Hello again, Hmmm, not many replies here. Is there a better forum to post questions like this?
I know they have something that's working, coded up in Perl, and data is stored in a proprietary database (not sure which at this point). I'm worried that they'll collect a bunch of data that no one will have access to. Bryan > Hello, > > I am looking for some design suggestions. I'm in contact with one of the > people working on this website: > > http://www.bikewise.org/ > > The folks putting that site together are mostly non-technical. They're > cyclists. What they're trying to do is collect data, with a spatial > component of course, about bike crashes, near misses, hazards, and thefts. > The idea is that when enough data is collected transportation planners > can use this information to improve bicycle safety and facilities. Since > getting a city or region to be bicycle-friendly is a long term process (on > the order of decades), it is imperative that the data is stored in an open > format so that anyone who needs the data now and in the future will be > able to easily access it. > > I think there are quite a few people on this list with experience in this > kind of application. I also understand if this platform is built well it > only has to be built once and can be used anywhere in the world. What are > your recommendations for how the data ought to be stored? What specific > database/format/application and why? What application/api should this be > built on? How should the data and application be licensed? What other > questions should I be asking? What else should be considered? > > I'm looking for solutions that will allow the data to be available long > into the future, not just the latest spatial data fad. > > Web apps aren't my specialty. I do 3d gis-type programming for > sub-surface earth science applications (geology, water, contaminants) and > have rarely done web stuff and application design. Thank you for any > recommendations. > > Bryan > > _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
