[Talk-in] parliamentry, assembly seat boundaries

Fri Dec 20 07:47:11 UTC 2013

http://web.archive.org/web/20101012225159/http://eci.gov.in/eci_main/GisLayers/gis_layers.asp

http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/GisLayers/GIS_AC_Data.zip
http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/GisLayers/GIS_PC_Data.zip

They upgraded their site recently.

On 20 December 2013 13:16, ヴィカス ヤダヴァ (vikas yadav) <mevikas at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>  Arun Ganesh
>>>> (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad>
>>>> <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>  Arun Ganesh
>> (planemad) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Planemad>
>> <http://j.mp/ArunGanesh>
>>
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