Thejesh, They are yet to implement it in Bangalore, will take some 6 months i guess. The tender got rolled out in last March.
On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:31 PM, Sajjad Anwar <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Suvajit <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi Sajjad, > > I propose to use Google API itself to extract some information. How is > > this violating G M terms of service ? > > Check clause 2 here - https://maps.google.com/help/terms_maps.html > > > But it is subject to test whether really we can scrape out good data > from > > it or not. > > > > Regards, > > Suvajit > > > > > > On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:11:22 AM UTC+5:30, Sajjad Anwar wrote: > >> > >> Hey, > >> > >> On Feb 19, 2014 10:34 AM, "Suvajit" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > > >> > > >> > Good job Thej & Sajjd on scraping BMTC stop & route info from their > >> > website and presenting on OSM. > >> > > >> > But I am sure that if we count bus stations in Bangalore it will have > >> > 1000 stops more ( around 4000 in total ). So we need to find those > missing > >> > ones. > >> > Google Map has better list of bus stations for Bangalore than BMTC. > But > >> > unfortunately GMap does not provide API to get that information > directly. > >> > I found a workaround where Google Local search provides bus stations > in > >> > a given locality. > >> > So quite an amount on scrapping work can be done on Google Map itself > to > >> > extract bus_stations. I will give try in spare time. > >> > >> Just a word of caution - this is against Google Maps / Search Terms of > >> Service. Even if you scrape the data out we cannot use it in any > meaningful > >> way. > >> > >> > > >> > On the live tracking point, BMTC already awarded a project last year > to > >> > put tracking devices in all its fleet (6500+ buses). The project is > expected > >> > to complete end of this year. In that case, if the system works well > we can > >> > get the GPS logs of BMTC buses. > >> > This can help us both in live update and also accurate route and stop > >> > database building. > >> > > >> > Also BMTC has floated a tender for digitization of schedules. If this > >> > project is on, we can expect to get accurate bus stop, route and > schedule > >> > information from BMTC. In fact, we can ask BMTC to publish their data > in > >> > GTFS format which we can use to build services/solutions on top of it. > >> > > >> > Sajjad, > >> > What license are you asking about ? License to publish GTFS data ? > >> > > >> > Regards, > >> > Suvajit > >> > > >> > > >> > On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 8:51:30 PM UTC+5:30, Thejesh GN wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Is it live somewhere? > >> >> > >> >> -- > >> >> Thejesh GN ⏚ ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ > >> >> http://thejeshgn.com > >> >> GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 > >> >> > >> >> On Feb 18, 2014 8:27 PM, "srinivas kodali" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >>> > >> >>> I was going through the BMTC technical document to implement > Expected > >> >>> Time of Arrival (ETA) for Buses in Bangalore. > >> >>> > >> >>> Scrapping real-time data would be more fun. if they won`t give API`s > >> >>> > >> >>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Meera <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>>> > >> >>>> If anybody want to develop any public data tools/widgets like bus > >> >>>> routes - we can embed it on bangalore.citizenmatters.in/data-toolsas > >> >>>> objects. > >> >>>> It can help general junta to access it easily. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> -Meera > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Sajjad Anwar <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> OSM allows gtfs tags - > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/General_Transit_Feed_Specification > >> >>>>> Since GTFS is a widely accepted standard. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> I'm asking some friends at OSM about uploading the bus stop data > to > >> >>>>> the repository. Since we scraped it there might be a challenge. Do > >> >>>>> you > >> >>>>> know what license BMTC publishes this in? > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> Cheers, > >> >>>>> Sajjad. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Thejesh GN <[email protected]> > >> >>>>> wrote: > >> >>>>> > We can. > >> >>>>> > > >> >>>>> > But if there is OSM version of the same, i will prefer that. > >> >>>>> > > >> >>>>> > -- > >> >>>>> > Thejesh GN ⏚ ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ > >> >>>>> > http://thejeshgn.com > >> >>>>> > GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 > >> >>>>> > > >> >>>>> > On Feb 18, 2014 5:27 PM, "Sajjad Anwar" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>>>> >> > >> >>>>> >> On a second thought and while talking people, it might make > sense > >> >>>>> >> to > >> >>>>> >> publish this data in the GTFS format > >> >>>>> >> (https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs/) > >> >>>>> >> > >> >>>>> >> -- > >> >>>>> >> 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 and stop receiving emails from > it, > >> >>>>> >> send an > >> >>>>> >> email to [email protected]. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> >> For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >> >>>>> > > >> >>>>> > -- > >> >>>>> > 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 and stop receiving emails from > it, > >> >>>>> > send an > >> >>>>> > email to [email protected]. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> -- > >> >>>>> Sajjad Anwar http://geohacker.in > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> -- > >> >>>>> 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 and stop receiving emails from it, > >> >>>>> send an email to [email protected]. > >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> > >> >>>> -- > >> >>>> 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 and stop receiving emails from it, > >> >>>> send an email to [email protected]. > >> >>>> > >> >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >> >>> > >> >>> > >> >>> -- > >> >>> 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 and stop receiving emails from it, > send > >> >>> an email to [email protected]. > >> >>> > >> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > >> > > >> > -- > >> > 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 and stop receiving emails from it, send > >> > an email to [email protected]. > >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > > 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 and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > Sajjad Anwar http://geohacker.in > > -- > 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 and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. 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