[Talk-in] parliamentry, assembly seat boundaries

Fri Dec 20 05:16:21 UTC 2013

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 <shajeer at hotmail.com> wrote:

>   Based on the old email
> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-in/2009-March/000378.htmldiscussions 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 <arun.planemad at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, December 19, 2013 12:04 PM
> *To:* Vikas Yadav <vikas at thevikas.com>
> *Cc:* OpenStreetMap in India <talk-in at openstreetmap.org>
> *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:
>
>    1.
>
>    Electoral
>     1.
>
>       State [State Secretariat – Chief Minister]
>       2.
>
>       Lok Sabha Constiuency [Lok Sabha - MP]
>       3.
>
>       Vidhan Sabha Constituency [State Secretariat - MLA]
>       4.
>
>       District Panchayat (Zilla Panchayat)
>       5.
>
>       Block Panchayat (Panchayat Samiti) [Block Development Officer]
>       6.
>
>       Gram Panchayat [Sarpanch]
>       2.
>
>    Revenue
>     1.
>
>       District [Headquarter - Collector]
>       2.
>
>       Subdistrict [Headquarter - Tahsildar]
>       3.
>
>       Revenue Block [Revenue Inspector]
>       4.
>
>       Village Block
>       3.
>
>    Civic
>     1.
>
>       Municipal Corporation / Municpality / Town or Village Panchayat
>       [Town Hall - Mayor]
>       2.
>
>       Zone [Zone office]
>       3.
>
>       Ward [Ward office - Ward Councillor]
>       4.
>
>    Economic
>     1.
>
>       Metropolitan Region
>       2.
>
>       SEZ
>       5.
>
>    Police
>
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 2:31 PM, Vikas Yadav <vikas at 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.planemad at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Mon, Dec 16, 2013 at 7:24 AM, ヴィカス ヤダヴァ (vikas yadav) <
>>> mevikas at 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
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>> <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh>
>>>
>>
>>
>
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