Hi Gufran and Digvijay, You can get the pdf copy of maps from the following portal: https://mrsac.gov.in/MRSAC/map/map
you can either import pdf in AutoCAD and separate the admin boundary layers > georeference them > and convert them to shapefile. your digitisation effort will be saved if the pdf has vector elements in it. for Karnataka State there is a portal where you can find Admin boundary upto Town, wards and village level: https://kgis.ksrsac.in/kgis/downloads.aspx# On Sun, Dec 27, 2020 at 7:08 AM Gufran Pathan <m.gufranpat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi team, > > I am trying to digitize ward boundaries for the city of Akola > (Maharashtra) - create shape files so that I can visualize them along with > associated data. I'm reaching out to get some guidance on how one would go > about doing this? What does the process look like at a high-level? Does one > get physical / PDF copies of the map with boundaries and then 'digitize' > it? What tools are typically used in the digitization process? Is it > largely a manual activity (does one need to manually draw the boundaries on > a tool using the reference)? > > I'd love any guidance and further readings that would help me with this. > > Thanks, > Gufran > > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/5231d38d-12a5-4563-b2c2-0c4a449923f0n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/5231d38d-12a5-4563-b2c2-0c4a449923f0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Warm Regards, *Ar. Akshit Shah* Associate - Research Service, Cushman & Wakefield India M.Tech (Infra), IIT KGP | B.Arch, VNIT Nagpur +91 80077 62247 Linkedin <http://www.linkedin.com/in/Ar-Akshit-Shah>* | *Cushman & Wakefield India <http://www.cushmanwakefield.co.in/en-gb/research-and-insight> -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/CAJHzfxV6_hSk-MbHicd9V6A%2BehF8jVWgP%2BpdMdPFACjVgzETOQ%40mail.gmail.com.