Create a page to document spatial data resources for India

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Requesting spatial data is one of the most common threads on the datameet group. In many cases it looks like readers are not aware of existing resources where they can find data.

Resources

• For global spatial data see this list
• Municipal and admin boundaries on http://projects.datameet.org/maps/#available-maps
• Crowdsourced data from OpenStreetMap
  • Basemap data shapefiles from http://download.geofabrik.de/asia/india.html
  • Overpass Turbo http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/FWO
• ISRO
  • Bhuvan Apps
  • Satellite sensor data (Open Data Archive)
  • Landuse+Thematic data
  • Bhuvan geoservers
    • Bhuvan
    • Bhuvan Panchayat
• NSDI erdas server
• NRSC
  • Water Resources WRIS Mapserver
• Survey of India
  • SOI app (official borders download)
  • SOI Mapserver
• NIC Bharatmaps Geoserver | Apps
• State GIS Portals
  • Karnataka KSRAC Geoserver
  • Delhi GSDL Geoserver | Application
  • Kerala KSDI ERDAS Server | Portal
  • Maharashtra MSRAC Geoserver | Geoportal | Apps
  • Telangana TRACGIS Geoserver | Apps
  • Andhra Pradesh APSAC Geoserver | Data Catalog

Bhuvan/NSDI data layers

• Roads
  • National Highways
• Water
  • Canals
  • Major irrigation command areas
  • Water bodies

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TODO

• Expand on above list of common resource pages
• Add a new page with the link and help text