Re: [datameet] [Pune] Crowdsourcing: Play match-the-following and help build Pune's bus route information data!

2015-07-18 Thread Nikhil VJ
Hi Friends, Update on bus stops data: 100% Marathi-fication complete! The spreadsheet is now ready for updating route info. Will go meet the PMPML folks whenever I can in next week and start. User will be able to add new or edit routes by filling in either Marathi or English name of stops, and

Re: [datameet] [Pune] Crowdsourcing: Play match-the-following and help build Pune's bus route information data!

2015-07-04 Thread Nikhil VJ
(Saw Srinivas's email after replying to Devdatta's) Hi Srinivas, That would be great. But the list of stops we're using was created by ITDP a couple of years ago. Some stops have shifted, plus when I loaded it on to geojson.io, most of the locations seem to be off to the east by 50-odd meters

Re: [datameet] [Pune] Crowdsourcing: Play match-the-following and help build Pune's bus route information data!

2015-07-04 Thread Nikhil VJ
Hi Devdatta, Would be great to have you on board! Yes, we really need a GTFS-ouputting system here.. it doesn't exist yet so there's nothing at present to stick to. Here's the PMPML data in GTFS format, latest copy that's from 2009 or 2011 or something:

Re: [datameet] [Pune] Crowdsourcing: Play match-the-following and help build Pune's bus route information data!

2015-07-04 Thread srinivas kodali
Nikhil, It's better to add the stops on to openstreetmap and add Marathi/Hindi names. OpenStreetMap is not accepting any bulk uploads, there is no point of making the dataset if it has to be redone again on osm. You can use iD to map the bus stops and provide the details along with the agency

[datameet] [Pune] Crowdsourcing: Play match-the-following and help build Pune's bus route information data!

2015-07-03 Thread Nikhil VJ
Hi Friends, Some of you whom I've put in Bcc had signed up on the Datameet Pune interest form. While Craig is working on how to organize meetups (found a venue, planning dates etc), I'd like to share a collaborative task with you. Here's something that some volunteer groups (ImproveMyCity,

Re: [datameet] [Pune] Crowdsourcing: Play match-the-following and help build Pune's bus route information data!

2015-07-03 Thread Devdatta Tengshe
Hi Nikhil, I'll strongly suggest that we stay on GTFS as a standard. There are many applications to work with it, since it's an open standard. I'm in pune and i can help you with this. Regards, Dev On 04-Jul-2015 10:50 am, Nikhil VJ nikhil...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Friends, Some of you whom