crowdsourcing geodata for public transport information
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How crowdsourcing was used to overcome the lack of public transport in Chennai, india. Presented at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for Mobilicity http://mobilicity.praja.in/TRANSCRIPT
crowdsourcing data for public transport informationarun ganesh, srikanth lakshmanan
what are my travel options?-walk-cycle-vehicle/auto-bus/public transit
what are my safe travel options?-walk-cycle-vehicle/auto-bus/public transit
can i travel by bus?
-is there a bus to my destination?-where is the bus stop?-when will my bus come?-how long will my trip take?-how comfortable will it be?-how much will i save?-what are my alternatives?
who has that information?
-conductors-commuters-bus stations-bus authorities
how to collect all that data?
how to collect all that data?crowdsource
we made busroutes.in
what we found-crowdsourcing makes data collection faster-errors in of�cial data source-gaps in public transport coverage-patterns in bus route numbers-key transit locations-site analysis data
how openstreetmap helped-�exible database-crowdsourcing for map data-lets anyone add features-makes the map dynamic-map data entirely opensource
www.osm.org
what else we can crowdsource-translate entire dataset into local language-location of each bus stop-addition of other transport links and ways-clean and �x of�cial data-expand database to make it more rich
what else has been done
chennai suburban rail and bus map
google: chennai suburban map
chennai public transport map
bus stop information panel
and bangalore?
http://j.mp/ArunGaneshStudent, National Institute of Design Bangalore
Srikanth L [email protected] another software engineer
Do visithttp://busroutes.in