OMG THIS IS AMAZING! I eagerly await the blogpost also!
For Bangalore though I thnk the old meter rates are being represented. But I can't believe you didn't win this an incredible tool. Nisha On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 8:08 PM, Manas <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Waiting for the blog. :) > > > Regards, > > > Manas > > > On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 8:00 PM, Lucy Chambers <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Thought this might be of interest... for anyone riding rickshaws any >> time soon... >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Laura Newman <[email protected]> >> Date: Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 4:05 PM >> Subject: [OKFN-IN] Building a map to show autorickshaw fares >> To: [email protected], [email protected] >> Cc: Jayesh Gohel <[email protected]> >> >> >> Hi all, >> >> Thought you might be interested in the following post... Jayesh has >> built a map which allows you to calculate how much an autorickshaw >> ride should cost! >> >> Hopefully a blog on how he worked with the data will be following >> shortly - keep an eye out for it. Thanks Jayesh, this is great to see! >> >> Laura >> >> >> ========== >> >> Hello School of Data, >> >> Recently I read this blog post by Nigel Babu on the Salary converter >> that he built. And since you asked for a data-wrangling-experience, >> here's one that I have built. Well, this one does not crunch a lot of >> data (for example from the UN, data.gov.in or the likes) but is meant >> to be a straight forward visualization of Fares using a city-transport >> mode commonly known as 'Rickshaw', in India. >> >> The idea sprung for a competition (JS10K) where the task was to build >> an app less than 10k in size. I wanted to build something very useful >> in this limited size. Calculating Rickshaw fares are a nightmare for >> people anywhere in India. Basically, you pay as per the meter-reading >> for the vehicle (which has a conversion rule in many cities), which >> in-turn is based on the amount of travel you have made. Sometimes, >> even for the same travel the fares differ so much that it makes us >> feel that we are cheated most of the time. I decided to visualize this >> on a map (with all the associated rules) which shows you the maximum >> fare you should be paying and a shortest alternative as well. >> >> Well I didn't win the competition, but built a separate site for >> people to use it - http://faremap.in. (the competition entry link is >> http://10k.aneventapart.com/1/Entry/218) >> >> Hope you like it. >> >> Thank you, >> Jayesh Gohel >> >> >> -- >> Laura Newman >> Community Coordinator >> Open Knowledge Foundation >> http://okfn.org/ >> Skype: lauranewmanonskype >> Twitter: @Newmanlk >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OKFN-IN mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-in >> >> >> >> -- >> Lucy Chambers >> Community Coordinator, >> OpenSpending & Data Journalism >> Open Knowledge Foundation >> Skype: lucyfediachambers >> Twitter: @lucyfedia >> >> -- >> For more details about this list >> http://datameet.org/discussions/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "datameet" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> >> >> > > > -- > Regards, > > Manas > > -- > For more details about this list > http://datameet.org/discussions/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > > -- Nisha Thompson Mobile: 962-061-2245 -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected].
