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National Waterways in India
Publicadu dae naveenpf su 31 martzu 2016 in English. Ùrtimu agiornamentu su 4 abrile 2016.Much awaited National Waterway bill has been passed in both houses on Indian parliament. National Waterways Act,2016 has been published in gazette. It time to map all 111 National Waterways across India.
Source:Wikimedia Commons.
Mapping
- National Waterways wiki page :- osm.wiki/Waterways_(India)
- Overpass relation :- http://overpass-turbo.eu/s/fm6
English Wikipedia Article created @ List of National Waterways in India
Maritime India Summit 2016, first of its kind is going happen in Mumbai from April 14-16,2016. There is lot focus on inland waterways
Discussion
Cummentu dae imagico de su 31 martzu 2016 a is 08:33
That looks like a good idea. In general waterway mapping in India is already pretty extensive but the big ones are generally poor in terms of riverbank mapping. This especially applies to the NW1 and NW2 here.
One big problem in India is that water levels and therefore the extent of the rivers varies enormously between dry season and monsoon season. Mappers need to be aware of this - otherwise you get results like here:
http://mc.bbbike.org/mc/?lon=94.710759&lat=27.337791&zoom=10&num=2&mt0=bing-satellite&mt1=mapnik