[Talk-in] Fwd: Roads in India: How complete is OpenStreetMap ?

[Russell Nelson]

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On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Naveen Francis <naveenpf at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Arun,
>
> I have updated spreadsheet.
>
> thanks,
> naveenpf
>
>
> On 23 November 2015 at 17:58, Arun Ganesh <arun.planemad at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Lets collect the road statistics per state. This information is available
>> in various PWD sites and Wikipedia pages, but they all seem to be outdated
>> to various degree.
>>
>> Find the best source and update the numbers here:
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uYmQEyZqP2tMe1cJYJUVcNIhFPCdzETsBh1kaSCZplI/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> Naveen, what is the status of WikiProject India Roads? This seems like it
>> could be a great collaborative project.
>>
>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Arun Ganesh <arun.planemad at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Are there some reliable data sources we can use for the highway lengths
>>> in each state?
>>>
>>> On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 12:23 PM, Naveen Francis <naveenpf at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Yogesh,
>>>>
>>>> NH is about 1,00,087 Kms ; may be we have mapped 90-95%
>>>> SH is less than 2,00,000 Kms, we would have mapped 60-70%.
>>>>
>>>> Total road length is about 10,00,000 kms.
>>>>
>>>> States which have decently mapped NH and SH can move next level.
>>>> Major District Road or Urban Roads [owned by Corporations or
>>>> Municipalities]
>>>>
>>>> For example in Kerala we have decently mapped NH and SH.
>>>> Once SH mapping is reached 90% we have to move to MDR.
>>>> Because more data on MDR is available than urban roads.
>>>>
>>>> https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Major_District_Road_(Kerala)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> naveenpf
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 23 November 2015 at 07:03, Yogesh योगि <
>>>> yogesh at karnatakaeducation.org.in> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi Naveen,
>>>>>
>>>>> Blog from Mikel shows that in India only 21% of roads are mapped.
>>>>>> [ref: CIA factbook ]
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://www.mapbox.com/blog/how-complete-is-openstreetmap/
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://gist.github.com/tcql/0d7ad9b32afbea76f615
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there any further analysis by states or type of road ?
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The India:Roads OSM wiki page[1] has some status on the percentage of
>>>>> SH roads mapped and other details, although I couldn't see much recent
>>>>> updates on individual State pages except in Karnataka[2] and Kerala[3]
>>>>> State pages. From the wiki page, it looks like much of the Haryana[4],
>>>>> Karnataka, Maharastra[5] and Rajasthan[6] State Highways are completed. But
>>>>> it may also be the case that other States' SH might have been done but not
>>>>> updated on the OSM wiki page.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> [1]https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India:Roads
>>>>> [2]https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India:Roads/Karnataka
>>>>> [3]https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/State_Highways_%28Kerala%29
>>>>> [4]https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India:Roads/Haryana
>>>>> [5]https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India:Roads/Maharashtra
>>>>> [6]https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/India:Roads/Rajasthan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Yogesh K S
>>>>> Sent from an Electronic Device
>>>>>
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