Great work. I was in Mumbai for four years and was dreaming for such an app.
I tried my regular route from fort to byculla and the fare seems right. Just a clarification....Are the fares given relate to auto or taxi, as mumbai has both. Nagarajan On Wed, Sep 5, 2012 at 8:20 PM, Nisha Thompson <[email protected]>wrote: > 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]. > > > -- With Best Regards, Nagarajan M, IAS Asst. Collector Tharad District Banaskantha Gujarat M : 099132 71733 -- 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].
