Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for "complete" India

2018-02-14 Thread Sourav Sarkar
Thank you very much for uploading this! Really helpful. However, while using this shapefile of 2001 subdistricts with the shapefiles of Assembly Constituencies from datameet, I notice that the two maps does not overlap exactly. I do not have sufficient GIS knowledge to risk correct them. It

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for "complete" India

2016-04-29 Thread Indranil Gayen
Hi Everyone, Really great stuff here. Thanks for hard-work and all resources. I am currently working on few test projects [self initiated] on Geo-Visualization [Myself work in Reserve bank of India, DSIM (Statistics Dept)]. I'm using https://github.com/datameet/maps/tree/master/Districts [2011

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2015-05-02 Thread Dipal Thakker
Hello Group, Was very keen to continue this discussion. To continue from my last point (in my last msg), the key reason I am seeking base-map / boundary data is that I would like to build an infographic portal for census and other primary data sets. I gave a shot but did not reach too far.. and

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2015-04-17 Thread Dipal Thakker
@Nagarajan - it will be grate if you can share more about your application, and keen to collaborate too. *| Dipal Thakker* On 15 April 2015 at 09:04, Nagarajan M mnagarajan...@gmail.com wrote: @Diapl @Ma-roofFully agree. Even i tried the same. Now looking at creating a GIS based

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2015-04-17 Thread Dipal Thakker
@Dev - thanks for the link. Will look at the data now. Also anything which can allow people to collaborate more will be very helpful.. so pls feel free to share, suggest, advice. *| Dipal Thakker* On 17 April 2015 at 14:08, Devdatta Tengshe devda...@tengshe.in wrote: Looks like I missed the

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2015-04-17 Thread Devdatta Tengshe
Looks like I missed the activity on this post. The best source for this dataset is the data collected and released by Justin Mayers in August Last year: https://groups.google.com/d/msg/datameet/GJKMXXSB-Ns/fS7HM_xzM3EJ @Nisha, Should I write a summary post on this as you had suggested?

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2015-04-14 Thread Sharad Lele [शरच्चंद्र लेले]
Dear Dipal: http://biogeo.ucdavis.edu/data/gadm2/shp/IND_adm.zip This is the link for GADM boundaries for india. Sharad On 14-Apr-15 11:10 AM, Dipal Thakker wrote: Shashank, Shashank, and DM comrades Great if someone can point me to the most complete / recent version of IND_adm3 data. I am

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2015-04-14 Thread Ma-roof M
I have data, hence I am. Entities like BISAG, I guess, believe in that. Very difficult to get data out of them. They have also, in an earlier occasion, grapevine says, gone ahead and thwarted attempts by others at creating some data.

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2015-04-14 Thread Sharad Lele [शरच्चंद्र लेले]
Dear Nagarajan: Since you are part of the Gujarat Government, surely you have access to village boundary layers from BISAG or some other source? These layers have been created so many times by different govt projects. Sharad On 15-Apr-15 9:04 AM, Nagarajan M wrote: @Diapl @Ma-roofFully

[datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2015-01-06 Thread Antariksh Tyagi
On Wednesday, 4 January 2012 09:52:57 UTC+5:30, Karthik Shashidhar wrote: All the shapefiles for India that I have downloaded do not show PoK and Aksai Chin as part of India. Does anyone here have access to shapefiles that include these territories? Basically looking to publish (online) some

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2014-10-11 Thread Khaliq Parkar
Thanks! Got some from Eric which should suffice, but I hope the 2011 data comes through. On Saturday, 11 October 2014 11:19:26 UTC+5:30, Sharad Lele wrote: Khaliq, I guess after Justin's recent email, he should be in the best position to give you the block boundary shapefiles for Bihar.

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2014-10-10 Thread Sharad Lele
Khaliq, I guess after Justin's recent email, he should be in the best position to give you the block boundary shapefiles for Bihar. Sharad On Friday, October 10, 2014 7:20:04 AM UTC+5:30, Khaliq Parkar wrote: Hi Eric, I am working in Bihar within Madhubani district. Could you link me to

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2014-10-09 Thread Khaliq Parkar
Hi Eric, I am working in Bihar within Madhubani district. Could you link me to the block level shapefiles? Do you know anyone who has worked at village\panchayat level divisions? Thanks! Khaliq On Thursday, 7 August 2014 20:15:45 UTC+5:30, Eric Dodge wrote: This is very interesting Sharad.

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2014-08-09 Thread Dilip Damle
Sharad, yes Panchayat is a collection of Villages. That sent me to search for data / list of panchayats. There are many website for Local Governance most of them do not function properly. however one of them lgdirectoty.gov.in seems to work and there is s downloadable data out there. well

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2014-08-07 Thread Sharad Lele [शरच्चंद्र लेले]
I think I have the explanation for why I am seeing a good match and you are not: The problem lies in defining what is the 'sub-district' unit (in IND_adm3). Administratively speaking, it is tehsil, below which lies CD block. Unfortunately, census gives information by CD block. So there are

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2014-08-07 Thread Sharad Lele
If I am right, then Justin may want to rename his layer as CDBlocks_2001... Sharad On Thursday, August 7, 2014 4:28:17 PM UTC+5:30, Sharad Lele wrote: I think I have the explanation for why I am seeing a good match and you are not: The problem lies in defining what is the 'sub-district'

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2014-08-07 Thread Eric Dodge
This is very interesting Sharad. I've been looking for maps of what I've been calling administrative blocks, that is, the units overseen by block development officers. MGNREGA data is aggregated at this level and I've been hoping to use the data to do some mapping exercises. The census

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2014-08-07 Thread Sharad Lele [शरच्चंद्र लेले]
On 07-Aug-14 8:18 PM, Justin Meyers wrote: As per our conversation yesterday, could you upload your data? You keep criticizing everyone else's data, but you don't share your own!?? Help me help you :) Dear Justin: I think you are going too far and too fast. A more moderate tone would be

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2014-08-07 Thread Dilip Damle
Hello all, Nice enlightening discussion with a little sparks, A small thumbnail photo of the member may help reduce sparks because then you create an image of that person in your mind based on the photo. BTW my photo here is about 40 years outdated now I look more ferocious :) Any way to add

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2014-08-06 Thread Devdatta Tengshe
Hi Sharad, I just download the GDAM data again, to confirm what you have said. I'm going to have to disagree with you about the quality of the IND_adm3 data. Acoording to the 2001 Census, there are 5454 Sub Districts in India http://www.socialjustice.nic.in/pdf/tab11.pdf. The GDAM dataset has

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2014-08-06 Thread Devdatta Tengshe
In Continuation of my previous email, here is a CSV file which shows just how bad the GDAM dataset is. Regards, Devdatta On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 9:06 AM, Devdatta Tengshe devda...@tengshe.in wrote: Hi Sharad, I just download the GDAM data again, to confirm what you have said. I'm going to

Re: [datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2014-08-04 Thread D Thakker
thanks Dilip for your hardwork. I have been on a lookout for all taluka / tehsil shape file, so how do I be in a loop as I am very keen to see the repository mail / list. On Monday, August 4, 2014 9:50:26 AM UTC+5:30, Dilip Damle wrote: Sharad, I am working on some things will revert in

[datameet] Re: Shapefiles for complete India

2014-08-03 Thread Sharad Lele
Dear Dilip and others: I have been following this thread with interest, but to be honest am a bit lost now. Can someone post a summary of which maps mentioned so far have what features (which coverage, pertaining to which year, what attributes (such as census codes), etc.)? Would be most