Slum maps of cities - Digitization?

[bhuvana archi]

Dear All,

Under Rajiv Awas Yojana - Housing for the poor programme, Slum free city plan of action reports are submitted to Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation  (MoHUPA) by various cities across India. Most of these cities have identified the physical location of slums on map with details on population, ownership, number of huts etc.. listed.

Link is - http://www.mhupa.gov.in/User_Panel/SlumFreeCityView.aspx?TypeID=1311

As these information are in pdf format, can we, the datameet community digitize these info and share it in the public forum?

Regards,

Bhuvana

[Devdatta Tengshe]

HI Bhuvana,

These maps were freshly made using Satellite data, and ground surveys. The Raw Data definitely exists in digital format, and it might be a better idea to actually ask for it via RTI or other means, rather then digitizing these low scale pdfs.

Regards,

Devdatta

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[Dilip Damle]

HI,

I have just checked these pdfs.

They are not vector pdf files.

The output has been rasterised hence there is not much point in using these. Unless one wants to trace/digitise manually.

If someone can trace/digitise anything then IMO Google earth is the best source today to create the line work.

[Ashali B]

Hello! The link above no longer works (the ministry is now Housing and Urban Affairs) and I am unable to find any of the old PDFs. Were there any files for any of the metros? Could anyone who has them be kind enough to share them please? Thank you!!