Re: [datameet] Re: Survey of India published - District, Block and Village Boundaries

2022-09-19 Thread Craig Dsouza
Sorry, i thought i was replying to Justin. I don't know if there are any download limits, except that you can only download one district at a time. On Mon, Sep 19, 2022, 19:25 Craig Dsouza wrote: > Seems like it yes. > > On Mon, Sep 19, 2022, 17:56 Justin wrote: > >> Great

Re: [datameet] Re: Survey of India published - District, Block and Village Boundaries

2022-09-19 Thread Craig Dsouza
Seems like it yes. On Mon, Sep 19, 2022, 17:56 Justin wrote: > Great find! I am pretty sure you need a cell phone in India to actually > create an account/ access? > > On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 5:16:28 AM UTC-5 craig...@gmail.com > wrote: > >> Hey, >> has anyone written any scripts or

Re: [datameet] Twitter data

2020-05-26 Thread Craig Dsouza
us know what happens. > > Regards, > Sid > > On Fri, 22 May 2020, 11:40 Craig Dsouza, wrote: > >> Hey all, >> if i can piggyback on this question >> how long does it typically take for the Twitter developer account to be >> approved? >> I applied for on

Re: [datameet] Twitter data

2020-05-22 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hey all, if i can piggyback on this question how long does it typically take for the Twitter developer account to be approved? I applied for one about 6 days ago , received one follow up mail and nothing after that Best Craig On Fri, May 22, 2020 at 12:05 AM Srinivas Karuturi wrote: > Thank

Re: [datameet] River depth data all over India districtwsise

2019-09-09 Thread Craig Dsouza
rch Fellow > Central Institute of Brackishwater Aquaculture (ICAR-CIBA) > Santhome, Chennai- 28 > Tamil Nadu, India > Email: sabyasachi.kabir...@gmail.com, sabyasachikabi...@aukdc.edu.in > Contact No.: +91-7384774928, 8250259808 > > > On Mon, 9 Sep 2019 at 12:05, Craig Dsouza wrote: &g

Re: [datameet] River depth data all over India districtwsise

2019-09-09 Thread Craig Dsouza
try the ICESat/ ICESat2 dataset: https://nsidc.org/data/atl13 accessible here as well https://www.openaltimetry.org/ On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 11:51 AM Sabyasachi Kabiraj < sabyasachi.kabir...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi friends, I am looking for river water depth data in India, particularly > in

Re: [datameet] Gauge discharge data of Andhra pradesh

2019-07-27 Thread Craig Dsouza
Have you tried http://indiawris.gov.in/wris/ ? On Sat, Jul 27, 2019, 11:41 Dilip Raj wrote: > Hi Sir, > > Gauge discharge data is nothing but there will discharge recording gauge > stations same as rainfall recording gauge stations. > > Kindly help me in where can i get the data of Andhra

Re: [datameet] Chennai water body coordinates

2019-06-22 Thread Craig Dsouza
Try https://global-surface-water.appspot.com you can explore via the app or download the dataset On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 8:26 PM dipu rai wrote: > Hello there, > Trying to find data on Chennai water body shape files data along with > other metro cities . Idea is to do some maps to compare

Re: [datameet] Indian watershed and river basin shapefiles

2019-05-26 Thread Craig Dsouza
have you tried USGS Hydrosheds? https://hydrosheds.cr.usgs.gov/dataavail.php On Sun, May 26, 2019 at 1:50 AM Adam Jadhav wrote: > Hello! > > Anyone have an handy resource for finding shapefiles for Indian > watersheds? I'm looking for shapefiles for a series of small west > coast rivers. > > I

[datameet] Announcing the Earth Engine Community Forum and Webinar Series

2018-11-29 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hello, Since Datameet is a forum where a lot of earth science / GIS/RS people gather.. some of you might find this interesting *Earth Engine Community Forum* A few of us (M D Madhusudan, Pradeep Koulgi and I) who work on Google Earth Engine realised the

[datameet] Re: My diary on Open Data: Roads in India

2018-09-19 Thread Craig Dsouza
Nice post Naveen found this comment funny and also cool :) - Central Govt website for BharatMala project uses our OSM data. (without attribution) On Wednesday, September 19, 2018 at 7:12:50 AM UTC+5:30, Naveen Francis

Re: [datameet] Station-wise, Hourly rainfall data from IMD now available

2018-09-18 Thread Craig Dsouza
Sharing data I'm archiving from this year's monsoon - June, July, August, 2018 https://craigdsouza.github.io/data/IMD-Hourly-Precipitation-Data Please forward to those interested Regarding the license for use of this data, I am awaiting a reply to an RTI filed with IMD regarding their 'negative

Re: [datameet] Station-wise, Hourly rainfall data from IMD now available

2018-09-11 Thread Craig Dsouza
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[datameet] Station-wise, Hourly rainfall data from IMD now available

2018-09-11 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hello all, sending out this mail to a few of you colleagues in the water/environment/open data domains. I recently came across a new web app the IMD has published sharing hourly, station wise precipitation data. Not sure how long ago this became operational, but it looks to be a big step forward

[datameet] Station-wise, Hourly rainfall data from IMD now available

2018-09-11 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hello all, sending out this mail to a few of you colleagues in the water/environment/open data domains. I recently came across a new web app the IMD has published sharing hourly, station wise precipitation data. Not sure how long ago this became operational, but it looks to be a big step forward

[datameet] Re: ISRO Bhuvan usage?

2018-02-11 Thread Craig Dsouza
What's the nature of your problem? I've used their Elevation and Land use Land Cover data previously Can help with that On Saturday, February 10, 2018 at 11:06:07 PM UTC+5:30, Hemant K wrote: > > Hi: > > Has anyone used Bhuvan (or other) image data from ISRO? Looking for > guidance on what's

Re: [datameet] Re: White Paper on Data Protection framework for India - Public Comments invited White Paper on Data Protection framework for India - Public Comments invited

2018-01-26 Thread Craig Dsouza
0 > > On 20 January 2018 at 11:01, Craig Dsouza <craig...@gmail.com > > wrote: > >> Hey Thej, >> We had an open forum discussion on this at DM Pune yesterday. >> Have compiled points from the session and we may be meeting again >> tomorrow in a s

[datameet] Open Water Data - Precipitation

2018-01-24 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hi all, we (Datameet Pune & CIS) have released the first version of our web app for rainfall data, allowing you to download daily rainfall data for an area of your interest for the time period from 1981 to 2017 http://www.indiawaterportal.org/articles/open-water-data-integrated-water-science

[datameet] Re: White Paper on Data Protection framework for India - Public Comments invited White Paper on Data Protection framework for India - Public Comments invited

2018-01-19 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hey Thej, We had an open forum discussion on this at DM Pune yesterday. Have compiled points from the session and we may be meeting again tomorrow in a smaller group to add more. Can we keep the doc open till Tue/Wed for submissions? On Tuesday, November 28, 2017 at 8:11:18 PM UTC+5:30,

Re: [datameet] 12th January Data Protection Committee Public Consultation in Hyderabad

2018-01-11 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hey, how did the Delhi consultation go? On Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 3:30:34 PM UTC+5:30, Srinivas Karuturi wrote: > > Is there a way we can push them to do an online consultation as well > versus traveling to various places? > I would like to participate in the feedback and possibly

[datameet] Re: GIS for Community Forest Management

2018-01-07 Thread Craig Dsouza
Thanks Harsha, Gagan, will get in touch with you both directly On Friday, January 5, 2018 at 9:19:41 AM UTC+5:30, Gagan Bansal wrote: > > Hi Craig, > > Interesting project, I would like to work for this project. > > Regards, > Gagan > > On Monday, December 11, 2017 at

[datameet] GIS for Community Forest Management

2017-12-11 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hi all, this is a call for volunteers interested in learning more data management practices while assisting rural communities' efforts to manage their forest lands. Do read and forward to those interested. *Community Forest Management* *About the Project* Approximately 1100 villages in

[datameet] Open Water Data Paper

2017-11-29 Thread Craig Dsouza
Dear all, Please see attached a paper by Datameet and CIS . This paper seeks to take one step forward in the direction of better water data, by highlighting currently available data relevant to water resources mgmt, generated from remote sensing

Re: [datameet] Re: TED Global - Three word address for every place on Earth

2017-11-20 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hmm, didn't know about this Map my India project either We can write, but I feel they won't have a problem with the MMI requirement, as long as their service is affordable. Its more than just the algorithm and database right.. even if open source algorithms are available someone still needs to

[datameet] Re: Event: OpenStreetMap for Civic Engagement (Talk) & Mapping Rural Roads (Workshop) - Datameet Pune

2017-11-20 Thread Craig Dsouza
For those who want to get an early start this is a Mapping Walkthrough we prepared Happy Mapping! -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by

[datameet] Event: OpenStreetMap for Civic Engagement (Talk) & Mapping Rural Roads (Workshop) - Datameet Pune

2017-11-20 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hi all, The Datameet Pune chapter is keen on working towards improving OpenStreetMap (OSM) in rural areas. We've organized a talk/workshop on the 25th of Nov, Saturday to discuss the applications of OSM in civic engagement and then learn to contribute to OSM through the 'Mapping Rural Roads'

[datameet] Re: TED Global - Three word address for every place on Earth

2017-11-03 Thread Craig Dsouza
Interesting stuff, hadn't realised there were so many systems. Liked reading this page for a comparison of different approaches https://github.com/google/open-location-code/wiki/Evaluation-of-Location-Encoding-Systems I wonder why Google hasn't publicized their system more, especially since its

[datameet] TED Global - Three word address for every place on Earth

2017-10-27 Thread Craig Dsouza
What do you guys think of the new geocoding system .. three word addresses? Anyone working on this? Chris Sheldrick: A precise, three-word address for every place on earth https://www.ted.com/talks/chris_sheldrick_a_precise_three_word_address_for_every_place_on_earth/up-next -- Datameet is a

[datameet] Re: 15-20 meter contour line shapefiles for Uttarakhand?? Also Land use map if available

2017-05-04 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hi Ananya, I'm not sure if contour line shapefiles are commonly published anywhere. However DEM raster files (from which you can generate contour lines of any intervals) are available from multiple sources USGS Earth Explorer (SRTM 1 Arc second Global) : https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov/ Bhuvan

[datameet] India Land & Development Conference, 10-11 Mar (IT & Land Governance may be of interest)

2017-02-02 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hi all, I might be going for this next month in Delhi, 10th and 11th March, 2017 http://nrmc.co/index.php/india-land-and-development-conference-2017 Important dates: 5th Feb (if you want to submit a paper abstract or poster writeup.) 15th Feb (registration deadline) fee is Rs. 1500 for both days

[datameet] Re: Latur District: Ground water level data

2017-01-27 Thread Craig Dsouza
Richa, WRIS India has groundwater level depth maps from a few monitoring wells You have to select Latur district to get levels data http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/GWLevelApp.html?UType=R2VuZXJhbA==?UName= You can also have a look at the Minor Irrigation Census

Re: [datameet] Fwd: Fwd: [New post] Happy Independence Day and Open Indian Village Boundaries

2016-08-18 Thread Craig Dsouza
Thej, the census codes lookup tables 2001-2011 are attached. https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B4-jbJK7OOmrckpCSkZWbnZOUFZydEFfdlM5eWd1dkR2Q29v Raphael on the group had shared them earlier. the original source is https://egovstandards.gov.in/mapping_land_region_codification On Wednesday,

[datameet] Re: India WRIS - Web Map Services

2016-08-18 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hi Thej, Arun I use the WRIS WMS for the rivers layer and command areas of irrigation projects layer. Both are fairly accurate. I've been able to find smaller streams, named in government documents (environmental clearances) which can't be found on google/osm. So in that sense they're usable.

[datameet] Re: Chhattisgarh health data

2016-07-16 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hi Kuhu, Have you come across the Annual Health Survey. It has district wise sample data for some common diseases http://www.censusindia.gov.in/vital_statistics/AHSBulletins/AHS_Factsheets_2011_12/Chhattisgarh_Factsheet_2011-12.pdf Best Craig On Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 5:25:56 PM UTC+5:30,

Re: [datameet] Public consultation on Government Open Data Use License - India

2016-07-16 Thread Craig Dsouza
Added my comments on the hackpad. Agree with Dev about the use of insignia,seals etc. There isn't a clear reason why this should be forbidden as long as the seals are published along with the dataset it should be ok Also on Gora's point, non-exclusive should not preclude commercial use of data.

[datameet] Re: India Village Shapefile Data

2016-07-09 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hi Justin, Speaking from the Datameet Pune group here. We also have the files, for many states. Dev helped us with figuring out an open WFS endpoint on the Bhuvan site. Since then we've downloaded the data for these 10 states.

[datameet] Datameet Pune Internship Opportunity

2016-06-30 Thread Craig Dsouza
from interns we also welcome data professionals residing in Pune who can spare some time in mentoring the intern's work. Please read the attached announcement for more details. Do forward to your contacts as well. Regards Craig Dsouza -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts

[datameet] Re: What do you people think about the new proposed Bill about Maps and Geospatial data

2016-05-09 Thread Craig Dsouza
I am in favour of a strong stance against this bill being passed in any form. There should be (almost) no compromises. The only regulation I can possibly support is regulating map providers so that they blank out all military areas, but this bill is much much larger in scope than that. We

[datameet] Land Use Land Cover [LULC] Raster for India available through Bhuvan on request

2016-02-04 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hi, Since there was discussion around Land Use - Built up areas, people can also see LULC maps Bhuvan makes available for India as both a Web Map Service and in the form of the original raster. They prepare LULC maps for India at a scale of 1:250k annually since 2004-05 and 1:50k (higher

Re: [datameet] Visualizing Pollution Data

2016-01-31 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hey Pradeep, For *Groundwater levels* the Water Resources Information System (WRIS, CWC) has a pretty good map of monitoring wells and temporal, seasonal data for groundwater over the years http://www.india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/GWLevelApp.html?UType=R2VuZXJhbA==?UName= For *Surface and Groundwater

[datameet] Re: about shape-file for river basin

2015-07-18 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hi Aditya, You can check out the USGS Hydrosheds website. Click the link for data download on the left panel http://hydrosheds.cr.usgs.gov/index.php They have basin shape files for each continent. The shapefile for India looks something like this. It shows the major river basins well, but not

[datameet] Re: Reminder: First Meetup Datameet Pune is tomorrow!

2015-07-13 Thread Craig Dsouza
Sorry, that was the wrong link Here is the right one (Datameet Pune - First meetup) https://plus.google.com/events/c25iktllkpi3q1ncaudjjqauhcc On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 7:01 PM, Craig Dsouza craigds...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, You can access the Google Hangout link here https://plus.google.com

Re: [pttfgen:5551] Re: [datameet] Draft requirements document for Design Contest for open sourced Bus Routes Management System for PMPML

2015-07-07 Thread Craig Dsouza
Hi Nikhil, Been going over the presentation and first of all this is great work! Very systematic thinking. I have added some of my thoughts below. Not all of this is necessary in v1.0 of this Bus routes mgmt system, but thinking long term, these are features that i thought were important. *Stop