Dear Arun Thanks. [1] is exactly what I need. I didn't even know what to search for.
The code was unnecessary convolutied to post directly. It compares various sampling methods; I'll post a simplified version along with the results soon. Thanks again, Dilawar On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 3:02 AM Arun Ganesh <[email protected]> wrote: > If you share your code it would be easier to understand what exactly you > need. > > My approach for this exercise would be to grab the SRTM dem data[1] and > clip it to the India borders[2] using GDAL/QGIS. > > What you then have is a gridded raster with each pixel representing the > elevation at that point. It seems like that is all the data you would need > for your computation right? > > [1] http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/srtmdata/ > [2] https://github.com/datameet/maps/tree/master/Country > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 3:33 PM Dilawar Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi datameet, >> >> I was browsing through my old repositories. I once computed the center of >> mass of the country using available elevation data (data is from here >> http://www.geonames.org/data-sources.html, this data does not have PoK). >> The image is attached. The center of mass lies very near to Jhansi without >> PoK. It is likely to shift to the north after adding PoK since the >> Himalayas are heavy! >> >> I am keen on finishing this exercise with PoK elevation data. Do we have >> the elevation data of India in datameet repositories? If not, I can prepare >> such data by appending data from PK elevation data and send it via a PR or >> hand over the repository itself. >> >> cheers, >> -- >> Dilawar >> NCBS Bangalore >> >> -- >> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "datameet" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/CAM72-ZvCeZSC5yAZKxvjjpZcGT%3DuYWPFMdyMasoH8uN2Mks-jg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/CAM72-ZvCeZSC5yAZKxvjjpZcGT%3DuYWPFMdyMasoH8uN2Mks-jg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/CA%2BGKQr2u_ryFFaks7efEZ8yYKALnFTMYEa8qGaP_J4yQY8%2BpyQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/CA%2BGKQr2u_ryFFaks7efEZ8yYKALnFTMYEa8qGaP_J4yQY8%2BpyQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Dilawar NCBS Bangalore -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/datameet/CAM72-Zu5XwsZEBPu%2BjopDg9L7R13i_rbyBLuy1dv5mQ9HL9J1w%40mail.gmail.com.
