[datameet] Re: Job opportunity at IIMB in urban data

[Meera K]

Reminder! 20th. June is the last day for application.  

A new Urban Lab is being set up at the Centre for Public Policy (CPP) at 
the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. Open City (opencity.in) is 
supporting this.

If you are experienced in tech and/or urban policy and interested in open 
data-urban policy projects - apply here: https://t.co/K23ZbsNkIp

Please spread the word!

Thanks, Meera

On Tuesday, June 7, 2022 at 7:35:16 PM UTC+5:30 Thejesh GN wrote:

> OpenCity as you would know is run by Oorvani (Citizen Matters) with 
> DataMeet.
>
> Please do apply or forward
>
> **
> Deepak Malghan (ದೀಪಕ ಮಲಘಾಣ್) (@deepak_malghan) tweeted at 6:58 pm on Tue, 
> Jun 07, 2022:
> Exciting job opportunity @iimb_official. 
>
> My colleague Arpit Shah is setting up an “urban lab” working closely with 
> @opencity_in.  You will be part of the founding team tasked with getting 
> open data urban policy projects off the ground.
>
> Apply here:
> https://t.co/K23ZbsNkIp https://t.co/XQHG7k2bBT
> (
> https://twitter.com/deepak_malghan/status/1534165297514819586?t=Sr81Ok0kR4wtLLKhjIatDQ&s=03
> ) 
>

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[datameet] Re: Carbon Footprint Information

[Meera K]

Check the work of C balance - cbalance.in
They have worked on the footprint/inventory of quite a few industries. 

Regards,  Meera

On Wednesday, March 30, 2022 at 10:33:02 AM UTC+5:30 Shivangi wrote:

> Hey All,
>
> I am trying to calculate environmental benefits of Refactoring and 
> Recycling clothes (other material).
>
> For that I am figuring out the correct measure for such calculations.
> These are the following resources that I could find:
>
> https://www.upc.edu/en/press-room/news/reusing-1-kg-of-clothing-saves-25-kg-of-co2-according-to-a-study-by-intexter
>
>
> https://www.oneplanetnetwork.org/sites/default/files/unep_sustainability_and_circularity_in_the_textile_value_chain.pdf
>
>
> https://oecotextiles.blog/2011/01/19/estimating-the-carbon-footprint-of-a-fabric/
> Some articles from UNEP.
>
> Wanted to see if anyone in this group has worked on this before and if 
> there are any other articles or other resources that you recommend that can 
> be used to figure this out.
>
> Thanks 
> Shivangi
>

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Re: [datameet] Virtual chat sometime?

[Meera K]

This is great - I will get back on a date/time and other details. 
Do DM me your handles. My id is @meerak

Thanks, Meera
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On Wednesday, December 8, 2021 at 4:09:36 PM UTC+5:30 H. S. Sudhira. wrote:

> Thanks, Meera for initiating this. 
>
> I would like to join as well and perhaps share some efforts on making 
> earth observation training data open (work in progress) among others. 
>
> Sudhira.
> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/sudhira/> | Google Scholar 
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>
> Web: Gubbi Labs <https://gubbilabs.in/> | Research Matters 
> <https://researchmatters.in/> | India Literacy Project 
> <https://ilpnet.org/>
> Twitter: @Sudhira <https://twitter.com/Sudhira> @gubbilabs 
> <https://twitter.com/gubbilabs> @SciResMatters 
> <https://twitter.com/SciResMatters> 
>
>
> On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 at 15:37, amish sarpotdar  wrote:
>
>> Will be happy to attend and contribute. My work is in spatial data 
>> infrastructure 
>>
>>
>> Dr Amish Sarpotdar
>> University of Manchester 
>>
>> On Tue, 7 Dec 2021 at 16:34, Cara Foss Arellano  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'd love to listen in on this. 
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 6, 2021 at 9:22 AM Meera K  wrote:
>>>
>>>> Anybody else has any other topic to talk about?  5-7 min each then Q&A 
>>>> I have checked with a couple of other friends as well who can talk on 
>>>> geospatial data. 
>>>>
>>>> We can target next week sometime. 
>>>>
>>>> Regards, Meera
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 12:52:39 PM UTC+5:30 
>>>> rigved1...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Yes, a chat up would be nice. The open data efforts have somehow gone 
>>>>> down since the pandemic in all areas except health. Would be good to get 
>>>>> the ball rolling again.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 3:42:05 PM UTC+5:30 
>>>>> a.upp...@gmail.com wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hey Meera,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I am up for it. I along with one of my colleagues look at IUDX from 
>>>>>> the Smart Cities Mission. We can loop in the team from IISc too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>> - Abhishek Upperwal
>>>>>> Data Scientist, Data Analytics and Management Unit
>>>>>> Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
>>>>>> Alumnus, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 3:11 PM Meera K  wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Folks,
>>>>>>> I'd like to get better updated on current developments in the open 
>>>>>>> data space in India. Also want to hear about how stuff like IUDX, Data 
>>>>>>> stack etc are doing...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I am sure there are enough experts here. Perhaps some of you may 
>>>>>>> have a specific topic you can talk about, do share that. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Maybe we could do a Twitter Spaces chat?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Regards,  Meera
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>>>>>>> <http://opencity.in/> | Oorvani Foundation <http://www.oorvani.org/>*
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Re: [datameet] Virtual chat sometime?

[Meera K]

Anybody else has any other topic to talk about?  5-7 min each then Q&A 
I have checked with a couple of other friends as well who can talk on 
geospatial data. 

We can target next week sometime. 

Regards, Meera

On Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 12:52:39 PM UTC+5:30 rigved1...@gmail.com 
wrote:

> Yes, a chat up would be nice. The open data efforts have somehow gone down 
> since the pandemic in all areas except health. Would be good to get the 
> ball rolling again.
>
> On Saturday, November 27, 2021 at 3:42:05 PM UTC+5:30 a.upp...@gmail.com 
> wrote:
>
>> Hey Meera,
>>
>> I am up for it. I along with one of my colleagues look at IUDX from the 
>> Smart Cities Mission. We can loop in the team from IISc too.
>>
>> Thanks
>> - Abhishek Upperwal
>> Data Scientist, Data Analytics and Management Unit
>> Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
>> Alumnus, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
>>
>> On Sat, Nov 27, 2021 at 3:11 PM Meera K  wrote:
>>
>>> Folks,
>>> I'd like to get better updated on current developments in the open data 
>>> space in India. Also want to hear about how stuff like IUDX, Data stack etc 
>>> are doing...
>>>
>>> I am sure there are enough experts here. Perhaps some of you may have a 
>>> specific topic you can talk about, do share that. 
>>>
>>> Maybe we could do a Twitter Spaces chat?
>>>
>>> Regards,  Meera
>>> *Citizen Matters <http://www.citizenmatters.in/> | Open City 
>>> <http://opencity.in/> | Oorvani Foundation <http://www.oorvani.org/>*
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[datameet] Virtual chat sometime?

[Meera K]

Folks,
I'd like to get better updated on current developments in the open data 
space in India. Also want to hear about how stuff like IUDX, Data stack etc 
are doing...

I am sure there are enough experts here. Perhaps some of you may have a 
specific topic you can talk about, do share that. 

Maybe we could do a Twitter Spaces chat?

Regards,  Meera
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 | Oorvani Foundation *

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Re: [datameet] Re: Parliamentary constituency boundaries 2019

[Meera K]

Thanks Arun, Nikhil and Sanjay! Was waiting for this :)
Will also share a copy on opencity.in - where we are collating other 
election-related data (feel free to use those too!)

Dear all, 
If you have any city-related data, please submit to opencity.in, under ODBL.

Regds, Meera


On Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 12:36:18 PM UTC+5:30, Nikhil VJ wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> Just to put it in large..
>
> https://www.electionmap.in/
>
> Made by Datameet! :) <3 <3
>
>
> And we're starting to collate links to similar voter awareness initiatives 
> etc - at pan-country as well as local levels.
> See: https://github.com/publicmap/electionmap/blob/master/LINKS.md
>
> You can add a link here: 
> https://github.com/publicmap/electionmap/issues/17 or of course reply on 
> this mailing list. Note that some form of vetting will have to be done in 
> this regard.
>
>
> Regards
> Nikhil VJ
>
> On Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 1:14:12 AM UTC+5:30, Arun Ganesh wrote:
>>
>> Happy to share that we have a live tool to find your constituency: 
>> https://www.electionmap.in/ 
>> 
>>
>> Many thanks to Nikhil and Sanjay for jumping in and quickly building this 
>> up in less than 24 hours.
>>
>

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[datameet] There’s a hole in the data

[Meera K]

Very good analysis!

The state has failed to create capacities for a timely, reliable, 
decentralised data regime.
https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/india-employment-data-national-sample-survey-nsso-data-health-expenditure-narendra-modi-govt-5577718/

-Meera

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[datameet] Re: ODK 2 - for sync'd survey data collection

[Meera K]

Thanks Nikhil, had explored ODK1 and finally didn't go ahead with it for 
the reasons you mentioned. Had heard that Google was working on fixing some 
of those issues, good to see this is now rolled out. Will check.

The other alternatives we have used for diff projects are Mapunity Groups 
and Jotform (the advantage for one off collection that it can be done thru 
the browser)

Regds, Meera (opencity.in)


On Wednesday, July 18, 2018 at 10:59:05 AM UTC+5:30, Nikhil VJ wrote:
>
> Hi Friends,
>
> TL;DR : Wanna survey without paperwork headache? Check out ODK 
>  and Ona.io when you get the time.
>
>
> A] ODK-1
>
> ODK or Open Data Kit  has been an important tool 
> that made mobile-based survey data collection with complicated forms etc 
> possible. Their XLSForm structure where the form is created in excel (!) is 
> arguably more feature-packed than most online survey tools, and comes 
> somewhere between coding and non-coding. It has companion websites like 
> Ona.io that take care of server-side things and enable folks to get 
> started with on-field data collection with *zero* overhead costs. Being 
> open-source and entrepreneur-friendly, a lot of enterprise services in this 
> sector are actually running on the ODK base and have customized it to suit 
> specific needs.
>
> My experience with ODK: 
> 1. I have guided a team member each about this in two NGOs in Pune: CEE 
>  and Grammangal , with 
> just the setup and getting started, a couple of years back, and I have seen 
> them deploy and take this forward far beyond my expectations. I would 
> recommend other NGOs who want to do this to consult them for a peer-to-peer 
> exchange : they'll speak in your language! (Marathi? Even more so!) 
> 2. I have also briefly taught about it to some interns from a social 
> sciences college (major CV value-add bro!),
> 3. and in a crash course workshop for some governance Fellows on practical 
> mapping/survey techniques. 
> 4, But as of now I haven't myself participated in a complete survey 
> exercise using ODK.
>
> ODK community has a cool discussion forum , 
> where people can post queries. The majority or users and consequently 
> deployers of ODK are more from social sciences background than coding 
> background, so the forum is quite helpful and newbie-friendly.
>
>
> B] Feedback
>
> One regular feedback coming with the ODK tool has been about the one-way 
> nature: If you have one project with 12 people on-field sending in data, 
> it's a hub-spoke model and the 12 people can't easily check what the others 
> have posted. They can't even retain on phone the data they themselves 
> collected once they have submitted it to "HQ", and so it's difficult for 
> team members to keep track of things and stay in the loop, especially if 
> they're in remote areas or on the move and can't get online on a laptop to 
> inspect the collected data, or cases where the field agent is comfortable 
> operating the phone app (multilingual btw) but not the laptop. (did I 
> mention, you can operate ODK in zero network coverage and sync things with 
> HQ at the end of the day / outing when you get back in range or climb up 
> the roof or tie your phone to your pet eagle or something?).
>
>
> C] ODK-2
>
> The community of developers has responded and now launched ODK-2. The 
> original ODK is still operational as ODK-1, and ODK-2 brings in a lot more 
> ways to achieve synchronisations and customizations and all. I haven't gone 
> though the whole thing yet, but it seems they've resolved the feedback I 
> mentioned earlier.
> Take a look at the tour here: 
> https://docs.opendatakit.org/odk2/getting-started-2-user/#tour-of-the-simple-demo-application
>
> So it seems to me like this platform is going to enable setting up survey 
> exercises where the hierarchy is considerably flattened, and all the 
> on-field folks can see what their colleagues are collecting and co-ordinate 
> better. It seems like a good platform to run something like a citizens tree 
> mapping or large area survey exercise on.
>
> Screenshot:
>
>
>
> Happy exploring :)
>
> Disclaimer : I'm only rapid-sharing what I just stumbled upon, so will not 
> be able to answer detailed queries right now. For that, check out the 
> forum  (and it's good to . And see here 
> the newsletter 
>  
> that sparked this email.
>
> PS: Does your org use ODK? Then get yourselves listed on the users map 
> , scroll to bottom of that 
> newsletter to know how. There's gotta be more than 2 others from India, 
> yaar!
>
> --
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> Nikhil VJ
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