Dear Devdatta,
Many thanks - this almost certainly has what I would need
to correct the boundaries.
Your lightning response is very much appreciated
thanks & best rgds
Praveen
On Wednesday, 8 March 2017 10:58:38 UTC+5:30, Devdatta Tengshe wrote:
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> That data has these Sub Districts:
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>
> Regards,
> Devdatta
>
> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:48 AM, Devdatta Tengshe <[email protected]
> <javascript:>> wrote:
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>> Hi praveen,
>>
>> Have you looked at:
>> https://github.com/datameet/indian_village_boundaries/tree/master/kl ?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Devdatta
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 10:36 AM, Praveen J <[email protected]
>> <javascript:>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Dear Experts,
>>>
>>> This topic must have been discussed many times - but
>>> the threads are a bit confusing (for me!) to decide on the best possible
>>> course of action. I am writing here to be enlightened and hoping for some
>>> good advice.
>>>
>>> I am looking out for the *correct district boundaries for Kerala*
>>> (India) as a shape or a KML file. We do a bit of citizen science activities
>>> in mapping birds <http://birdatlaskerala.github.io/atlas/> in the
>>> state. However, the boundaries we have are off [=dated] for one of our
>>> districts (Ernakulam district), which I am trying to fix.
>>>
>>> After much looking up, I found a github repo
>>> <https://github.com/datameet/maps> which had 2011 data (which is post
>>> boundary changes for that district) but sadly, this particular change has
>>> not effectuated there. Infact, Google
>>> <https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Ernakulam,+Kerala/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x3b07e415deabd61f:0x6b911227eed3f76f?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf7aywjcbSAhVQ3GMKHXepDRoQ8gEIGDAA>
>>> has
>>> the updated boundary ! There is also an SVG
>>> <https://bitbucket.org/sanand0/districts/src/tip/districts.svg?fileviewer=file-view-default>
>>>
>>> file with correct boundaries but I dont know how to convert it to a SHP or
>>> a KML file nor can I assess fidelity loss during a conversion.
>>>
>>> Hence my next attempt was to look for Taluk/Panchayat level boundaries
>>> to fix this boundary myself but no shape file is available publicly at that
>>> administrative level. Some JPGs elsewhere exists, which is very nice and
>>> detailed, to the village level
>>> <https://revolutionarygis.wordpress.com/2014/02/01/kerala-sindia-shapefile-data/>
>>> or
>>> taluk level
>>> <https://revolutionarygis.wordpress.com/2015/05/22/kerala-village-shapefile-2015/>.
>>>
>>> I saw some discussion that the forum admin did attempt to procure the
>>> shape files
>>> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/datameet/X5kzViRMJKs/mFqnAwQvtP0J>
>>> of similar JPGs from the same source, but I do not see an evidence that she
>>> succeeded. Hence, I treat this as something that is not readily accessible.
>>>
>>>
>>> What I have/can? QGis & Inskscape, Scripting (python/perl/R) with
>>> limited GIS knowledge.
>>>
>>> Any help on how to proceed would be very much appreciated.
>>>
>>> thanks & best rgds
>>> Praveen
>>>
>>> PS: How I got the current boundaries is probably not much relevant - it
>>> reached me after several hand-overs and almost certainly its origins are
>>> from a publicly accessible website like GADM or 2011 Census Data.
>>>
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