Re: [datameet] Getting started with maps

[Saikat Sengupta]

Hi

I would like to attend this session, if organised, and would also like to
help in organizing the event.

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 9:57 PM, Kavita Arora  wrote:

> Hi Manas (and others)
>
> I would like to help organize a "Getting Started with Maps"
> meetup/session/event if there is enough interest -- even though the session
> would be targeted for newbies -- we'd need some experts and intermediate
> mapping folks to help with instruction, troubleshooting, etc.
>
> I can provide a venue with an overhead projector and high speed internet
> connection with plenty of desk space, and to make it accessible for
> everyone, we could even start with a free session. Would anyone be
> interested in getting together to organize such a meet?
>
> please do feel free to email me directly at kklindo...@gmail.com if you
> have any questions,
>
> thanks again
>
> Kavita Arora
>
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 9:32 PM, Manas Sharma <
> sharma.manas271...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am a newbie to maps and was really interested in learning how to make
>> them.
>>
>> I wanted to know the tools used and also what exactly is "mapping".
>>
>> Also while making maps, are we using geographic data from satellites or
>> are we also using ground surveys for it as well?
>>
>> Basically I wanted to know how to get started making maps which i could
>> contribute to open source mapping projects like datameet.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Manas
>>
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Re: [datameet] Getting started with maps

[Devdatta Tengshe]

Hi Manas & Kavita,

Mapping is a wide field, and there are many things, and many different ways
of achieving what you want to.

At it's essence, You would collect or create data, and then using a GIS
software, you would make a Map. The map could be a fixed map, of a
particular area, which would be printed or shared as an Image or PDF file,
or it could be a dynamic web map, where the user can interact with it, i.e.
zoom, pan, click on features to get more information etc.

That was just the essence, and as they say, the Devil is in the details.

Where do you get the data from? Broadly speaking, in the following ways:

   - The easiest is when someone else has the data, and shares it with you.
   For example, a Municipality shares its data publicly, and you use that to
   create a map.
   - You create it yourself. This could be by Drawing on top of  a
   Satellite Image (called Digitization), or by going on the filed with a GPS
   device, and collecting the Lat-long, or By getting raw data, and creating
   location data by matching it with something else. (eg of the last is, say
   you have a list of addresses, and by a process called Geocoding, you
   convert the addresses to Lat-long)
   - Or Thirdly, the data already exists in some other form somewhere, and
   you convert it to your required format. An example of this is Scraping a
   government site, and getting data in a single Machine Readable format.

I'm just scraping the surface, and this field is full of Nuances.

I had taken a session on this, last year, at the Pune chapter of Datameet.
You can see the notes here:
http://datameet.org/2015/09/11/datameet-pune-second-meetup-lets-talk-mapping/
.Rasagya had taken some beautiful notes, which can be seen here:
https://twitter.com/rasagy/status/630060598697439234

Do let me know if you need any more details
Regards,
Devdatta

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 9:57 PM, Kavita Arora  wrote:

> Hi Manas (and others)
>
> I would like to help organize a "Getting Started with Maps"
> meetup/session/event if there is enough interest -- even though the session
> would be targeted for newbies -- we'd need some experts and intermediate
> mapping folks to help with instruction, troubleshooting, etc.
>
> I can provide a venue with an overhead projector and high speed internet
> connection with plenty of desk space, and to make it accessible for
> everyone, we could even start with a free session. Would anyone be
> interested in getting together to organize such a meet?
>
> please do feel free to email me directly at kklindo...@gmail.com if you
> have any questions,
>
> thanks again
>
> Kavita Arora
>
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 9:32 PM, Manas Sharma <
> sharma.manas271...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am a newbie to maps and was really interested in learning how to make
>> them.
>>
>> I wanted to know the tools used and also what exactly is "mapping".
>>
>> Also while making maps, are we using geographic data from satellites or
>> are we also using ground surveys for it as well?
>>
>> Basically I wanted to know how to get started making maps which i could
>> contribute to open source mapping projects like datameet.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Manas
>>
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Re: [datameet] Getting started with maps

[Kavita Arora]

Hi Manas (and others)

I would like to help organize a "Getting Started with Maps"
meetup/session/event if there is enough interest -- even though the session
would be targeted for newbies -- we'd need some experts and intermediate
mapping folks to help with instruction, troubleshooting, etc.

I can provide a venue with an overhead projector and high speed internet
connection with plenty of desk space, and to make it accessible for
everyone, we could even start with a free session. Would anyone be
interested in getting together to organize such a meet?

please do feel free to email me directly at kklindo...@gmail.com if you
have any questions,

thanks again

Kavita Arora

On Mon, Jun 20, 2016 at 9:32 PM, Manas Sharma 
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am a newbie to maps and was really interested in learning how to make
> them.
>
> I wanted to know the tools used and also what exactly is "mapping".
>
> Also while making maps, are we using geographic data from satellites or
> are we also using ground surveys for it as well?
>
> Basically I wanted to know how to get started making maps which i could
> contribute to open source mapping projects like datameet.
>
> Thanks,
> Manas
>
> --
> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more
> about us by visiting http://datameet.org
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