On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 2:27 PM, Thejesh GN <i...@thejeshgn.com> wrote:
> > > On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 2:21 PM, Gora Mohanty <g...@mimirtech.com> wrote: > >> On 2 March 2014 13:13, Thejesh GN <i...@thejeshgn.com> wrote: >> > >> > On Mar 1, 2014 7:59 PM, "Gautam John" <gkj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> 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 >> offline. >> >> >> >> Wouldn't something like CKAN work? >> >> >> >> http://docs.ckan.org/en/latest/api/index.html >> > >> > I had not checked the CKAN in a long time. It looks very interesting. It >> > doesn't say anything about GIS part. I am very interested in GIS. I will >> > probably install over the weekend and let group explore. >> >> We have extensively used GIS with GeoDjango. While GIS is doable, >> maybe we should agree upon what the primary purpose of the site should >> be. What I thought that you were proposing was a site that acts as a >> central location where data from multiple Indian data sources are >> accumulated, >> and provided to users via an API. >> >> While we are also interested in GIS, visualisation, and reporting, to my >> mind >> that should be a secondary focus for this site. >> >> > My focus is to deliver bangalore data through API. that includes location > based query too > - For example given lat, long what are the nearest bus stops. > - Given a lat, long what are the nearest schools > - Given a lat, long whats the AC, PB and WARD > etc > > There are the things that can be consumed by an app directly. > Hey, you don't necessarily need geodjango for these. You can write simple spatial queries in PostGIS. And they aren't very expensive. For example - http://postgis.refractions.net/documentation/manual-2.0/ST_Within.html I'll be more than happy to help if you need support on the spatial data front. Cheers, Sajjad. > > > > > > >> Regards, >> Gora >> >> -- >> 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 to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > 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 to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Sajjad Anwar http://geohacker.in <http://sajjad.in/> -- 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 to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
