[datameet] Indian Railways Schedule in Google Transit

2015-05-13 Thread Sriram Karra
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/internet/indian-railways-schedules-now-on-google-maps/article7197832.ece Does anyone have any more info about this arrangement and how they managed to get access? -- Datameet is a community of Data Science enthusiasts in India. Know more about us by

Re: [datameet] Indian Railways Schedule in Google Transit

2015-05-13 Thread Amol Sharma
Train Routes is a public data so making it available on map is not a difficult thing for them. also, they have done integration only for 8 cities so far - Ahemdabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Pune. -- Thanks and Regards, Amol Sharma On 13 May 2015 at 20:27, Sriram

Re: [datameet] Indian Railways Schedule in Google Transit

2015-05-13 Thread srinivas kodali
Contrary to the belief, train data cannot be used for commercial purposes and it is not free. http://enquiry.indianrail.gov.in/ntes/disclaimerDisplay.jsp Even though it being public data, the railways is not making it publicly accessible to everyone. I would love to have data on delays at each

Re: [datameet] Indian Railways Schedule in Google Transit

2015-05-13 Thread Amol Sharma
Yes, i agree with the challenges mentioned by you. but that doesn't stop google, they might have had signed some contract with irctc (purely my speculation, this is not the first time irctc is integrating with 3rd parties. Earlier it was Yebhi for ecommerce and now its amazon and also paytm wallet