Hi PM, Have you met Harry Wood? He is the OpenStreetMap guy around here (if you got any questions with OSM). And there is the WikiProject OpenStreetMap. In a recent conversation, he mentioned that we can use Yahoo Maps to draw the roads, but you cannot name the streets unless you are physically at the place. Not sure if you knew this already. I am going to be drawing street maps of Chennai with the Yahoo overlay. Nice job with the Karl Schmidt Memorial. Regards, Ganeshk(talk)01:54, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Any chance you can e-mail me those Chennai Corporation maps? I could use them as a guide in naming the streets. I am currently just drawing the roads. The important thing to explain at the BarCamp would be that Wikimapia and Google MapMaker are copyrighted websites while OSM is freely licensed. I would prefer putting my hard work into OSM. Not sure if everyone understands the difference. More at OSM blog. Google MapMaker is better at the UI though. Hopefully OSM could pull some it's features. Regards, Ganeshk(talk)16:15, 28 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
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This map does not seem to contain the whole union territory of Delhi. I tried using coordinates in some towns under Delhi. The coordinates fell outside the map.--GDibyendu (talk) 17:08, 2 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Indian political map
Hi Planemad
Thanks for your contribution on webpage on India. Can you please refer to http://india.gov.in/maps/indiaindex.php and ensure that you correct errors in union territories locations and kashmir.
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Hello there, I am requesting you to please create maps for Bangladesh. I have seen the map quality created for the Indian cities and they are excellent, good job! But unfortunately, there aren't many maps of cities or upazilas of Bangladesh, could you please be able to create another version of this map: File:Bangladesh subdistricts.png quite similar to India? Thank you! Mohsin (talk) 10:07, 24 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Exaclty, that I had seen your Chennai map, thanks for the reply. I have uploaded new version taking down the coordinates, with Latitudes from 77.46 to 77.72, Longitude from 12.83 to 13.06. It covers all prominent places of Bangalore, though city limits are not shown in the map. 04:01, 31 December 2008 (UTC)
Raise lkblr, Please export the map in SVG format and upload it to Commons. It should be named, Bengaluru area locator map.svg for consistency purposes. Thanks, Ganeshk(talk)06:12, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Wow.. that was too fast :) Thanks to Planemad and Ganeshk. As for svg, we can export from openstreet.org in different formats like osm.xml but i could not figure out svg. Let me try it in some articles first, Cheers! Raise lkblr (talk) 08:21, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Too many roads there, zooming out in osm did not help. That Im now introduced to osm, lemme first play with it a lil, so no timeframe yet for better Bangalore map as of now. I see you contributed a lot to indian jurisdiction maps, Great work! Wish you a Happy New Year! Raise lkblr (talk) 09:10, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
It is possible to export in SVG format from OpenStreetMap using OSM's "export tab". However I've had some difficultly getting this to work properly myself. Managed it just for simple maps like this one: File:Holborn-viaduct-map.svg ...and even then the process was very fiddly. Maybe it's not realistic to attempt to make an SVG image of such an intricate detailed map. I need to experiment a little more with this myself. Might work better with OSM's "Osmarender" tool for larger exports. But then wikipedia's SVG renderer doesn't always do everything consistently (same as inkscape for example). All in all it's quite tricky, so I'd say stick with raster images for this kind of detailed map. -- Harry Wood (talk) 14:08, 31 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]
the position of the headquarters itself are geographically correct( see GadchiroliBhandara), but its the district boundaries that have been misplaced. unfortunately, unless i can lay my hands on better quality district level data, correcting them will involve a lot of manual work --PlaneMad|YakYak17:44, 18 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Compliments on great work on File:India_railway_schematic_map.svg. Last year there were few significant additions to indian railway networks, which are notable enough to include in the network schematics.
Anantnag-Srinagar-Baramulla in J&K "floating/isolated line", which is yet to be connected to Udhampur. (broadguage - redline)
Agartala in Tripura is connected by extension from already existing Kumarghat. (meterguage - easily convertible to broadguage - so red dotted green)
Line between Mangalore-Sakleshpur in Karnataka guage conversion over, and trains running. Change line to red broadguage.(change to red line)
Thanks for the reply. I did with paint, since the map was not updated since 2006. Also few additions were very important to incorporate. Take your own time for svg. Let me look into inkspace. Regards, Notetherenot^ (talk) 08:56, 31 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Pastebin.ca
Yes, it's open source, it's not that hard to find the codebase. Other than that, go ahead and nominate; it was there when List of pastebins was around, and there have been no prior objections when it was referenced. --Slepp (talk) 20:53, 1 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Hi dude this is Reginold Mano Antony, a top contributor for google maps for the Ambattur Region, I came to know that you are the top guy in Koyambedu, I want to know this particular address in koyambedu, can you please let me know about it???
Veritas Infosystems,
1111/5,P.H.Road,
Koyambedu,
Chennai-107.
I have an interview in that company can you let me know about the place.
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Delhi svg map
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I appreciate the effort you have taken to create the Climate map of India. however, i will like to point out that the base map of India is incorrect. Can you please re-make the climate map by choosing the correct map of India with correctly shown international boundaries. perpetrators can claim whatever they want, it does not mean that we have to accept the altered map of original gazetted india. it is only a matter of time and we shall claim back our land from those land thieves.
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Tamilnadu map <> books project >> PDF
Thanks for your contribution to WikiPedia.
I am noticing problem with PDF printing of Tamilnadu map with locator (?) on it using wiki books project. The location dot is printing way below/outside the map. Example: Aragalur article in User:Pinecar/Books/Aragalur. Can you help by fixing it or giving me pointers to fix or suggest who can help fixing. Thanks in advance. --Pinecar (talk) 04:50, 21 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Indian maps
Hi, great work with the Indian maps!. I was wondering though if you could produce another set of svg maps for the Indian states but do them in the style of Template:Location map Pakistan like User:Nordnordwest has done. You see there is a drive to standardise the pin maps. Is there any chance you could produce a nice set of svgs in this style to use in the infoboxes? E.g see Varanasi we need standardised maps not ones with pink and brown in together which look unprofessional! Maybe create the state maps and then include a national state locator in the top corner like File:India Uttar Pradesh locator map.svg so it is easier to know where it is? Dr. BlofeldWhite cat20:26, 2 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]
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Hello Arun,
Great work over there. Chennai is my hometown and right now Iam in Germany for my masters. Keep me updated about wiki regarding anything in Chennai. Will try to help u out. ok.
i'm tryin 2 create a pune area locator map...i dunno if i should use osm or create somethin on inkscape...plus i tried uploading a osm of pune area but couldnt get things ryt...
thnxNirvanareborn(TeenSpirit) 07:36, 29 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]
About the Ahmedabad BRTS map
The map is quite impressive and informative not only about the BRTS system, but also about how the city is laid out. And the usage of colours is appropriate as well. This is not seen on many network maps around the world.
The map is well worthy of coming up on the bus stops rather than the current ugly ones, just that they would need the Gujarati station names as well.
Congratulations for the fabulous work
As for myself, I am a student of architecture and I make fantasy network maps for fun.
P.S. There is one mistake in the map. The ring road from Narol to Naroda Patiya runs alongside the BRTS line. They are not on separate roads as shown in the map.
hey, thanks for the feedback :D i had actually forwarded the map to the ias officer in charge of janmarg, but no reply yet :/ the map was made using the existing one as the source, so its possible that its wrong and i'll try correcting it. id love to see your work, drop me a line arun.planemad@gmail.com --PlaneMad|YakYak16:33, 17 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Quality Image Nomination
Hi Planemad! I have recently nominated an image uploaded by you for Quality Image Assessment. See here. If it is possible for you then please participate in the discussion. As other users from Commons are reviewing the image. Thanks! --JovianEye (talk) 04:41, 27 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Updated India state locator maps
Replied on my talk page. If you would recreate your own maps with the new graphic without colours and lightly shade in railway stations and lines in black I'd fully accept it. If you could update your set up maps taking out the colour and following the graphic guidlines of the new one then I'm sure we could add your railway reuiqrements. Uou are completely free to recreate File:India Maharashtra location map.svg in the same graphic as the new updated version but with your modifications; the distance guage and the railway/hub links. As long as it is still clear and doesn't look cluttered I think this would be OK. If you would kindly update all of your maps in the improved plain, clear graphic I think we could probably continue using them, and it would make things a lot easier.. Perhaps the reason is because you are no longer active on wikipedia.... Dr. Blofeld White cat12:54, 13 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Is Kashmir not part of India or abandoned?
Black border denotes the official boundary of India according to the Indian government, but only the yellow areas come under Indian jurisdiction
Hi Arun
It was lovely to see map of India but I felt bad when I saw upper portion of our country. Why have you not added Kashmir part into Indian map? It is shocking that an Indian is showing India like this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 15.219.201.75 (talk) 04:46, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your feedback. I have not added or removed any part of the country according to my will, since i am no one to decide that. But it is a simple graphic representation of the territories under Indian jurisdiction. That part of Kashmir not in indian control is called Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) and is worth a read to have some historical knowledge of the Kashmir conflict. Hope that clarifies your doubt --PlaneMad|YakYak06:49, 21 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Arun, I was greatly impressed with your maps especially the one of the Ahmedabad BRTS. If do find some free time could you please render the map for Bangalore metro rail ? Thank you and Regards! --Johnxxx9 (talk) 12:03, 2 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Planemad,
I saw your nice map of the Indian railway system based on OSM data (and, by chance, I am familiar with the excellent mapping of Chennai you did where my wife comes from).
I wonder if you might be able and willing to help in a similar undertaking: for an article in WP I need a map of the present day railway system of Mexico. Recently I entered all railway lines I know (I lived in Mexico quite some time and travelled a lot) into OSM and I believe it is nearly complete. I would be interested in a map with a similar background layer as the one you used, but differentiating the lines with are in use (railway = rail) and those disused (railway = abandoned). Do you think you could help?
Regards
HJPD (talk) 07:47, 15 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
WP:IND Newsletter is back! It's been nearly a year since the last edition, but we hope to bring out issues on a more regular basis now. The India Wikiproject was set up to increasing coverage of India-related topics on Wikipedia, and over the past few months the focus has been on improving article quality. A number of the project's featured articles underwent featured article reviews over the past year. Of these, Darjeeling and Flag of India survived the review process, while the rest were demoted. During the same period, Gangtok, Harbhajan Singh, Darjeeling and Mysore were featured on the main page respectively on August 20, September 17, November 6 and December 29, 2009. Meanwhile, articles on topics as diverse as Political history of Mysore and Coorg (1565–1760), Marwari horse and Iravan were promoted as featured articles, and respectively appeared on the main page on March 25, May 17 and May 28, 2010. Consequently, the number of FA-class articles under the project's scope dropped from 67 in August 2009 to 63 in June 2010. The number of good articles, however, saw a more than 40% increase, from 91 to 130 during the same period, while the number of featured lists saw a 33% increase from 12 to 16.
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Hi Ganesh
Please change Ahmadabad airport logo as red plane in map as it is international airport as other airport shows on map. Ahmadabad Airport is international airport but logo shows in map as domestic airport, if you can change that be great93.97.48.183 (talk) 02:45, 2 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Locator Map of Tripura.
I have found in Wikimedia Commons that you have uploaded similar locator maps of different Indian states with colourful district divisions. It has indeed has helped Wikipedia a lot. But I found that although there are such maps of many North-East Indian states the locator map of Tripura is missing. I request to upload a similar locator map of Tripura with diferent districts in different colours. I hope you will keep my request. -Trinanjon Basu (talk) 14:23, 9 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]
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WikiProject India Newsletter Volume V, Issue no. 2 - November 2010
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After a missed issue, the WP:IND newsletter is back on track to being a regular bimonthly feature. The Indian WikiProject has seen plenty of online and off-line action, both in English as well as other Indian languages, and we now have a bigger, better format that intends to feature content and news from the English as well as other Indian language Wikipedias.
Reaching out to Indians has been the theme of the Indian Wikiproject over the past couple of months, aiming to involve a greater number of Indians in editing both the English and Indian language Wikipedias. To this end, efforts to set up the Indian chapter of Wikimedia have moved into their final stages, and registration of the society is currently pending. An effort is underway to push for "WikiMarathons" at meetups, where attendees will be encouraged to edit the English and/or Indian language Wikipedias. This is intended to popularise Wikipedia editing among the general public. In addition, a bot to post DYK's from the Indian Wikiproject to Twitter was created and launched by User:Logicwiki.
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Regrettably, the number of Featured Articles has dropped from 63 in June to 58 at the end of October 2010. Several FAs came up for review and were delisted, while Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties of India was saved. Meanwhile, Chalukya Dynasty appeared on the main page on July 9, 2010. Hearteningly, the number of Good Articles increased from 130 to 136 during the same period, while the number of Featured Lists remained constant at 16.
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The first Wikimarathon, where Wikipedians and members of the public were encouraged to contribute to Wikimedia projects onsite, was held simultaneously at the meetups in Bangalore and Chennai on November 14, 2010. Wikipedians in Delhi also held a meetup the same day.
The Malayalam Wikipedia held several academies in different parts of Kerala over the past few months.
This interesting discussion on the quality of editing in India-related articles has been underway for on the noticeboard a few days. Feel free to join in and express your opinion.
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This newsletter incorporates content from the WikiMedia India Community Newsletter, September 2010.
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