Re: [datameet] Protect area network of India

[Prabhakar Rajagopal]

You may want to look at this map recently deployed on the India
Biodiversity Portal...

https://indiabiodiversity.org/map?layers=lyr_281_india_bd_pas

Prabhakar

On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 8:29 AM Rahul G  wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am looking for a shape file having protected areas of India.
> Any help in this matter would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks and regards,
> Rahul
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Re: [datameet] Re: [Delhi Chapter Update] Meeting with Delhi Government

[Prabhakar Rajagopal]

Good initiative. Involving civil society from the beginnings in open data
projects.
Crowdsourcing information from the communities will be a good idea.

Best wishes. Please keep posted on progress.

Prabhakar


On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 12:14 AM manojdiw...@gmail.com <
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> hii
>
> On Friday, April 15, 2016 at 11:41:35 AM UTC+5:30 Guneet Narula wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Just wanted to update everyone on an important meeting we had earlier
>> this month. Hrid Bijoy Chakraborty from the office of the deputy chief
>> minister, Delhi contacted DataMeet last month regarding Delhi government's
>> plans to roll out the Mohalla Sabha Project - which is an idea to increase
>> local participation in governance and promote decentralization. He wanted
>> to discuss with us possibilities of GIS and open data related to the same.
>> Four of us (Nisha, Shashank, Praachi and I) met him and his colleagues on
>> 5th April at the Delhi Secretariat. We discussed their objectives in
>> length. Not surprisingly the project is complex and lengthy - and maybe,
>> rightly so. An important point to note, about three thousand mohalla
>> sabha's have been mapped out by the government according to electoral
>> booths.
>>
>> By the end of the meeting, we chalked out three broad action points:
>>
>> 1. Government will open relevant data about these mohalla sabhas,
>> demographics of the registered voters residing in each sabha. DataMeet
>> Delhi will help create and visualize a baseline with all this information.
>> 2. Using this as a building block, DataMeet Delhi will work towards the
>> larger goal of Open Data Policy/Act in Delhi.
>> 3. Help one of the government departments to organize and archive their
>> public documents (PDFs of acts, policies, schemes etc.) on the web. This
>> may then be replicated for all departments.
>>
>> As of now, we are waiting for Delhi Government to take the next steps in
>> each case. We will try to organize DataMeets around these as and when
>> required. And of course keep you all updated on what's happening.
>>
>> Regards,
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Re: [datameet] Re: Survey of India published - District, Block and Village Boundaries

[Prabhakar Rajagopal]

Ddar Arun,

Please check the link.
I am unable to access the url. https://t.me/OSMIndia

Prabhakar

On Thu, Sep 22, 2022 at 10:01 AM Arun Ganesh  wrote:

> For those interested in inspecting and cleaning up the data, there's been
> active discussion about it on the OpenStreetMap India group
> https://t.me/OSMIndia
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 9:43 PM J M  wrote:
>
>> compiling here: https://github.com/justinelliotmeyers/INDIA_SOI_2022
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 19, 2022 at 8:35 PM Sharad Lele 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Craig for locating this dataset. Potentially solves all our
>>> problems. Yes, can add only one district at a time to the Shopping Cart,
>>> but can in theory keep going back and adding more items to the Cart (I did
>>> 2 at a time). Process for checking out and creating downloads involves many
>>> clicks... bit idiotic. But some substantive limitations after I downloaded
>>> and checked Dindori in MP:
>>>
>>> 1. Village boundaries do match latest village shapes from revenue
>>> layers, BUT they are east-shifted by 200m (they must have goofed the datum)
>>> 2. Polygons don't have any census ID, so linking to other data will
>>> require adding those manually (!!) or figuring out what numbering system
>>> SOI has used. Any thoughts on that?
>>> 3. I tried Andhra Pradesh two districts Vizag and Srikakulam, and it
>>> says "data not available yet". So the dataset is still in the making. Not
>>> sure what is available and what is not, overall.
>>>
>>> Sharad
>>> On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 7:27:05 PM UTC+5:30 craig...@gmail.com
>>> wrote:
>>>
 Sorry, i thought i was replying to Justin. I don't know if there are
 any download limits, except that you can only download one district at a
 time.

 On Mon, Sep 19, 2022, 19:25 Craig Dsouza  wrote:

> Seems like it yes.
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2022, 17:56 Justin  wrote:
>
>> Great find! I am pretty sure you need a cell phone in India to
>> actually create an account/ access?
>>
>> On Monday, September 19, 2022 at 5:16:28 AM UTC-5 craig...@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey,
>>> has anyone written any scripts or downloaded & explored these?
>>> https://onlinemaps.surveyofindia.gov.in/Digital_Product_Show.aspx
>>> It seems SOI is now publishing District, Block and Village
>>> Boundaries in vector formats for free
>>>
>>> [image: soi-snapshot.jpg]
>>>
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Re: [datameet] Online conference on open data in India (Fri 25 Sep)

[Prabhakar Rajagopal]

Should I create an account and login to explore and see anything on an open
data platform?

On Thu, Sep 24, 2020 at 9:55 PM S Anand  wrote:

> Tomorrow (Fri 25 Sep 2020 10 am), there's a virtual conference run by the
> ISB team that built the India Data Portal  --
> the Open Data Conclave.
>
> This is to promote open data usage in India, and brings together people
> from government, media, academia, research, industry, and the data
> community. The topics include:
>
>- Open Data Platforms in India
>- Data-led Journalism in India
>- Open Data & Industry Case Studies
>- A Data-led Approach to India's Agri-Economy
>- Framework & Sustainability & Support for Open Data in India
>
> Here's the agenda (PDF)
> 
> .
>
> You can register at https://opendataconclave.dreamcast.in/users/signup
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Re: [datameet] mumbai district boundary

[Prabhakar Rajagopal]

GADM is good. They also follow some standards for the admin units.
But the GADM tehsil boundaries are different from the census tehsil
boundaries. Any idea how they relate to each other?

Prabhakar

On Wed, Jul 8, 2020 at 8:35 PM Sharad Lele  wrote:

> All national, state, district, & taluka boundaries for India are available
> on the GADM website.
> https://gadm.org/download_country_v3.html
> Here is the district layer (from my G-drive):
> https://tinyurl.com/y8mzhj66
>
> Hope this helps.
> Sharad
>
>
>
> On Wednesday, July 8, 2020 at 8:09:57 PM UTC+5:30, Akhandalamani Mohapatra
> wrote:
>>
>> I will be send you very soon.
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 7, 2020 at 10:57 PM rvc  wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all, i am looking for Mumbai district boundary vector data. Any
>>> suggestions in this regard will be helpful.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Ravi
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Re: [datameet] Re: Food Security data - Public Distribution System

[Prabhakar Rajagopal]

Nice PDS location data.

Is the PDS with location available as open data somewhere?

Prabhakar

On Mon, Apr 27, 2020 at 6:55 PM Anubhav Aggarwal 
wrote:

> findmybank.gov.in has GIS of PDS stores.
>
> Also Jaano App
>
> On Friday, 17 April 2020 18:23:51 UTC+5:30, Prk wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Does anyone know of a source to find the food distribution done under PDS
>> - district wise location, amount distributed etc?
>>
>> Thank you
>> Regards,
>> Purnima
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Re: [datameet] State GIS Portals

[Prabhakar Rajagopal]

All running arcinfo

https://bharatmaps.gov.in/map.aspx
https://stategisportal.nic.in/stategisportal/Tamilnadu_BharatMaps/map.aspx

Prabhakar


On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 11:55 AM Prabhakar Rajagopal <
prabha.prabha...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Yes, Part of the Bharat Maps NIC constellation.
> There is a spurt of such things. Now SOI also has a portal via DST Sahayog
> app... and they too have villages and census.
>
> https://bharatmaps.gov.in/
> https://indiamaps.gov.in/soiapp/
>
> Prabhakar
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 11:32 AM Sharad Lele 
> wrote:
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>> Found this website from where you can reach most of the state GIS portals:
>>
>> https://stategisportal.nic.in/stategisportal/
>>
>> The state portals appear to have a similar format, with some variations.
>> Nothing is downloadable (of course!).
>>
>> Sharad
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Re: [datameet] State GIS Portals

[Prabhakar Rajagopal]

Yes, Part of the Bharat Maps NIC constellation.
There is a spurt of such things. Now SOI also has a portal via DST Sahayog
app... and they too have villages and census.

https://bharatmaps.gov.in/
https://indiamaps.gov.in/soiapp/

Prabhakar



On Thu, Apr 16, 2020 at 11:32 AM Sharad Lele  wrote:

> Found this website from where you can reach most of the state GIS portals:
>
> https://stategisportal.nic.in/stategisportal/
>
> The state portals appear to have a similar format, with some variations.
> Nothing is downloadable (of course!).
>
> Sharad
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Re: [datameet] Re: BhuNaksha: source of cadastral maps

[Prabhakar Rajagopal]

Dear Sharad,

Have you looked at Bharatmaps...
They have all the census villages all marked up and much more.

https://bharatmaps.gov.in/map.aspx
They have all the SOI layers on the map as well.

Good to visualize.

Prabhakar


On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 11:16 AM Sharad Lele  wrote:

> More Information on Bhu Naksha initative is avaliable at:
>
> https://bhunaksha.nic.in/bhunaksha/implementationstatus.jsp
>
> (Thanks to Naveen Francis for sharing this link)
>
>
> On Friday, 13 December 2019 19:09:02 UTC+5:30, Sharad Lele wrote:
>>
>> Dear All,
>> I have discovered a source of cadastral maps for several states. This is
>> mostly under the BhuNaksha initiative of NIC. They seem to have created
>> separate websites for each state. Don't know for how many. I have found:
>>
>> Maharashtra:
>> https://mahabhunakasha.mahabhumi.gov.in/bhunaksha/27/index.jsp
>> Madhya Pradesh: http://www.mpbhuabhilekh.nic.in/
>> Chhattisgarh: https://bhunaksha.cg.nic.in/#home-pane  (DOES NOT WORK
>> RIGHT NOW)
>> Odisha: http://bhunakshaodisha.nic.in/bhunaksha/
>>
>> The BhuNaksha websites have a common format: you can choose district,
>> taluka and village, and then the village cadastral map shows up (its in png
>> format). You can click on a plot/parcel, and it will show the details of
>> that plot: area, owner name, etc. You can generate  pdf report for that
>> parcel.
>>
>> Maharashtra version had added ability to show you the cadastral map in
>> geo-rectified mode on top of a google-earth-like satellite image--quite
>> useful.
>>
>> CATCH: a) the names of district, taluka, village etc are IN THE STATE
>> SCRIPT: so devanagari for MP & Maha & CG, but Odiya for Odisha. So if you
>> don't read that script--you are sunk
>> b) in most states (except Maharashtra!), it is not enough to know the
>> district, taluka and village name. Within a taluka, you have know Revenue
>> Inspector and then something called 'halka', and then choose from the
>> villages within that halka. If you don't know this (RI and halka), you have
>> to do brute force: search in each halka in each RI! (typical sarkari
>> rubbish: not wanting common people to actually use the website!).
>>
>> Karnataka seems to have its own initiative:
>> https://www.landrecords.karnataka.gov.in/service3/
>> Here, you can actually download pdfs of each cadastral map, and in some
>> cases, even the KML! And searching for the village is district, taluka and
>> then village.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> I am sure there are more such websites for other states. Please look up
>> and share.
>>
>> Sharad
>>
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