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 > Survey and Land records for this purpose. > > 2. If the map is meant to be useful for administrative, scientific and > academic purposes, and be useful as a base document for future delimitation > of wards or bifurcation LSGIs, I think, it must be a cadastral map. So I am > doubtful whether the size A3 mentioned in the order of SEC-K is sufficient > for this purpose. That is too small to include the necessary features in > detailed scale, that to make it useful for any other practical purpose > other than ward delimitation. Besides, the village panchayats of Kerala > vary largely in their geographical area, the largest among them is Kumily > in Idukki District, with a huge 816.73 Sq. K Ms size, and the smallest is > Valapattanam in Kannur District with only 2.04 Sq. K Ms, and all the others > lie somewhere in the range in between. How it is practically possible to > make the maps of all these village panchayats in A3 size and at the same > time in a defined scale? No idea. And it seems to be hard to draw all the > ward boundaries and geographical features within this fixed time-limit, in > a detailed and accurate manner for this relatively large village panchayat > (Area: 72.74 Sq. K Ms). > > Cadastral map is a must, as we already suffered difficulties earlier > when: > > 1. Using the watershed master plan, which was prepared without using a > cadastral map, for the programmes under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural > Employment Guarantee Act in village panchayat, > > 2. Asked for the panchayat level cadastral map to prepare detailed > watershed based masterplan for Integrated Watershed Management Programme, > but we couldn't provide it. > > Let it be. > > We couldn't prepare a panchayat level resource map for Koorachundu > village panchayat, because we don't have a base cadastral map yet. So I > think, it is high time to prepare one somehow, atleast in three themes viz. > Assets, Land use, and Water resources so that it can be made useful for all > practical purposes which may arise in the future. > > Continuous updation make a map an authentic source of information and > possibilities of customisation make it reliable over time. Hard copy maps > or raster images of maps have limited flexibility to update or customise. > GIS or WebGIS is the best solution for this purpose. But, All the Local > Self government Institutions (including village panchayats) of Kerala are > restricted from preparing projects to develop a GIS or spend money for it, > vide government circular available in the following link: > > > http://www.go.lsgkerala.gov.in/pages/fileOpen.php?fname=cr20131213_9208.pdf&id=9208 > (Language: Malayalam.) > > Considering all these factors, I can see more of less a deadlock > condition here. Not expecting any relaxation in any of these > orders/circulars within this fixed time limit. So I think about not a > direct, but an alternative way to get mapped this area. OpenStreetMap would > be the best solution at this point, I think. If all the necessary features > here, are marked in OpenStreetMap, the geospatial data can be made > available for any practical purposes including administrative, scientific > and academic purposes at any time, using ETL techniques. Because I see many > of the foreign academic/government firms make use of geospatial data from > OpenStreetMap these days. > > Can anybody help us to map this area within 29/07/2014, if we arrange > a mapping party here? > > Priorities to map are: > > 1. The geographical boundaries of Koorachundu village panchayat. > 2. Existing ward boundaries (which was fixed in 2010). > 2. Rivers and Streams. > 3. Roads. > (No need to map railway line, because it doesn't exist here.) > 4. Forest area. > 5. Buildings which can be used as potential polling booths. > 6. All the ways/foot paths to those buildings. > 7. Assets, Landuse and Water resources if possible within this time-limit. > > Will this plan be accepted by the OpenStreetMap India community as a > model? > > If it is possible, then it will have a few advantages mainly: > > 1. It would be a learning experience for OpenStreetMap volunteers about > this village community. > 2. Hopefully can arrange the help of Kudumbashree volunteers to map this > area, and that would be a learning experience for them too on OpenStreetMap. > 3. The OpenStreetMap volunteers will get an opportunity to explore the > Koorachundu village panchayat, within which have some scenic places, > reservoirs and streams. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Koorachundu Village Panchayat profile > ------------------------------------------------------ > 1. It is a hilly village panchayat, bordering with Wayanad district. > 2. The headquartes - Koorachundu is 38 Kilometers away from > Kozhikode(Calicut). > 2. Well connected with all-weather roads (few nooks and corners are not, > still), but public transportation facilities are limited. > 3. Population: 16111 (2001) > 4. Area: 72.74 Square Kilometers > 5. number of wards: 13. > 6. Two major reservoirs (Peruvannamuzhi, and Kakkayam) and one dam > (Kakkayam) are there in panchayat. > 7. The Kakkayam valley tourism project is in incubator. Besides Kakkayam, > there are some other scenic places in panchayat, being a hilly area. > 8. Broadband internet connection will be available at the O/o village > panchayat. > ------------------------------------------------------ > > Please do comment on this idea.. > > -- > ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ > - ജയ്സെനോവ് നെടുമ്പാലോവിച്ച് പഹയനോവ്സ്കി - > ~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ > (`'·.¸(`'·.¸^¸.·'´)¸.·'´) > «´¨`·* . 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