Regarding the point of manually collecting data, I would like to share one experience that I have with this. When we got in touch with DIMTS, they told that they also collected the data manually and their feedback was that it is a very time consuming job as you can imagine how much time it takes to collect data about 623 routes (and I assume that more routes have been added by now). The approach that they followed was they installed GPS devices on buses which used to collect GPS data on the route only. We can't use this approach for obvious reasons as we are not the ones who have the right to put a GPS device on a public transport.
Just an advice, if we are thinking of collecting data manually, then we need to have people dedicated to this job only because it will consume days and even months if this act is not organised properly so just take this point in account. On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:03 PM, GAURAV SALUJA < [email protected]> wrote: > Lets just hope that someday they will realize its importance. > > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 10:20 PM, Nalin Savara <[email protected]> wrote: > >> @Gaurav: >> thanks for the honest reply. >> >> While obviously somethings are outside control... Open source helps >> govt companies also-- because given the possibly of beaureaucratic >> management and sometimes programmers who work in a 9-5 way, it brings >> facts of code before management... And extends manpower with best >> brains of community-- hence saving govt (=public) money. >> >> Also, no harm trying to use experience to architect a open system that >> does some of same stuff... And can handle same test data-- and >> released on GPL or LGPL terms. >> Someday if govt decides to use it... It can lead to opening up rest of >> system too. >> >> @supreet: >> good effort man... Nice seeing your willingness to contribute to >> community. >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Nalin >> >> >> >> On 2/7/12, s|s <[email protected]> wrote: >> > As someone who believes in open data, I would prefer that we gather >> > this data ourselves. I volunteer to provide one Bluetooth GPS device >> > for this purpose. >> > -- >> > Supreet Sethi >> > Ph IN: +919811143517 >> > Ph Skype: d_j_i_n_n >> > Profile: http://www.google.com/profiles/supreet.sethi >> > Twt: http://twitter.com/djinn >> > >> > -- >> > Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: >> > http://lug-iitd.org/Footer >> > >> >> -- >> Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: >> http://lug-iitd.org/Footer >> > > > > -- > Gaurav Saluja > IVth year, > Undergraduate student > IIIT-Delhi > > -- Gaurav Saluja IVth year, Undergraduate student IIIT-Delhi -- Mailing list guidelines and other related articles: http://lug-iitd.org/Footer
