Data.gov.in mentioned a meeting with Tamil Nadu a while ago. I will try to follow up with them and see if there is a follow meeting, maybe DataMeeters in Chennai can attend.
Nisha On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 1:39 PM, srinivas kodali <[email protected]> wrote: > Nisha, > > You mentioned something about chennai is moving towards a portal, can u > elaborate on that? > > Srinivas > > > On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 9:35 PM, Nisha Thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Srinivas, >> >> I agree we should have one! Can we get a few other people in teh >> Bangalore group together and start lobbying the NIC and bangalore to create >> one? >> >> STarting with meetings and letters with Bangalore stakeholders? THen see >> about who is interested in starting the conversation in other cities. >> >> Chennai might be movign toward a portal but I'm nto sure, I don't see why >> Bangalore can't have one or Delhi or Mumbai or PUne. >> >> Nisha >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 8:52 AM, srinivas kodali <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Our Open data policy makes it mandatory for ministries to categorize >>> their department datasets into open-data or restricted and release them >>> publicly. >>> But the same is not true with city/municipal agencies. Most important >>> datasets like public transport, financial spendings, pollution levels, >>> water usage fall under state/municipal agencies. >>> >>> These are important datasets which need to be made public. Making local >>> agencies release datasets through data.gov.in would bring data >>> standards locally and also improve community participation. Think of it, >>> bangalore.data.gov.in would be an interesting page to have. >>> >>> Pointing out the equivalent open-access pages across the world. >>> >>> Beijing - http://www.bjdata.gov.cn/ >>> Seattle - https://data.seattle.gov/browse >>> Chicago - https://data.cityofchicago.org/ >>> Baltimore - data.baltimorecity.gov >>> Honolulu - data.honolulu.gov >>> Colorado - data.opencolorado.org >>> Lexington - data.lexingtonky.gov >>> Somerville - data.somervillema.gov >>> Palo Alto - paloalto.opendata.junar.com >>> Louisville - portal.louisvilleky.gov >>> >>> why not have similar ones for india, there is enough data around. Delhi >>> has real-time pollution level monitored, real-time locations of buses, >>> water usage data is available from water boards. >>> >>> What do we need for this to happen? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Srinivas Kodali >>> >>> -- >>> 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 "datameet" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Nisha Thompson >> DataMeet.org >> [email protected] >> skype: nishaqt >> mobile: 962-061-2245 >> >> -- >> 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 >> "datameet" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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 > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Nisha Thompson Mobile: 962-061-2245 -- 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 "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
