All:
I have recently acquired the latest bus timetables, route information, and index of stop and location names from the transport planning wing of the BEST, which can be downloaded on http://freemap.in/data/best_transport in dbf format. If anyone in the community is interested in developing further applications with this database, please get in touch with me off list. In collaboration with BEST, a group of us are attempting to build a free (as in beer and speech) map-based transport information system, which will connect this route database to the Mumbai Free Map on http://mumbai.freemap.in -- we need volunteers with GPS devices to help us geo-reference the bus shelters and routes in their localities, as well as help in project development. I can be reached on this e-mail, or drop by #crit.org.in on irc.freenode.net.
Best,
S.K.
On Saturday 11 February 2006 4:26 am, Shekhar Krishnan wrote:
If anyone in the community is interested in developing further applications with this database, please get in touch with me off list. In collaboration with BEST, a group of us are attempting to build a free (as in beer and speech) map-based transport information system,
I presume that the database and software is gpld.
which will connect this route database to the Mumbai Free Map on http://mumbai.freemap.in -- we need volunteers with GPS devices to help us geo-reference the bus shelters and routes in their localities, as well as help in project development.
I have a gps device which can be plugged into a laptop and waypoints marked. Gpsdrive is the app we use. We are familiar with the code and have used it quite often. Let me know of any help u need.
On Saturday 11 February 2006 2:48 pm, JTD wrote:
On Saturday 11 February 2006 4:26 am, Shekhar Krishnan wrote:
If anyone in the community is interested in developing further applications with this database, please get in touch with me off list. In collaboration with BEST, a group of us are attempting to build a free (as in beer and speech) map-based transport information system,
The server should have a VHF port so that it can be used in disasters like last years floods thru a vhf handset.
I have a gps device which can be plugged into a laptop and waypoints marked. Gpsdrive is the app we use. We are familiar with the code and have used it quite often. Let me know of any help u need.
The cheap alternate to GPS is the location ID of GSM network, (MTNL or so). These ID are at fixed location, can be used to locate a mobile phone. By using test menu in nokia phone, these ID's can be found and mapped to a location. With location ID's mapped to a mumbai map, a very low cost vehicle tracking system can be designed. The only hardware required is a nokia phone (Rs. 1500-2000). The nokia phone can communicate its location ID, by SMS.
I have a small hardware (a micro controller) ready for testing. The only difficulty is to get the location ID's on mumbai from MTNL. Mukund Deshmukh Best Regards, Beta Computronics Pvt Ltd, 10/1, IT Park, Parsodi, Nagpur-440022 Cell - 9422113746
On Wednesday 15 February 2006 02:28 pm, Mukund Deshmukh wrote:
I have a small hardware (a micro controller) ready for testing. The only difficulty is to get the location ID's on mumbai from MTNL.
Why are you keen on using MTNL's location IDs? Their location IDs are pathetic. They are wrong at many places. Also please note that these location IDs will be quite inaccurate as compared to the location that you get via GPS. I really doubt they will be able to satisfy your requirement.
On Wednesday 15 February 2006 9:11 pm, Dinesh A. Joshi wrote:
On Wednesday 15 February 2006 02:28 pm, Mukund Deshmukh wrote:
I have a small hardware (a micro controller) ready for testing. The only difficulty is to get the location ID's on mumbai from MTNL.
Why are you keen on using MTNL's location IDs? Their location IDs are pathetic. They are wrong at many places. Also please note that these location IDs will be quite inaccurate as compared to the location that you get via GPS. I really doubt they will be able to satisfy your requirement.
The id is a cell site and generally covers two square Kms. Use that in kalbadevi area to locate a building of importance. The ids can change and the text on the display and the id no from the infoframe are different for different service providers.
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