1. Python codes can be used for converting those json files into shape files. Using geopandas library the task is simple for such a large number of files, the code goes as follows,
import geopandas as gpd import glob from geopandas import GeoDataFrame jsn=glob.glob("/home/me/raw-json-102-241/*.json") #getting the list of json file in the folder df1=pd.DataFrame() for js in jsn: dd = gpd.read_file(js) dd1=dd[[u'DIST_NAME', 'NAME', 'OBJECTID','STAT_NAME', u'TEHS_NAME', u 'geometry']] df1=df1.append(dd1) #looping over each json file and opening it with geopandas cool tool read_file(json) db1 = GeoDataFrame(df1, columns=[u'DIST_NAME', 'NAME', 'OBJECTID', 'STAT_NAME', u'TEHS_NAME', u'geometry'], index=df1.index) #organizing the looped shape formats and converting into geodataframe #now saving the shape file! db1.to_file('v102-241.shp',driver='ESRI Shapefile') 2. There is a web map service(WMS) for this same data (I am little sure!) 2001 census map upto village/town level. See this link for more info http://gis.stackexchange.com/a/115876 to use that WMS in QGIS. Here also the data is not available in readily usable format, it is available in raster format (aka pdf format!). 3. I think the RTI can be stress it out for shape files or form of data which can be "used" not only for simple "view". Moreover the RTI can be more emphasis to the demand on already published data as pdf files/WMS such as village or town level map, as the ward level map is not published, it can raise the denial of RTI. -- 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 datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.