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<DIV>Based on the old email <A
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discussions we had, election commission did put some shape files for PC
(Parliament) and AC (Assembly). This is no longer available on their site.
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<DIV>Quick search shows a similar named file here - <A
title=https://bitbucket.org/thejeshgn/open-data-india/src/d2e84516e06525962fc61991bfdaa28ecf133fa2/GIS/India_PC/?at=default
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=arun.planemad@gmail.com
href="mailto:arun.planemad@gmail.com">Arun Ganesh</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 19, 2013 12:04 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=vikas@thevikas.com
href="mailto:vikas@thevikas.com">Vikas Yadav</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=talk-in@openstreetmap.org
href="mailto:talk-in@openstreetmap.org">OpenStreetMap in India</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Talk-in] parliamentry, assembly seat
boundaries</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">I did some research into the different
jurisdictions, and I think I have a fair Idea now of how our Government is
structured :) </P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">I'll start a page on the osm wiki so we can build
on this: </P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Electoral</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">State [State Secretariat – Chief Minister]</P>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Lok Sabha Constiuency [Lok Sabha - MP]</P>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Vidhan Sabha Constituency [State Secretariat -
MLA]</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">District Panchayat (Zilla Panchayat)</P>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Block Panchayat (Panchayat Samiti) [Block
Development Officer]</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Gram Panchayat [Sarpanch]</P></LI></OL>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Revenue</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">District [Headquarter - Collector]</P>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Subdistrict [Headquarter - Tahsildar]</P>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Revenue Block [Revenue Inspector]</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Village Block</P></LI></OL>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Civic</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Municipal Corporation / Municpality / Town or
Village Panchayat [Town Hall - Mayor]</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Zone [Zone office]</P>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Ward [Ward office - Ward
Councillor]</P></LI></OL>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Economic</P>
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<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Metropolitan Region</P>
<LI>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">SEZ</P></LI></OL>
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0cm">Police</P></LI></OL></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Vikas Yadav <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:vikas@thevikas.com"
target=_blank>vikas@thevikas.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Thanks Arun.
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<DIV>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. </DIV>
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<DIV>See: <A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delimitation_Commission_of_India"
target=_blank>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delimitation_Commission_of_India</A></DIV>
<DIV>See: <A href="http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/delimitation_faq.aspx"
target=_blank>http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/delimitation_faq.aspx</A><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>(disclaimer: im interested in making OSM a good tool for
RTIs)</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_quote>On 16 December 2013 15:50, Arun Ganesh <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:arun.planemad@gmail.com"
target=_blank>arun.planemad@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 7:24 AM, ヴィカス ヤダヴァ (vikas yadav) <SPAN
dir=ltr><<A href="mailto:mevikas@gmail.com"
target=_blank>mevikas@gmail.com</A>></SPAN> wrote:<BR>
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<DIV>(also posted this in osm india forum)</DIV>
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<DIV>I have checked the info for India in <A
href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative"
target=_blank>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dadministrative</A>
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.</DIV>
<DIV>Im using a number admin_level=6 for assembly boundaries and will use
admin=5 for parliamentary boundaries.</DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>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: <A
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_division"
target=_blank>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_division</A></DIV>
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<DIV>i.e States, Districts, Subdistricts, Municipal Corporations,
Municipalities, Panchayats</DIV>
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<DIV>There seems to be some work on boundary=political which is probably
more relevant for constituencies: <A
href="http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dpolitical"
target=_blank>http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:boundary%3Dpolitical</A></DIV>
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<DIV>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.</DIV>
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<DIV>Please suggest.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks,</DIV>
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<DIV>Arun Ganesh<FONT color=#333333> </FONT></DIV>
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