Dear Vikas, These boundaries are no longer valid because they have changed in 2008. Unfortunately, they haven't released the post-delimitation data.
Follow along the discussion on the Datameet list - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/datameet/AZrQAoeeDhU Cheers, Sajjad. On Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 1:17 PM, ヴィカス ヤダヴァ (vikas yadav) <mevi...@gmail.com> wrote: > http://web.archive.org/web/20101012225159/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/GisLayers/gis_layers.asp > > http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GisLayers/GIS_AC_Data.zip > http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/GisLayers/GIS_PC_Data.zip > > They upgraded their site recently. > > > On 20 December 2013 13:16, ヴィカス ヤダヴァ (vikas yadav) <mevi...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Thanks Shajeer. >> I like this idea. No experience is working with shape files though. Do you >> know which govt dept. makes shape files? Is it ECI or other? >> >> >> On 19 December 2013 15:56, Shajeer M <shaj...@hotmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Based on the old email >>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-in/2009-March/000378.html >>> discussions we had, election commission did put some shape files for PC >>> (Parliament) and AC (Assembly). This is no longer available on their site. >>> >>> Quick search shows a similar named file here - >>> https://bitbucket.org/thejeshgn/open-data-india/src/d2e84516e06525962fc61991bfdaa28ecf133fa2/GIS/India_PC/?at=default >>> >>> From: Arun Ganesh >>> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2013 12:04 PM >>> To: Vikas Yadav >>> Cc: OpenStreetMap in India >>> Subject: Re: [Talk-in] parliamentry, assembly seat boundaries >>> >>> >>> I did some research into the different jurisdictions, and I think I have >>> a fair Idea now of how our Government is structured :) >>> >>> I'll start a page on the osm wiki so we can build on this: >>> >>> Electoral >>> >>> State [State Secretariat – Chief Minister] >>> >>> Lok Sabha Constiuency [Lok Sabha - MP] >>> >>> Vidhan Sabha Constituency [State Secretariat - MLA] >>> >>> District Panchayat (Zilla Panchayat) >>> >>> Block Panchayat (Panchayat Samiti) [Block Development Officer] >>> >>> Gram Panchayat [Sarpanch] >>> >>> Revenue >>> >>> District [Headquarter - Collector] >>> >>> Subdistrict [Headquarter - Tahsildar] >>> >>> Revenue Block [Revenue Inspector] >>> >>> Village Block >>> >>> Civic >>> >>> Municipal Corporation / Municpality / Town or Village Panchayat [Town >>> Hall - Mayor] >>> >>> Zone [Zone office] >>> >>> Ward [Ward office - Ward Councillor] >>> >>> Economic >>> >>> Metropolitan Region >>> >>> SEZ >>> >>> Police >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Vikas Yadav <vi...@thevikas.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Thanks Arun. >>>> >>>> They are changed once after a census since all are usually use >>>> population to adjust it properly though other parameters are also used. In >>>> conjunction to government offices and their bodies, these boundaries are >>>> very critical. Then there is a lot of meta data about the current MP, MLA >>>> or >>>> Councillor depending on the area. We can choose how much of it we put in >>>> OSM. Also, all these three boundaries can overlap each other. There is no >>>> hierarchy to these, e.g. assembly can belong to two parliamentary >>>> constituencies or two municipal wards belong to two assemblies. All the >>>> infrastructure we have in OSM india, like streets, schools, signals, >>>> toilets, they all belong to a particular ward, assembly or parliamentary >>>> boundary depending on the type of POI. When this gets defined properly, OSM >>>> data can later be used very nicely by citizens to locate responsible >>>> offices >>>> for complaining and monitoring, maintaining the public properties. >>>> >>>> See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delimitation_Commission_of_India >>>> See: http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/delimitation_faq.aspx >>>> >>>> (disclaimer: im interested in making OSM a good tool for RTIs) >>>> >>>> >>>> On 16 December 2013 15:50, Arun Ganesh <arun.plane...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 7:24 AM, ヴィカス ヤダヴァ (vikas yadav) >>>>> <mevi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>> (also posted this in osm india forum) >>>>>> >>>>>> I have checked the info for India in >>>>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative and >>>>>> could >>>>>> not find the boundary (admin_level) for parliamentary, assembly limits. I >>>>>> have only started image tracing over the NCR maps given by election >>>>>> commission and state election commissions. I could not find a better data >>>>>> source. >>>>>> Im using a number admin_level=6 for assembly boundaries and will use >>>>>> admin=5 for parliamentary boundaries. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Since electoral boundaries don't necessarily overlap with >>>>> administrative boundaries, this scheme could get quite messy. I would >>>>> think >>>>> we should reserve the admin_level tags purely for administrative divisions >>>>> like those mentioned here: >>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_division >>>>> >>>>> i.e States, Districts, Subdistricts, Municipal Corporations, >>>>> Municipalities, Panchayats >>>>> >>>>> There seems to be some work on boundary=political which is probably >>>>> more relevant for constituencies: >>>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dpolitical >>>>> >>>>> But even I'm not completely sure how these boundaries compare in India, >>>>> we have so many types of overlapping jurisdictions and need a better >>>>> understanding of what they are to come up with a tagging scheme. Is there >>>>> any comprehensive resources to understand all these boundaries, I'll >>>>> document them on the wiki if there are any leads. >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Please suggest. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>> Vikas >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Talk-in mailing list >>>>>> Talk-in@openstreetmap.org >>>>>> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Arun Ganesh >>>>> (planemad) >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Arun Ganesh >>> (planemad) >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-in mailing list > Talk-in@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in > -- Sajjad Anwar | W: http://sajjad.in | T: @geohacker _______________________________________________ Talk-in mailing list Talk-in@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-in
