Crowdsourcing geodata for public transport information

crowdsourcing data for public transport informationarun ganesh, srikanth lakshmanan

what are my travel options?-walk-cycle-vehicle/auto-bus/public transit

what are my safe travel options?-walk-cycle-vehicle/auto-bus/public transit

can i travel by bus?

-is there a bus to my destination?-where is the bus stop?-when will my bus come?-how long will my trip take?-how comfortable will it be?-how much will i save?-what are my alternatives?

who has that information?

-conductors-commuters-bus stations-bus authorities

how to collect all that data?

how to collect all that data?crowdsource

we made busroutes.in

what we found-crowdsourcing makes data collection faster-errors in of�cial data source-gaps in public transport coverage-patterns in bus route numbers-key transit locations-site analysis data

how openstreetmap helped-�exible database-crowdsourcing for map data-lets anyone add features-makes the map dynamic-map data entirely opensource

www.osm.org

what else we can crowdsource-translate entire dataset into local language-location of each bus stop-addition of other transport links and ways-clean and �x of�cial data-expand database to make it more rich

what else has been done

chennai suburban rail and bus map

google: chennai suburban map

chennai public transport map

bus stop information panel

and bangalore?

http://j.mp/ArunGaneshStudent, National Institute of Design Bangalore

Srikanth L srik.lak@gmail.comYet another software engineer

Do visithttp://busroutes.in