Re: [Talk-in] About having a mapping party in Koorachundu Village Panchayat - Kozhikode district - Kerala - Reg.
Hi Jaisen, As someone who's a newcomer to mapping, I've just been introduced to some wonderful possibilities. Thanks so much for documenting the process so extensively, makes for very good reading and learning material. Koorachundu is a beautiful village. On Mon, Mar 23, 2015 at 9:49 AM, Yogesh योगि yog...@karnatakaeducation.org.in wrote: Hi Jaisen, On Saturday 21 March 2015 07:38 PM, Jaisen Nedumpala wrote: Hai, I have written a blog post, about the background, and the need of the mapping experiments held at Koorachundu Village Panchayat. Here is the link: http://blog.smc.org.in/mapping-efforts-in-an-unsurveyed-land-koorachundu/ One of the fine examples of using OSM at the grassroots level. Well documented with nice pictures, will certainly help other local governments engaged in similar efforts. :) Loved the Malayalam map and GNOME being used in Malayalam. :) :) -- Yogesh K S Sent from an Electronic Device ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] About having a mapping party in Koorachundu Village Panchayat - Kozhikode district - Kerala - Reg.
Hai, Thank you Alex. I got some new insights from the shared post. Thank you once again. :) 2015-03-22 9:25 GMT+05:30 Alex Barth a...@mapbox.com: This is a very impressive initiative, thank you for sharing. It is a living example of what Mikel is talking about in yesterday's post: For government, OpenStreetMap is more than just data, it's a transformation http://openstreetmap.us/2015/03/government-and-openstreetmap/ -- ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ - ജയ്സെനോവ് നെടുമ്പാലോവിച്ച് പഹയനോവ്സ്കി - ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ (`'·.¸(`'·.¸^¸.·'´)¸.·'´) «´¨`·* . Jaisenov. *..´¨`» (¸.·'´(`'·.¸ ¸.·'´)`'·.¸) ¸.·´^.`'·.¸ ¸.·'´ ( `·.¸`·.¸ `·.¸ )`·.¸ ¸.·(´ `·.¸ ¸.·(.·´)`·.¸ ( `v´ ) `v´ ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] About having a mapping party in Koorachundu Village Panchayat - Kozhikode district - Kerala - Reg.
Hai Shravan and Arun Ganesh, Yes, definitely you people can join us. we really want to improve the OpenStreetMap in our area. And experienced hands could contribute a lot in this regard. But the Village Panchayat is unable to fund for it right now. We are in search of some other ways to meet the expenses. If somebody come forward to help us in this regard, we will manage the rest of everything. Thank you.. 2015-03-22 9:27 GMT+05:30 shravan shravan.s...@gmail.com: Jaisen, This is amazing. I would like to join in too! Thanks, Shravan On 22 March 2015 at 00:53, Arun Ganesh arun.plane...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Jaisen Nedumpala jaisuv...@gmail.com wrote: Hai, I have written a blog post, about the background, and the need of the mapping experiments held at Koorachundu Village Panchayat. Here is the link: http://blog.smc.org.in/mapping-efforts-in-an-unsurveyed-land-koorachundu/ Cannot believe I completely missed this thread. This is an amazing story! Jaisen, what plans next? I'd love to join in. Valuable comments expected. 2014-07-16 8:52 GMT+05:30 Jaisen Nedumpala jaisuv...@gmail.com: Hai, I have discussed the idea with the president and secretary, and they offered their whole-hearted support for this plan. They suggested to conduct this programme in the next week, starting from 21/7/2014 (Monday) and finish the work on 25/7/2014 (Friday). (Sorry for this short notice.) A very simple inaugural and introductory function is scheduled at 11.00 am on 21/7/2014 (Monday). Venue: The panchayat meeting room, O/o Koorachundu Village Panchayat, Koorachundu. A simple closing ceremony will also be there on 25/7/2014 (Friday) at 3.00 pm in the evening, everyone who participated can share their experience during this programme. We have the contact details of resource persons for all the wards, and they will participate in the inaugural meeting and will help the mappers during the physical survey in the field. They will also participate in the closing ceremony too. Special note: No need to worry if anybody can't reach here for the inaugural function, they can join us any time before 25/7/2014. We are on the way to arrange the lodging facilities, for those who are coming from distant places. So please send me a personal mail off-list, those who love to help us and want to participate during this period. If any one can arrange a few extra handheld GPS receivers, and/or spare smartphones with GPS receivers will be considered as their kind blessing for this venture. :) Best. -- ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ - ജയ്സെനോവ് നെടുമ്പാലോവിച്ച് പഹയനോവ്സ്കി - ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ (`'·.¸(`'·.¸^¸.·'´)¸.·'´) «´¨`·* . Jaisenov. *..´¨`» (¸.·'´(`'·.¸ ¸.·'´)`'·.¸) ¸.·´^.`'·.¸ ¸.·'´ ( `·.¸`·.¸ `·.¸ )`·.¸ ¸.·(´ `·.¸ ¸.·(.·´)`·.¸ ( `v´ ) `v´ -- ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ - ജയ്സെനോവ് നെടുമ്പാലോവിച്ച് പഹയനോവ്സ്കി - ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ (`'·.¸(`'·.¸^¸.·'´)¸.·'´) «´¨`·* . Jaisenov. *..´¨`» (¸.·'´(`'·.¸ ¸.·'´)`'·.¸) ¸.·´^.`'·.¸ ¸.·'´ ( `·.¸`·.¸ `·.¸ )`·.¸ ¸.·(´ `·.¸ ¸.·(.·´)`·.¸ ( `v´ ) `v´ ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in -- ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ - ജയ്സെനോവ് നെടുമ്പാലോവിച്ച് പഹയനോവ്സ്കി - ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ (`'·.¸(`'·.¸^¸.·'´)¸.·'´) «´¨`·* . Jaisenov. *..´¨`» (¸.·'´(`'·.¸ ¸.·'´)`'·.¸) ¸.·´^.`'·.¸ ¸.·'´ ( `·.¸`·.¸ `·.¸ )`·.¸ ¸.·(´ `·.¸ ¸.·(.·´)`·.¸ ( `v´ ) `v´ ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] About having a mapping party in Koorachundu Village Panchayat - Kozhikode district - Kerala - Reg.
Hi Jaisen, On Saturday 21 March 2015 07:38 PM, Jaisen Nedumpala wrote: Hai, I have written a blog post, about the background, and the need of the mapping experiments held at Koorachundu Village Panchayat. Here is the link: http://blog.smc.org.in/mapping-efforts-in-an-unsurveyed-land-koorachundu/ One of the fine examples of using OSM at the grassroots level. Well documented with nice pictures, will certainly help other local governments engaged in similar efforts. :) Loved the Malayalam map and GNOME being used in Malayalam. :) :) -- Yogesh K S Sent from an Electronic Device ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] About having a mapping party in Koorachundu Village Panchayat - Kozhikode district - Kerala - Reg.
Hai, I have written a blog post, about the background, and the need of the mapping experiments held at Koorachundu Village Panchayat. Here is the link: http://blog.smc.org.in/mapping-efforts-in-an-unsurveyed-land-koorachundu/ Valuable comments expected. 2014-07-16 8:52 GMT+05:30 Jaisen Nedumpala jaisuv...@gmail.com: Hai, I have discussed the idea with the president and secretary, and they offered their whole-hearted support for this plan. They suggested to conduct this programme in the next week, starting from 21/7/2014 (Monday) and finish the work on 25/7/2014 (Friday). (Sorry for this short notice.) A very simple inaugural and introductory function is scheduled at 11.00 am on 21/7/2014 (Monday). Venue: The panchayat meeting room, O/o Koorachundu Village Panchayat, Koorachundu. A simple closing ceremony will also be there on 25/7/2014 (Friday) at 3.00 pm in the evening, everyone who participated can share their experience during this programme. We have the contact details of resource persons for all the wards, and they will participate in the inaugural meeting and will help the mappers during the physical survey in the field. They will also participate in the closing ceremony too. Special note: No need to worry if anybody can't reach here for the inaugural function, they can join us any time before 25/7/2014. We are on the way to arrange the lodging facilities, for those who are coming from distant places. So please send me a personal mail off-list, those who love to help us and want to participate during this period. If any one can arrange a few extra handheld GPS receivers, and/or spare smartphones with GPS receivers will be considered as their kind blessing for this venture. :) Best. -- ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ - ജയ്സെനോവ് നെടുമ്പാലോവിച്ച് പഹയനോവ്സ്കി - ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ (`'·.¸(`'·.¸^¸.·'´)¸.·'´) «´¨`·* . Jaisenov. *..´¨`» (¸.·'´(`'·.¸ ¸.·'´)`'·.¸) ¸.·´^.`'·.¸ ¸.·'´ ( `·.¸`·.¸ `·.¸ )`·.¸ ¸.·(´ `·.¸ ¸.·(.·´)`·.¸ ( `v´ ) `v´ -- ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ - ജയ്സെനോവ് നെടുമ്പാലോവിച്ച് പഹയനോവ്സ്കി - ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ (`'·.¸(`'·.¸^¸.·'´)¸.·'´) «´¨`·* . Jaisenov. *..´¨`» (¸.·'´(`'·.¸ ¸.·'´)`'·.¸) ¸.·´^.`'·.¸ ¸.·'´ ( `·.¸`·.¸ `·.¸ )`·.¸ ¸.·(´ `·.¸ ¸.·(.·´)`·.¸ ( `v´ ) `v´ ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] About having a mapping party in Koorachundu Village Panchayat - Kozhikode district - Kerala - Reg.
On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Jaisen Nedumpala jaisuv...@gmail.com wrote: Hai, I have written a blog post, about the background, and the need of the mapping experiments held at Koorachundu Village Panchayat. Here is the link: http://blog.smc.org.in/mapping-efforts-in-an-unsurveyed-land-koorachundu/ Cannot believe I completely missed this thread. This is an amazing story! Jaisen, what plans next? I'd love to join in. Valuable comments expected. 2014-07-16 8:52 GMT+05:30 Jaisen Nedumpala jaisuv...@gmail.com: Hai, I have discussed the idea with the president and secretary, and they offered their whole-hearted support for this plan. They suggested to conduct this programme in the next week, starting from 21/7/2014 (Monday) and finish the work on 25/7/2014 (Friday). (Sorry for this short notice.) A very simple inaugural and introductory function is scheduled at 11.00 am on 21/7/2014 (Monday). Venue: The panchayat meeting room, O/o Koorachundu Village Panchayat, Koorachundu. A simple closing ceremony will also be there on 25/7/2014 (Friday) at 3.00 pm in the evening, everyone who participated can share their experience during this programme. We have the contact details of resource persons for all the wards, and they will participate in the inaugural meeting and will help the mappers during the physical survey in the field. They will also participate in the closing ceremony too. Special note: No need to worry if anybody can't reach here for the inaugural function, they can join us any time before 25/7/2014. We are on the way to arrange the lodging facilities, for those who are coming from distant places. So please send me a personal mail off-list, those who love to help us and want to participate during this period. If any one can arrange a few extra handheld GPS receivers, and/or spare smartphones with GPS receivers will be considered as their kind blessing for this venture. :) Best. -- ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ - ജയ്സെനോവ് നെടുമ്പാലോവിച്ച് പഹയനോവ്സ്കി - ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ (`'·.¸(`'·.¸^¸.·'´)¸.·'´) «´¨`·* . Jaisenov. *..´¨`» (¸.·'´(`'·.¸ ¸.·'´)`'·.¸) ¸.·´^.`'·.¸ ¸.·'´ ( `·.¸`·.¸ `·.¸ )`·.¸ ¸.·(´ `·.¸ ¸.·(.·´)`·.¸ ( `v´ ) `v´ -- ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ - ജയ്സെനോവ് നെടുമ്പാലോവിച്ച് പഹയനോവ്സ്കി - ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ (`'·.¸(`'·.¸^¸.·'´)¸.·'´) «´¨`·* . Jaisenov. *..´¨`» (¸.·'´(`'·.¸ ¸.·'´)`'·.¸) ¸.·´^.`'·.¸ ¸.·'´ ( `·.¸`·.¸ `·.¸ )`·.¸ ¸.·(´ `·.¸ ¸.·(.·´)`·.¸ ( `v´ ) `v´ ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in -- Arun Ganesh (planemad) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad http://j.mp/ArunGanesh ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] About having a mapping party in Koorachundu Village Panchayat - Kozhikode district - Kerala - Reg.
This is a very impressive initiative, thank you for sharing. It is a living example of what Mikel is talking about in yesterday's post: For government, OpenStreetMap is more than just data, it's a transformation http://openstreetmap.us/2015/03/government-and-openstreetmap/ On Saturday, March 21, 2015, Jaisen Nedumpala jaisuv...@gmail.com wrote: Hai, I have written a blog post, about the background, and the need of the mapping experiments held at Koorachundu Village Panchayat. Here is the link: http://blog.smc.org.in/mapping-efforts-in-an-unsurveyed-land-koorachundu/ Valuable comments expected. 2014-07-16 8:52 GMT+05:30 Jaisen Nedumpala jaisuv...@gmail.com javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','jaisuv...@gmail.com');: Hai, I have discussed the idea with the president and secretary, and they offered their whole-hearted support for this plan. They suggested to conduct this programme in the next week, starting from 21/7/2014 (Monday) and finish the work on 25/7/2014 (Friday). (Sorry for this short notice.) A very simple inaugural and introductory function is scheduled at 11.00 am on 21/7/2014 (Monday). Venue: The panchayat meeting room, O/o Koorachundu Village Panchayat, Koorachundu. A simple closing ceremony will also be there on 25/7/2014 (Friday) at 3.00 pm in the evening, everyone who participated can share their experience during this programme. We have the contact details of resource persons for all the wards, and they will participate in the inaugural meeting and will help the mappers during the physical survey in the field. They will also participate in the closing ceremony too. Special note: No need to worry if anybody can't reach here for the inaugural function, they can join us any time before 25/7/2014. We are on the way to arrange the lodging facilities, for those who are coming from distant places. So please send me a personal mail off-list, those who love to help us and want to participate during this period. If any one can arrange a few extra handheld GPS receivers, and/or spare smartphones with GPS receivers will be considered as their kind blessing for this venture. :) Best. -- ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ - ജയ്സെനോവ് നെടുമ്പാലോവിച്ച് പഹയനോവ്സ്കി - ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ (`'·.¸(`'·.¸^¸.·'´)¸.·'´) «´¨`·* . Jaisenov. *..´¨`» (¸.·'´(`'·.¸ ¸.·'´)`'·.¸) ¸.·´^.`'·.¸ ¸.·'´ ( `·.¸`·.¸ `·.¸ )`·.¸ ¸.·(´ `·.¸ ¸.·(.·´)`·.¸ ( `v´ ) `v´ -- ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ - ജയ്സെനോവ് നെടുമ്പാലോവിച്ച് പഹയനോവ്സ്കി - ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ (`'·.¸(`'·.¸^¸.·'´)¸.·'´) «´¨`·* . Jaisenov. *..´¨`» (¸.·'´(`'·.¸ ¸.·'´)`'·.¸) ¸.·´^.`'·.¸ ¸.·'´ ( `·.¸`·.¸ `·.¸ )`·.¸ ¸.·(´ `·.¸ ¸.·(.·´)`·.¸ ( `v´ ) `v´ ___ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
Re: [Talk-in] About having a mapping party in Koorachundu Village Panchayat - Kozhikode district - Kerala - Reg.
2014-07-08 11:46 GMT+05:30 Devdatta Tengshe devda...@tengshe.in: Hi Jaisen, You have raised a lot of important points, and I appreciate that you have though of using OpenStreetMap for this. Thank you for your response. I am sorry, that I couldn't respond to this until now, because my 11 months old little daughter didn't allow me these days to think about anything other than her, when I am at my home. :) Please note that I'm talking from my background of working on GIS projects with a lot of government organisations rather than just a strictly OpenStreetMapper. So others can chime in if I'm wrong. I have seen far too often that government Institutions give more importance to the map rather than the actual data. They do not understand that the map is just a representation of the data, and the data is far more important, as a)it is not limited by the scale of the map, and can be of a much higher resolution and accuracy. b) can be used for other processes analysis. Yes, it is. This is why I believe that databases like OpenStreetmap can be useful. However, I can foresee multiple challenges in achieving what you want. 1) Firstly, Government Institutions need data which is authoritative and certifiable. Will your panchayat and other institutions accept a map that is not from any legally recognised Authority? Ok. Let me clarify what I think. Let us check that. The term certify means, Attest or confirm in a formal statement and a Certificate is, An official document attesting a fact, in particular and Authoritative means Able to be trusted as being accurate or true; reliable: Ref: http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ Now let us check, who has the authority and who is authorised to certify here: 1. Grama Sabhas and Village Panchayats are constitutional bodies, whose authority is guaranteed by the Articles 243-243O in PART IX of the constitution of India. Ref: (1): http://www.constitution.org/cons/india/p09.html (2) http://lawmin.nic.in/olwing/coi/coi-english/Const.Pock%202Pg.Rom8Fsss%2813%29.pdf 2. Now we will check, the relevent portions in the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994: Section 166. Powers, duties and functions of village panchayat. - (1) It shall be the duty of the village panchayat to meet the requirements of the village panchayat area in respect of the matters enumerated in the Third Schedule: Provided that it shall be the duty of the village panchayat to render services to the inhabitants of the village panchayat area in respect of the matters enumerated as mandatory functions in the Third Schedule. Now what is there in the Third Schedule? THIRD SCHEDULE - Functions of Village Panchayats B. General Functions - 1. Collection and updating of essential statistics. Now let us check, whether there any relation with statistics with maps. Just search in any of the search engines, with the key statistics related map. Google image search will return a lot of results. Those are the proof for Maps are helpful for presenting statistics, and for presenting updated statistics, over time So, mapping can be justified, because it help to carry out the fuction of village panchayat Collection and updating of essential statistics. [Am I apprears to be an interpretation factory?:) ] Now, what is the relevant powers of the president of a village panchayat? Section 156. Function of President and Vice-President. - Save as otherwise expressly provided by or under this act, the executive power for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act and the resolution passed by a panchayat shall vest in the President thereof who shall be directly responsible for the due fulfilment of the duties imposed upon the panchayat by or under this act. So the president is the executive authority of a village panchayat. Now, let us also check the relevant powers of the secretary of a village panchayat too: Section 182. Powers and functions of the Secretary. - Subject to the provisions of this Act and the rules grade there under, Secretary the as executive officer of the panchayat shall, - (v) discharge all the duties and exercise all the powers specifically imposed or conferred on the Secretary by or under this Act. So the secretary is the executive officer to a village panchayat. Now, just have a look at the following section too, in the KPR Act, Which I think is relevant in this case: Section 250: Protection of Acts done in good faith (1) No suit prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the president, vice-president, any member, secretary, any officer or employee of a panchayat for anything which is in good faith done or purported or intended to be done in pursuance of this Act or any rule or bye-law made thereunder. That is the legal protection guaranteed by the KPR act. In my previous mail, I erroneously used the term good will instead of good faith. (Occured due to incorrect translation - Sorry for that. - I usually don't use
Re: [Talk-in] About having a mapping party in Koorachundu Village Panchayat - Kozhikode district - Kerala - Reg.
The location is here: http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/11.5475/75.8735 2014-07-07 6:36 GMT+05:30 Jaisen Nedumpala jaisuv...@gmail.com: Hi, I am Jaisen Nedumpala, roaming here for quite a while as a contributor of OpenStreetMap, mainly focused on the mapping of Kozhikode district. Right now, I am working as the assistant secretary to the Koorachundu village panchayat, in Kozhikode district. What I am going to describe here is not purely a community issue, much related with my official duties too. But a village panchayat itself is a community, which: 1. enjoy an official status, 2. have its own powers and duties, 3. full legal recognition and 4. authority over a defined local geographical area. So I think, it might not be wrong to raise this issue here, in the hope that, this would be considered as an act of goodwill. Here we have an immediate requirement to map the village panchayat area, that might be helpful for the panchayat elections, which will be held in the year 2015. After the elections this map would be the base map for all the future practical purposes. State Election Commission (SEC-Kerala) realises that, systematically prepared maps can be used as a base map for administrative, scientific and academic purposes as an official document. Such a map would be useful as a base document for future delimitation of wards or bifurcation of Local Self Government Institutions. So SEC-K has issued an order to prepare maps for all Local Self Government Institutions of Kerala, which is available here in this link: http://lsg.kerala.gov.in/news/files/More_Details_352.pdf (Language: Malayalam.) As per the order, the duties are assigned as follows: 1. Prepare maps for village panchayats, municipalities and municipal corporations (Local Self Government Institutions - LSGIs) with their external boundaries and mark geographical and man-made features such as small and big rivers, streams, roads, forests, raliway line etc. in those maps. Then pass down these maps to the LSGIs. The maps for village panchayats will be in A3 size (municipality: A2 size, municipal corporation: A1 size) and in defined scale, both in hard and soft copies, and will be issued to LSGIs within 15/07/2014. --Duty assigned to the Department of Survey and Land Records. 2. After obtaining the map from the Department of Survey and Land Records, The engineer in charge of public works at the LSGI, should draw the existing ward boundaries (which were fixed in 2010) and notable geographical marks, under the supervision of secretary of LSGI, after field verification. This job should be done within 29/07/2014 (within 9 working days after receiving the maps from Survey and Land Records) in case of village panchayats. --Duty assigned to the secretary and Engineer of LSGI. 3. After obtaining back the map with ward boundaries and notable geographical marks from LSGIs, the Department of Survey and Land Records will prepare the final maps of LSGI within 12/9/2014 using AutoCAD software program. --Duty assigned to the Department of Survey and Land Records. Main Points to note: 1. LSGIs should have a systematically prepared base map for administrative, scientific and academic purposes as an official document. Such a map will be useful as a base document for future delimitation of wards or bifurcation LSGIs. 2. To become authentic, it must be prepared by the Department of Survey and Land Records, after receiving the official inputs from the LSGI authorities. 3. The maps for village panchayats will be in A3 size (municipality: A2 size, municipal corporation: A1 size) and will be in defined scale. 4. Department of Survey and Land Records will prepare the final map after obtaining the inputs from LSGIs, using AutoCAD software program. Problems I could see: -- 1.KILA and SEC-K jointly published a hand book covering LSGI elections and related subjects, originally titled in Malayalam, which can be translated as Good governance through legal awareness - Hand book for People's Representatives and officials at LSGIs in 2013. In its pages no: 12 and 13, it is said that ward delimitation should be done using the cadastral map prepared and issued by the Information Kerala Mission, and if they didn't prepare such a map for a particular village panchayat, then that should be prepared with the help of Survey Department. In case of Koorachundu village panchayat, Information Kerala Mission didn't prepare a cadastral map, so we approached the Department of Survey and Land Records regional and district authorities long before, but any action is still pending. In the hand book, it says about preparing a cadastral map, but in the order of SEC-K mentioned above, the word cadastral is not there. No clue, what type of map would be issued to village panchayat, by the Department of
