Checkout this interactive visualization of the Indian railway data from the datameet repository: http://ruchikavn.github.io/indianrailwaymap/
Clicking the railway stations also highlights the routes terminating there. Code: https://github.com/ruchikavn/indianrailwaymap/blob/gh-pages/js/map.js On Mon, Oct 17, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Devdatta Tengshe <devda...@tengshe.in> wrote: > Have you looked at this: > https://github.com/datameet/railways > > This isn't real time information, but has all the locations, as well as > the schedules. > > Regards, > Devdatta > > On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Udayan Vidyanta < > udayan.vidya...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> My name is Udayan and I am an Interaction Design (M.Des.) student at IDC, >> School of Design, IIT Bombay. >> >> I am currently working on an academic project to visualize real time >> indian railway information for the benefit of Indian citizens. >> >> I would like my visualization to show each train (as and when queried >> upon) as an interactive trail between stations (on its route). I would like >> my visualization to show train timetable, compare trains and most >> importantly to show the real time train running information interactively. >> I would like my visualization to aid the users know that what is the >> punctuality or lateness trend of a train, where a train is currently, what >> is the estimated time that it will reach the next (or 'X') station on its >> route, etc. >> >> Visualization is the next step, but currently I am a bit stuck on how to >> get the data. I understand that scraping the railway website should be the >> last resort and hence was trying to find APIs that could help get the data >> for me. I found two APIs: >> 1. http://railwayapi.com/ >> 2. http://api.erail.in/ >> >> I tried to get the key for the API from the above two websites. I >> received a free key from http://railwayapi.com/ but it has a 3 month >> validity and a limitation of 100 hits a day. That is too less for a public >> project. >> >> My request to the website http://api.erail.in/ has not returned a reply. >> >> I also found a CSV file containing train timetable for the year 2015 from >> data.gov.in/ but that does not help my cause that much. >> >> I would really appreciate it if you all can help me get the data for my >> project, suggest API or anything else. >> >> Thanks, >> Udayan Vidyanta >> student >> IDC, School of Design, >> IIT Bombay. >> >> -- >> Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more >> about us by visiting http://datameet.org >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "datameet" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more > about us by visiting http://datameet.org > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by visiting http://datameet.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to datameet+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
