Transport mapping: the OSM route

An Open Data Revolution

Data owners resisting Politcal hot topic

Transparency & accountability Fuelling innovation

Innovations...

...which make our lives better

Data to build useful apps High value datasets. The good stuff. Transport!

51 billion passenger kilometres by train in 2009/10

Web apps, Mobile apps, Mobile web apps

Easy & cheap Going mobile

(& Location based) Demand for data

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Alpha!

End users

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DevelopersOperators

Open Data Services

Help organisations releasing open data

Open data campaigning

Work with what's available

TfL tube departures data TfL and TravelLine bus timetables (TransXchange) TfL bus countdown displays (new!) NaPTAN bus stops Train times and delay information

London Tube Performance

Based on TfL departures API Radar diagrams Website (for mobile) :

http://tube-radar.com

and...

'UK Travel Options' Free iPhone app

Tube Performance Overview Map

TransXchange

TransXchange

Timetables!

jQuery mobile

Location lookup

Location map

Link to osm.org?mlat=...&mlon=...

leaflet.cloudmade.com Free & Open Source Multitouch zooming

Static map image

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Static_map_images

<img>

APIs

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pla.crtransportapi.com

Formatted HTML

or JSON / XML

Activity streamsTimetables + tube stats

NaPTAN

Database of bus stop locations ATCOCODE Includes dead bus stops and other mess Locations sometimes inacurrate In OpenStreetMap (partly)

NaPTAN & OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap feedback

Editing OpenStreetMap “Authorise with OpenStreetMap” Alternative triage approach 'bugs' & OpenStreetBugs Simple data collection

Pitfalls: Not copying GPS not accurate

OpenStreetMap bus routes

Not just a set of stops Worldwide! (potentially)

Nodes Ways

Tagsamenity=pubname=Hare & Hounds

highway=residentialname=Court Street

Relations

Roles and memberships. Linking elements

Linking several ways to form a route Tags: type=route, route=bus

öpnvkarte.de (openbusmap.org)

My feeble attempt

Andy Alan's Transport Map

Dr Bartosz Fabianowski – dobini.com

Thank you

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