Re: [datameet] Re: Census of India seems to have maps of everything!

2015-11-27 Thread Sharad Lele [शरच्चंद्र लेले]
That is how we got them for Nelamangala (through the CEO of the municipal council). Ramanagara Commissioner was totally non-cooperative--threw us out. Have you put the Hubli-Dharwad map out in public domain? You should. Sharad On 27-11-2015 18:49, Sudheendra Hangal wrote: MRC has a new Joint D

Re: [datameet] Re: Census of India seems to have maps of everything!

2015-11-27 Thread Sudheendra Hangal
MRC has a new Joint Director who is supposed to be good, maybe write to him directly. Also, suggest you try to contact the commissioner of Ramanagara. We had no trouble getting the files for Hubli-Dharwad, thanks to a pro-active commissioner. S On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 5:14 PM, "Sharad Lele [शरच

Re: [datameet] Re: Census of India seems to have maps of everything!

2015-11-27 Thread Sharad Lele [शरच्चंद्र लेले]
well, we have a written request pending with MRC for the last 6 months for ward boundaries of just one town (Ramanagara). They say they cannot give them to us directly. The municipality has to request the file, and then the municipality can share it with whomsoever they want. So its just a ping

Re: [datameet] Re: Census of India seems to have maps of everything!

2015-11-27 Thread Sudheendra Hangal
At least in Karnataka, you can contact the Municipal Reforms Cell (MRC) for getting the ward-level shape files for various urban local bodies. http://mrc.gov.in S On Wed, Nov 25, 2015 at 10:22 PM, "Sharad Lele [शरच्चंद्र लेले]" < sharad.l...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks, Vinoth. > > Do keep up p