Recent articles from publications based in India.
New Indian Expressby Express News Service29 Apr 2025
THOOTHUKUDI: Thoothukudi police have rebutted allegations made by a 24-year-old woman that Rural DSP Sudhir had foisted a SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act case on her at the behest of a history...
ARKives20 Mar 2025
2024 Discoveries and Beginnings Table of contents: In this blog I talk about certain tech and new words which I came across or started working with in 2024.
Sink In - Tech Learningsby Apal Shah20 Feb 2025
"Congratulations! You’ve discovered a new dimension where physics doesn’t apply." Let’s be real: your local environment isn’t a development setup—it’s a magical realm where dependencies resolve...
ARKives3 Dec 2024
Standards are Boring, but not Unimportant Table of contents: This is the blog version of my talk From Data Silos to Data Sharing-A Geodata Perspective at State of the Map Asia 2024, Cox’s Bazar...
Sink In - Tech Learningsby Apal Shah13 Nov 2024
A few days ago, an old friend reached out to me about a project he was working on. At first glance, it seemed exciting, so, I took the bait.
Sink In - Tech Learningsby Apal Shah3 Nov 2024
People might argue that JSON Schema is overkill or outdated. But in this article, we'll explore that it is not the case and understand how it is often overlooked.
ARKives18 Aug 2024
Will Mullaperiyar Dam Break? Some Engineering Truths Published: 18 August, 2024 12 mins(s) read Tags: #Kerala #Impact Stories Series: Mullaperiyar Dam: Fearmongers and Scientific Temperament Table...
ARKives5 Aug 2024
There is a Bend on Mullaperiyar Dam? Is Google Map True? Published: 6 August, 2024 5 mins(s) read Series: Mullaperiyar Dam: Fearmongers and Scientific Temperament Table of contents: Through this...
ARKives10 Jun 2024
From Passion to Purpose: Navigating OSM Contributions Posts from "Mapping for Tomorrow: Building Resilience Through OpenStreetMap Contributions" series: Table of contents: In the first part of the...
ARKives9 Jun 2024
Over Engineering or Over Accountability? Yesterday when I was in the billing queue of a South Indian restaurant in the bus stand, an unexpected error in their billing system caused significant...
ARKives1 Jun 2024
The Mapping Evolution in My Life Posts from "Mapping for Tomorrow: Building Resilience Through OpenStreetMap Contributions" series: Table of contents: Why are you contributing to OpenStreetMap?
ARKives30 Mar 2024
City Expansion: Driving Transit Innovation and Last-Mile Connectivity Published: 30 March, 2024 6 mins(s) read Tags: #Geospatial #GIS #Technology Series: Mobility and Urban Dynamics It’s been a...
Economic Timesby SECTIONS Lok Sabha election ; NCP PTI17 Mar 2024
The BJP-Shiv Sena won 41 of the 48 seats in the 2019 polls, but the Sena has split since and a vast majority of the Bal Thackeray-founded party is now allied with the BJP.
Economic Timesby SECTIONS Modi charisma key factor16 Mar 2024
Lok Sabha polls in Gujarat will be held in a single phase on May 7. Counting of votes will be held on June 4.
Economic Timesby SECTIONS Implementation of; Decline; BJP aiming16 Mar 2024
The morale of Congress cadre is high following the 2023 win. The BJP, riding high on its growing voter base in Telangana, is now aiming to win over 12 out of the total 17 seats and 35 per cent vote...
ARKives25 Jun 2023
A Cartographer's Lament: The Taj Mahal Story Table of contents: This article is about the vandalism on map License: This article is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0...
ARKives19 Dec 2022
30 Day Map Challenge 2022 Table of contents: The blog is to showcase and provide some descriptions of the maps I made during the 30 Day Map Challenge 2022.
ARKives19 Oct 2022
Google Maps, The Odiyan of Kochi! Table of contents: Through this article I try to explain the technical glich happened with Google Maps over International Airport of Kochi.
ARKives24 Apr 2022
Mobile GIS Table of contents: Location intelligence is the new buzzword in the industry. What gave new intelligence to location science?
Sink In - Tech Learningsby Apal Shah26 Sept 2021
Before moving to the how part, let me tell you why I moved my frontend applications (React, Vue etc.) to AWS Amplify. Why Amplify?
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