calls ).. though I haven't asked it to consolidate the code to be reproducible yet. For now, data is being pulled.. what has already been pulled can be seen at https://indianopenmaps.fly.dev/vectors?categories=gatishakti
On Tue, Feb 17, 2026 at 10:49 AM Prem Thogiti <[email protected]> wrote: > Even I had tried intercepting data but so weird and lost the track, and > best to talk less about the cartography. Not sure, is that data so > confidential that raw data should not be made available?? > > While most countries focuses on ideas and data being openly available via > api, we are still locking up data and expecting innovation ! > > Sorry for sounding harsh but that’s reality. > > -Prem > > On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 at 6:49 PM, sreeram kandimalla < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The website comes a close second to IRCTC in ease of registration and >> password setting( had to resort to looking at the regex in the source for >> password validation ). >> >> Anyway.. once logged in the wms url is >> https://ugi.pmgatishakti.gov.in/ugi-public-api-3/gis/wms99 . >> unfortunately not easily scrapable( not impossible ). Needs a bearer token, >> and in a first the payload to the wms endpoint is encrypted. >> >> Most of the layers there can be seen on other government websites.. still >> some interesting layers around. NCOG and their levels of paranoia are >> unparalleled. >> >> On Mon, Feb 9, 2026 at 11:33 AM Arjav <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Dear Santosh, >>> Can you please elaborate more on the use of rest services to get the >>> shapefiles of the items. >>> Gati Shakti is serving the maps using WMS is what I could understand. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Arjav >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 12:37 AM Santosh Singh <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> You can access through rest services >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> On Wed, 4 Feb, 2026, 2:42 pm Supriya Joshi, <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi folks, >>>>> >>>>> The recently opened Gati Shakti portal >>>>> <https://ugi.pmgatishakti.gov.in/home/> has extremely valuable >>>>> infrastructure-related information, with over 200 geospatial data layers >>>>> integrated from more than 40 central ministries and state governments. >>>>> These datasets can be broadly categorised into - >>>>> >>>>> - >>>>> >>>>> Demographic information: Shapefiles of administrative boundaries >>>>> including subdistrict and village boundaries along with district and >>>>> Taluka >>>>> headquarters. Settlement, watershed, river, water body, all these >>>>> layers are also included. >>>>> - >>>>> >>>>> Physical Infrastructure: Detailed networks of Railways (tracks, >>>>> stations, freight corridors), Roads (National Highways, >>>>> expressways, toll plazas), Power (transmission lines, >>>>> substations), Telecom (OFC networks, towers), and Shipping (ports, >>>>> inland waterways). >>>>> - >>>>> >>>>> Social & Economic Assets: Locations of Schools, Hospitals, and >>>>> Anganwadis to identify service gaps, alongside economic zones like >>>>> Industrial >>>>> Parks, SEZs, and Textile Clusters. >>>>> - >>>>> >>>>> Land & Environment: Critical regulatory layers including Forest >>>>> Approvals, Wildlife Sanctuaries, Eco-Sensitive Zones, and Mining >>>>> Leases to help check for land availability and potential clearance >>>>> issues. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> This information is quite interesting, but it looks like the platform >>>>> is designed for visualisation and query-based analysis, allowing us to >>>>> view >>>>> layers on the map and see attribute details. 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