Some people may want to help; or this may already be a solved problem which they can then reuse.
Sam Begin forwarded message: > From: Ben Gibbs <[email protected]> > Date: 2 September 2010 14:40:35 GMT+01:00 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ODM] Help needed to build GMTPE Database and API > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Hi all, > > At the last "Bus Fair" meeting we agreed that before we can create the app, > we need to get the ATCO-CIF data from GMPTE into a database so we can query > and use the data for the application. And since other app developers would > like to use this data, we decided there should be an API to this database of > GMPTE data. This would mean that up-to-date Bus data is available to any app > developer and will speed up the creation of apps using this data and get > this incredibly useful information to more people across Greater Manchester. > But we realised we will need help to build this. > > So we want you to help us build a system which parses the GMTPE ATCO-CIF > data (which is released weekly, and sometime more often than that) into a > MySQL database (which will be hosted in the cloud) with an secure API to > query the data. > > If you think you can help and want to boost democratic access to Bus > information, please come along to as many of the hack sessions below as you > can which we've arranged with support of FlyThe.Coop: > > Monday 6th Sept, 2-5pm, FlyThe.Coop > Wednesday 8th Sept, 6-8pm, FlyThe.Coop > Wednesday 15th Sept, 9am-1pm, FlyThe.Coop > Saturday 18th Sept (Software Freedom Day), 11am - 4pm, FlyThe.Coop > Monday 20th Sept, 6-8pm, FlyThe.Coop > Saturday 25th Sept, 11am-4pm, FlyThe.Coop > > FlyThe.Coop is on the first floor of the MadLab building, 36-40 Edge Street, > Manchester, M4 1HN. > > This will be a great Open Source project and will contribute to the opening > of Bus Data in Greater Manchester by making it even more accessible. It will > also be useful to other regions when their ATCO-CIF Bus data is released. > > Ta, Ben > > > -- > *www.bobop.co.uk* > 07811 197374 > web design, development, consultancy -- Ignorance may be bliss, but that will not keep one from being run over by the train _______________________________________________ Mailing list [email protected] Archive, settings, or unsubscribe: https://secure.mysociety.org/admin/lists/mailman/listinfo/developers-public
