[datameet] PIN Code to MP/MLA/Corporator

2012-09-28 Thread Gautam John
Hello! I was wondering whether there exists a mapping of PIN Codes to MP/MLA/Corporator constituencies/wards, please? Also, if a similar mapping exists to districts/taluks etc.? Best, Gautam -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message

Re: [datameet] [Bangalore] Talk requests for DataCamp

2013-01-30 Thread Gautam John
On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 5:13 PM, Nisha Thompson nisha.thomp...@gmail.com wrote: JPAL MyNeta Raises hand. -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups datameet group. To unsubscribe from

Re: [datameet] MP/MLA Shapes

2013-01-31 Thread Gautam John
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 1:12 PM, Meera meerak...@gmail.com wrote: Raghavan from Mapunity says they have MLA Shapes, but not MP Shapes. Thanks, Meera. Raghavan - any chance you might be able to share these, please? -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You

Re: [datameet] MP/MLA Shapes

2013-01-31 Thread Gautam John
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 1:25 PM, Karthik Shashidhar karthik.shashid...@gmail.com wrote: MP Shapes can be derived from MLA shapes if we have data of which assembly constituencies form which parliamentary constituencies, right? Are they interlocking like that? -- For more details about this

Re: [datameet] Is data behind non-monetary paywalls really open?

2013-02-17 Thread Gautam John
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Karthik Shashidhar karthik.shashid...@gmail.com wrote: What do you think of websites or organizations that ask you to fill up an elaborate form or write an elaborate research proposal before they share their data with you? Do you think such data is really

Re: [datameet] Is data behind non-monetary paywalls really open?

2013-02-17 Thread Gautam John
On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 10:54 AM, Sumant Suresh Kulkarni kulkarni.sum...@gmail.com wrote: Very interesting question. However, before putting my points here, I wanted to know what are you referring to as non-monetary paywalls. Can you give some examples? It would definitely make the context

Re: [datameet] Fwd: [1999-batch-pilani] A proposal for Excel Non-Profit Crowdfunding School Project

2013-02-18 Thread Gautam John
On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Karthik Shashidhar karthik.shashid...@gmail.com wrote: 2. Can an idea be copyrighted?? No. Expressions can. -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[datameet] Fwd: [open-government] WWW Foundation IDRC - Launching Research: Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries

2013-02-20 Thread Gautam John
Might be of interest. -- Forwarded message -- From: Tracey P. Lauriault tlaur...@gmail.com Date: Wed, Feb 20, 2013 at 6:05 PM Subject: [open-government] WWW Foundation IDRC - Launching Research: Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries To: civicaccess

Re: [datameet] Data release as part of Open Data Camp

2013-02-24 Thread Gautam John
On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Karthik Shashidhar karthik.shashid...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps we can make it mandatory for each and every speaker at the sessions to make public some data that they possess and which is not in the open domain already? That's a great idea, Karthik. -- For

[datameet] From open data to a culture of openness

2013-03-01 Thread Gautam John
If India is to transition to a true knowledge economy, open access, availability and contestability of public knowledge is paramount. http://pragati.nationalinterest.in/2013/03/from-open-data-to-a-culture-of-openness/ -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You

Re: [datameet] From open data to a culture of openness

2013-03-03 Thread Gautam John
So some thoughts: 1. When talking about the RTI and open data, maybe it is worth talking about the proactive disclosure bit? Me thinks that a case for open data can be built on that. 2. I don't see a compelling case, rhetoric aside, as to *why* private organisations should share their data.

[datameet] Moving from Google Maps to OSM

2013-03-12 Thread Gautam John
Over the last few months, Sajjad has been working to move KLP from Google Maps to OSM. It's been baked and is now ready for the world to try so give it a shot. Let us know what rocks and what doesn't? http://klp.org.in:9015/map -- For more details about this list

[datameet] Data and Stories

2013-03-30 Thread Gautam John
Hello: This might be interesting to those of you who love playing with data to tell stories and to those of you who work in the media and might like to use data to tell stories. Please do email Rajesh if you are interested in joining in. - Gautam -- Forwarded message -- From:

[datameet] Re: Data and Stories

2013-04-04 Thread Gautam John
Hey there: Just a reminder about the data and media session at NIAS this Saturday at 11AM. If you or any you might know are interested and coming, please RSVP to Rajesh copied on this email? A tentative agenda is below: 11:00-11:15: Rajesh Kasturirangan. Introduction to the data, model and

[datameet] Meet The Woman Who Started The Peace Corps ... For Geeks

2013-06-19 Thread Gautam John
The 9 most exciting words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government, and I'm here to code.' — definitely NOT Ronald Reagan. And yet, these programmers are making the government so efficient that even the Gipper would blush. Don't miss 0:55, when you'll meet a fire hydrant looking for

Re: [datameet] CorporateDir

2013-06-30 Thread Gautam John
Thanks Manish. Emailed 'em. Anyone know him? Will look at Open Corporates too but I think CorporateDir is a much more current source. -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups datameet

Re: [datameet] Converting old Devnagari fonts to unicode.

2013-07-05 Thread Gautam John
This is a huge problem and something that we have been struggling with at Pratham Books. While you can create maps they are wildly inaccurate and you'll need one for every font too. -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you

Re: [datameet] Converting old Devnagari fonts to unicode.

2013-07-05 Thread Gautam John
On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Rushabh Mehta rme...@gmail.com wrote: Will be curious to learn how do you do it at Pratham? Any chance there is a Python script lying around :) ? I am looking at Padma and thinking how do I use it because even if I manage to decode it, I will still need to run

Re: [datameet] Map of Lok Sabha Constituencies?

2013-10-11 Thread Gautam John
Not that expensive, IMHO. On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:11 PM, Srinivasan Ramani srinivasan...@gmail.com wrote: These are pre-delimitation maps. Post-delimitation maps are not available except proprietorially (at a very very high cost). On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 5:04 PM, Rushabh Mehta

Re: [datameet] Govt Tenders

2013-10-22 Thread Gautam John
Thejesh has done some work: https://github.com/openbangalore/karnataka_eprocurement On Tue, Oct 22, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Rushabh Mehta rme...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, Anyone taken a crack at govt tendering info. Most of this info is held by closed sites like tendertiger.com etc. I think this

Re: [datameet] IWP: Data Capacity Building Case Study

2013-10-30 Thread Gautam John
In Akshara's experience, because we devolve data collection to the teachers themselves and have no real control over them, giving them smartphones would be risky for us because we'd probably lose many of them. Also, with paper, the replacement cost and time is easy and it is a known work flow for

Re: [datameet] Re: MP/MLA Shapes

2013-11-09 Thread Gautam John
On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 10:45 PM, Abhinav Gupta abhinav.gupta...@gmail.com wrote: Bumping topic. Has anyone here found any source for the MP/MLA constituency shapefiles? Or has ECI re-released it by any chance (a google search says no, but then...). Sadly, only from commercial sources. --

Re: [datameet] Re: Invitation to Open Data Visualization Workshop in Bangalore, 18th November 2-4pm

2013-11-17 Thread Gautam John
Just a reminder that this is today at 2PM. Hope to see some of you there. On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 11:38 AM, Alejandro Corbi a.co...@gmail.com wrote: Just a reminder. Workshop is taking place next Monday (2-4pm) at Center of Internet and Society, more infos under:

[datameet] Yearly Population of Bangalore

2014-01-05 Thread Gautam John
Hi: Anyone know where I might be able to find estimates for the yearly population of Bangalore from 2003 onwards, please? Best, Gautam -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups datameet

Re: [datameet] Pre-delimitation maps for Bangalore

2014-01-19 Thread Gautam John
Oh. Not that I know. On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Shree D N shre...@oorvani.in wrote: Oh, okay.. but is it mapped anywhere? Something that we can see? I don't know how to use these files :-( On 20 January 2014 12:07, Gautam John gkj...@gmail.com wrote: I have these: https

Re: [datameet] [Group business] DataMeet Register Trust!

2014-02-28 Thread Gautam John
Super news! Congratulations! On Friday, 28 February 2014, Nisha Thompson ni...@datameet.org wrote: Hey everyone! I'm excited to announce that this morning we have registered DataMeet as a trust! We will be sharing more information soon and will be putting up the paperwork information

Re: [datameet] API for Bangalore

2014-03-01 Thread Gautam John
On Sat, Mar 1, 2014 at 7:34 PM, Gora Mohanty g...@mimirtech.com wrote: idea of having a way to get data from the Excel files, and other sources, on data.gov.in and other places, and providing real API-based access, and have some thoughts on this. Should we discuss this here, or take it

Re: [datameet] Schools related Data

2014-03-27 Thread Gautam John
Reportbee is really good stuff. Also came across http://www.classalyze.com/ -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups datameet group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving

[datameet] Exploring DISE Data for Karnataka

2014-04-01 Thread Gautam John
Hello DataMeet-ers: The KLP team would love your feedback on this! Over the years, we at KLP, have been big fans of the data that the District Information System for Education http://www.dise.in/ collects. DISE collects an incredible array of data on all primary schools, public and private, in

Re: [datameet] Exploring DISE Data for Karnataka

2014-04-02 Thread Gautam John
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Nisha Thompson nisha.thomp...@gmail.com wrote: Just the profiles and reports make it so much easier to navigate the data. Though I hope that we can be able to click down into the school information from district level on the map in the later versions. The

Re: [datameet] List of LS-2014 Electoral Candidates

2014-04-02 Thread Gautam John
On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Megha Vishwanath megha.vishwan...@gmail.com wrote: Can anyone here please help point to the list of all potential candidates and their office addresses, if that exists? FWIW, I found Karnataka data here:

Re: [datameet] Security Issues with the Voter List

2014-04-10 Thread Gautam John
Not sure this is a flaw. Maybe it's a feature? :D -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups datameet group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email

Re: [datameet] Security Issues with the Voter List

2014-04-11 Thread Gautam John
Leaving aside my earlier comment as perhaps tongue in cheek, the electoral rolls are *meant* to be public. The Registration of Electors Rules, 1960 makes that clear. However, your larger point is well made. Maybe what needs to be done is to *de-centralise* the storage? That fulfils the

Re: [datameet] Logo Contest Voting!

2014-05-15 Thread Gautam John
5 and 6. On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:37 AM, Thejesh GN i...@thejeshgn.com wrote: My vote for 2 and 6 Thej -- Thejesh GN ⏚ ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ http://thejeshgn.com GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Nisha Thompson ni...@datameet.org wrote: Hey Everyone! Before

Re: [datameet] Security Issues with the Voter List

2014-05-18 Thread Gautam John
Something I read today: http://www.medianama.com/2014/05/223-modak-marketing-election-voter-india/ -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [datameet] Re: PIN Code : Village List mapping

2014-10-14 Thread Gautam John
Just read this: http://qz.com/280494/this-startup-has-a-simple-code-to-solve-indias-complex-address-problem/ -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the

Re: [datameet] [group business] I'm leaving India on Jan 4th :(

2017-12-04 Thread Gautam John
Dear Nisha and Thej and Anand: Thank you for all you have done to bring this vibrant community together. Nisha: Bangalore will miss you and good luck for whatever is next. -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org ---

[datameet] UK-India Tech Partnership (AI & Data in Karnataka) | Innovation Challenge Fund 2020

2020-02-17 Thread Gautam John
Dear All: You might find this of interest. Concept note deadline: 7 April 2020 More info: https://www.events.great.gov.uk/ehome/index.php?eventid=200200559; The Tech Clusters: Innovation Challenge Fund 2020 will fund innovative research and development projects in Artificial Intelligence /

Re: [datameet] UDISE districts

2021-03-29 Thread Gautam John
Hi Thej: > I am trying to make sense of UDISE wrt administrative boundaries. There isn't any linkage - they are completely independent at least when I last checked in 2016. What we did was to collect the lat/long for schools so we could plot them to administrative and electoral boundaries. And