Re: [datameet] Re: Improving India road data on OpenStreetMap

2015-11-24 Thread Arun Ganesh
Justin, absolutely right that data imports create huge issues. Even the latest TIGER data for the US has flaws and is a reminder of the dangers of trusting any data source blindly. I just checked the Bhandara sample overlayed with OSM and satellite imagery and its clearly not as accurate as the ex

[datameet] Re: Improving India road data on OpenStreetMap

2015-11-24 Thread Justin Meyers
Arun, Are you looking for all of India, or specific cities/ states/ taluks/ etc? The data is out there, we just have to figure out where! ie http://geoatlas.mp.gov.in/map.php You could go to local government offices and file RTIs. I know of a few government road datasets, but the licensing

[datameet] Improving India road data on OpenStreetMap

2015-11-24 Thread Arun Ganesh
India has one of the lowest road coverage in OSM according to the recent data metrics report: https://www.mapbox.com/data-platform/country/#india . We have currently mapped only 21% of the official reported length. Any ideas on how to improve the coverage of roads? Is there any sources of high qua

Re: [datameet] 4 day Urban Mobility India Conference in Delhi

2015-11-24 Thread srinivas kodali
Yes. I am going there tomorrow. Regards, Srinivas Kodali www.lostprogrammer.com *"Not everyone who wanders is lost, I am probably a bit"* On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 10:28 AM, Rohith Jyothish wrote: > Hope the Working Group on Transport saw this. Looks interesting. > > http://pib.nic.in/newsite/Pri