Re: [datameet] Data Sharing Guidelines

2014-05-25 Thread Ashish Pandey
I am looking ahead as a NoSQL db like Mongodb. NeDB (a lightweight Javascript database using MongoDB’s API) http://blog.mongodb.org/post/55693224724/nedb-a-lightweight-javascript-database-using-mongodbs Thanks & Regards Ashish Pandey On 26-May-2014, at 12:08 pm, Thejesh GN wrote: > Yes. SQ

Re: [datameet] Re: Data Sharing Guidelines

2014-05-25 Thread Thejesh GN
Yes. SQLite is good. I blogged about it as a format for open data sometime back https://thejeshgn.com/2012/08/23/sqlite-open-format-for-open-data/ May be its time to do "SQL for Poets" kind of workshop for who are interested. -- Thejesh GN ⏚ ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ http://thejeshgn.com GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD

Re: [datameet] Re: Data Sharing Guidelines

2014-05-25 Thread Raphael Susewind
Dear all, for complex files, I would suggest SQLite (sqlite.org). It is open, scalable, and extremely rich due to SQL queries. I use it for all my more complex datasets, interlinked tables, etc... My five cents, Raphael On 26.05.2014 06:50, Dilip Damle wrote: > Hello, > > I think we need to dis

[datameet] [GeoBLR] June Meetup and Mapping.

2014-05-25 Thread Sajjad Anwar
Hello everyone, Just wanted to announce our June meetup. June 5th, 6pm - 8pm at the Center for Internet and Society. In this edition, we thought it would be nice to spend couple of hours editing OpenStreetMap and fixing things specific to Bangalore to begin with. We will also do a quick introduct

Re: [datameet] Re: Off Topic: Tufte's Visual Explanations available (Bangalore only)

2014-05-25 Thread Meera
Thanks all for your response. Venkat is taking it, and couple of others responded too. He has said he will read it and pass it on. Hope you all find it useful. ** On Mon, May 26, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Suren Makkar wrote: > Hey Meera, > I'd like this book if still available! THIS WOULD BE BRILLIANT

[datameet] Re: Off Topic: Tufte's Visual Explanations available (Bangalore only)

2014-05-25 Thread Suren Makkar
Hey Meera, I'd like this book if still available! THIS WOULD BE BRILLIANT! Suren On Sunday, May 25, 2014 7:37:14 PM UTC+5:30, Meera K wrote: > > I'd normally post this on Freecycle. But thought I'd find a better > audience here. > > Details of book here. > http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_

[datameet] Re: Data Sharing Guidelines

2014-05-25 Thread Dilip Damle
Hello, I think we need to discuss the following 1. When is the data eligible to go to Repository There could be several factors here. Mainly cleanliness and completeness. 2. Place other than Repository for temporary data. I think it should surely not be "only an attachment to a post here"

Re: [datameet] draft 2 of ECI Letter

2014-05-25 Thread Anand Chitipothu
On Thu, May 15, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Nisha Thompson wrote: > Hey All, > > I have changed a few things from the first version. I put it up on the > wiki for review here: > > http://datameet.org/wiki/odclettertoecidraft > > It would be good to send it now since Elections are over and we can do > follow

[datameet] Re: draft 2 of ECI Letter

2014-05-25 Thread Dilip Damle
HI, I think we should use the word "ESRI SHAPEFILE" instead of "GIS" in format. We could ask them if there is any Unique Identification for the Candidates so that we know when a person is contesting from more than one seats. Example : There is no way that we can know (from the Data availabl

[datameet] Re: fuzzy matching text in Excel

2014-05-25 Thread Dilip Damle
Thank you, badly needed something like this, Rgds Dilip Damle On Thursday, May 22, 2014 1:51:52 PM UTC+5:30, Avinash Celestine wrote: > > Thought i would share this link. It gives the code for a fuzzy match > version of Excel's vlookup function. I've used it for a couple of years > actually,

[datameet] Off Topic: Tufte's Visual Explanations available (Bangalore only)

2014-05-25 Thread Meera
I'd normally post this on Freecycle. But thought I'd find a better audience here. Details of book here. http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_visex, 42$ *Describes design strategies - the proper arrangement in space and time of images, words, and numbers - for presenting information about motion,

[datameet] Re: free open public domain football data

2014-05-25 Thread Nikunj Parikh
Thanks a lot man!! On Thursday, May 22, 2014 11:55:44 AM UTC+5:30, Vaibhav P wrote: > > Now that FIFA world cup is few days apart, I think this might interest > people. > > http://openfootball.github.io/ > > Regards, > Vaibhav > -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. K