Re: [datameet] States shapefile is based on which Census Year ?

2018-04-27 Thread Ashim Kapoor
Dear Devdatta. This page : http://projects.datameet.org/maps/districts/ says : The District Boundaries of India, Scraped from ECI's Poling Station Locations Website. Wouldn’t the ECI website have the latest data on Districts? Since the Districts boundaries are scraped

Re: [datameet] States shapefile is based on which Census Year ?

2018-04-27 Thread Devdatta Tengshe
> we are approximately correct is using both the State and the District shapefiles ? No! The states represent the current boundaries, while the districts shapefile represent the 2001 Census & 2011 Census. We do not have a District file for the Current boundaries & names. Regards, Devdatta On

Re: [datameet] States shapefile is based on which Census Year ?

2018-04-27 Thread Ashim Kapoor
Dear Devdatta, Thank you once again for the prompt reply. So if I understand correctly, we are approximately correct is using both the State and the District shapefiles ? Warm Regards, Ashim On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 12:13 PM, Devdatta Tengshe wrote: > Hi Ashim, > > Both

Re: [datameet] 2011 Districts Shapefile seems to have an island inside Odisha

2018-04-27 Thread Devdatta Tengshe
Thanks! I have logged https://github.com/datameet/maps/issues/29 as an issue. Regards, Devdatta On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 9:27 AM, Ashim Kapoor wrote: > Dear All, > > I downloaded the shapefiles from : > > http://projects.datameet.org/maps/districts/ > > Then I subset it

Re: [datameet] States shapefile is based on which Census Year ?

2018-04-27 Thread Devdatta Tengshe
Hi Ashim, Both those sections are incorrect. I've created a https://github.com/datameet/maps/issues/28 for the same. The States folder at https://github.com/datameet/maps/ contains updated State Boundries, while the District have information from 2011 & 2001 Census. Regards, Devdatta On Fri,

Re: [datameet] States shapefile is based on which Census Year ?

2018-04-27 Thread Ashim Kapoor
Dear Devdatta, Many thanks for your reply. On this page: http://projects.datameet.org/maps/states/ Item 3 says : Some State Boundaries Names seem to be incorrect or Missing. Also on this page : http://projects.datameet.org/maps/districts/ Item 3 says : Some Assemblies Constituency Names

Re: [datameet] States shapefile is based on which Census Year ?

2018-04-27 Thread Devdatta Tengshe
This data was originally based on the 2011 Census; We have then partitioned AP and also updated the Telangan Boundary based on the 2015 Order. So this data approximately represents the current situation. Regards, Devdatta On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 9:57 AM, Ashim Kapoor