Thanks Bryce. Here's a bit of info regarding data collection from one of our staff who has been more closely involved with the project than I...
“We started by manually compiling a list of Muni route names and their respective inbound and outbound stop names as shown on the nextbus.com website. Then, with the assistance of several sighted volunteers, blind and visually impaired LightHouse staff rode around on 36 of the 76 Muni transit routes, recording information about the features of the bus stops along the routes. While collecting this data we also noted such things as route turns and major nearby points of interest, which were recorded in the notes column of the spreadsheet. This data was compiled and organized in a large Excel spreadsheet. We were able to find some stop ID numbers listed on nextbus. We added and populated the intersection number and sequence number columns to facilitate data sorting. We compiled the lists of transfers for each row of the spreadsheet by sorting the spreadsheet by intersection number, stop name and route name to identify bus stops for the various routes that converged at each specific intersection. Most of the rest of the data came from files supplied by SFMTA (Muni).” I don't have a great deal of info beyond the above paragraph, which seems to give only partial answers to some of your questions. Frankly, I think maintenance is super critical, but I'm unsure what that would look like. I'll be back in touch very shortly with a sample of the data. Scott On 8/5/15, Bryce Nesbitt <[email protected]> wrote: > A first question is the relation of this data to the Muni GTFS and NextBus > XML exports. > Next questions relate to maintenance and history: who surveyed this data, > and what database did they start with. > After that, questions come up about maintenance over time. > > Showing a sample of the data would also help. > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Scott Blanks <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> this is my first post to the list. I am the Deputy Director at the >> Lighthouse for the Blind in San Francisco. We're a nonprofit org, >> providing a variety of services and programs to the bay area blind >> community. We're presently in the process of working with a large >> collection of data points (approximately 6,000) which feature SF Muni >> bus stops. However, these bus stop points have been enriched with data >> that would specifically aid a blind traveler. For example: stop >> location--near or far side of a street intersection, stop location in >> relation to the street--standard or island stop, connecting bus lines >> at a given stop, type of bus stop--pole/bench/shelter. We are hoping >> to upload this data to OSM. We've consulted with Muni who has >> confirmed that, from their perspective anyway, we can proceed with >> the upload...which brings me to this listserv. I understand there are >> a number of factors to consider when uploading a significant amount of >> data to OSM, one being that the OSM community is comfortable with >> having this data added to the site. I am also uncertain whether the >> data, in its current form, is in any kind of shape to be uploaded. >> >> In short, I'm looking for some guidance on how to proceed. We do have >> some funds available for consultation, as the data upload is a >> stipulation of a current grant. >> >> What do you all recommend? What other details can I provide to help >> you better answer my questions? >> >> Best, >> Scott blanks >> 415-694-7371 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Imports-us mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports-us >> > _______________________________________________ Imports-us mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/imports-us
