The district data has been uploaded. I have preserved the meta-data information under the namespace "census2001"
According to the bulk import guidelines, I have created a separate user name and uploaded from it. Have update the diaries here: http://www.openstreetmap.org/user/HRJ_District/diary On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 7:51 PM, PlaneMad <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 5:59 PM, Harshad RJ <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have found district data for India here: >> http://finder.geocommons.com/overlays/4383 >> > >> I have managed to download, parse and convert into OSM format. Attributes >> are marked as defined here: >> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/Key:boundary >> >> (For Indian districts, boundary=administrative, admin_level=4, area=yes) >> >> Before uploading, I thought I should check with experienced folks here, >> >> >> - Does this dataset have any copyright issues? >> >> awesome. the census data was released under the mit license if i recall > correctly and seems to be compatible with cc-by-sa > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/MIT/ so it doesnt look like an issue. > > the only issue is that the district data is outdated (2001) and many new > districts have been carved out and merged. two things can be done: > 1) wait for another free updated gis dataset from the govt (most probably > only 2011) > 2) put in the existing data as a starting point, which is in any case quite > useful and good for most parts. > > >> >> - Are there any district boundaries that are already well mapped and >> need to be excluded? >> >> only the chennai city boundary which should be a lot more detailed than > the census one. all other existing boundaries were from the 2001 census > data > >> >> - Any other thoughts? >> >> do preserve all metadata for the shapes, like district code or number. one > more thing that needs to be done is the merging of districts to create the > state boundaries. This > map<http://bitterscotch.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/india_map_outline.png>should > be a good reference for doing that . Another issue is for Kashmir > districts, i believe the whole PoK part is one district, this might need > some different tag maybe boundary=disputed > > >> If no problems, I can bulk upload the data. My process will be: >> >> 1. upload a single district boundary >> 2. Check if it was uploaded and rendered correctly >> 3. Upload the remaining district boundaries >> >> i feel its about time this was done, as boundaries are something that we > cant map with a gps, we are limited to official datasets, and this counts as > the latest official release from the government > > -- > http://j.mp/ArunGanesh > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-in mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in > > -- Harshad RJ http://hrj.wikidot.com
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