Dear Devdatta, Many thanks - this almost certainly has what I would need to correct the boundaries. Your lightning response is very much appreciated
thanks & best rgds Praveen On Wednesday, 8 March 2017 10:58:38 UTC+5:30, Devdatta Tengshe wrote: > > That data has these Sub Districts: > > > > > Regards, > Devdatta > > On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Devdatta Tengshe <devd...@tengshe.in > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi praveen, >> >> Have you looked at: >> https://github.com/datameet/indian_village_boundaries/tree/master/kl ? >> >> Regards, >> Devdatta >> >> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:36 AM, Praveen J <painte...@gmail.com >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> >>> Dear Experts, >>> >>> This topic must have been discussed many times - but >>> the threads are a bit confusing (for me!) to decide on the best possible >>> course of action. I am writing here to be enlightened and hoping for some >>> good advice. >>> >>> I am looking out for the *correct district boundaries for Kerala* >>> (India) as a shape or a KML file. We do a bit of citizen science activities >>> in mapping birds <http://birdatlaskerala.github.io/atlas/> in the >>> state. However, the boundaries we have are off [=dated] for one of our >>> districts (Ernakulam district), which I am trying to fix. >>> >>> After much looking up, I found a github repo >>> <https://github.com/datameet/maps> which had 2011 data (which is post >>> boundary changes for that district) but sadly, this particular change has >>> not effectuated there. Infact, Google >>> <https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Ernakulam,+Kerala/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x3b07e415deabd61f:0x6b911227eed3f76f?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf7aywjcbSAhVQ3GMKHXepDRoQ8gEIGDAA> >>> has >>> the updated boundary ! There is also an SVG >>> <https://bitbucket.org/sanand0/districts/src/tip/districts.svg?fileviewer=file-view-default> >>> >>> file with correct boundaries but I dont know how to convert it to a SHP or >>> a KML file nor can I assess fidelity loss during a conversion. >>> >>> Hence my next attempt was to look for Taluk/Panchayat level boundaries >>> to fix this boundary myself but no shape file is available publicly at that >>> administrative level. Some JPGs elsewhere exists, which is very nice and >>> detailed, to the village level >>> <https://revolutionarygis.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/kerala-sindia-shapefile-data/> >>> or >>> taluk level >>> <https://revolutionarygis.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/kerala-village-shapefile-2015/>. >>> >>> I saw some discussion that the forum admin did attempt to procure the >>> shape files >>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/datameet/X5kzViRMJKs/mFqnAwQvtP0J> >>> of similar JPGs from the same source, but I do not see an evidence that she >>> succeeded. Hence, I treat this as something that is not readily accessible. >>> >>> >>> What I have/can? QGis & Inskscape, Scripting (python/perl/R) with >>> limited GIS knowledge. >>> >>> Any help on how to proceed would be very much appreciated. >>> >>> thanks & best rgds >>> Praveen >>> >>> PS: How I got the current boundaries is probably not much relevant - it >>> reached me after several hand-overs and almost certainly its origins are >>> from a publicly accessible website like GADM or 2011 Census Data. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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+u...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> 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 datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.