[open-government] Who is hacking on transport data?

Tue Nov 22 14:51:04 UTC 2011

Hello Daniel,

We are aware of a couple of examples of re-use of transport data.
Gijon [1], a city in the north of Spain, has released real-time
information of the local public transport (bus). This information is
provided by a queriable web service [2], which was already used
(internally) to feed the displays at the bus stops (remaining time for
the next coach, accessible coach?, line and destination, etc.).

This web service enables rich applications in real time, such as this
map with the current status of bus lines and stops in Gijon [3]. Both,
coaches (represented by numbered markers) and stops are clickable.
Balloons show the current status of every element.

Also, there is another useful app which uses this information. It's a
layer for the augmented reality browser, Layar, which shows bus stops,
taxi stops, public bike-for-rent stations, and points to top-up the
local travel card. A video explaining this layer on [4] (apologies,
it's in Spanish).

Best regards,

Martin

[1] http://datos.gijon.es [Spanish]
[2] http://docs.gijon.es/sw/busgijon.asmx [Web Service]
[3] http://datos.gijon.es/aplicaciones/busgijon/busgijon.jsp [App]
[4] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JksoovDWbM8 [video of the Layer layar]

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 10:33 PM, Daniel Dietrich
<daniel.dietrich at okfn.org> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am writing a topic report on the re-use of transport data worldwide
> but with a focus on the EU.
>
> If you are a transport data hacker, if you are crunching transport
> data bites or having trubles getting the data you need to develop a
> cool transport data application, please contact me or point me in the
> direction of people doing so.
>
> I have prepared this Questionnaire on re-use of transport data
> http://bit.ly/rMug6d
>
> It will only take 10 min of your time to anser and will help me a lot
> for my research. The report will be published on the
> www.ePSIplatform.eu and will be made available under a CC-BY license.
>
>
> All the best
> Daniel
>
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