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In this context absolutely worth mentioning is the Public Transport Enabler ( https://github.com/schildbach/public-transport-enabler ). This is what we used to create this prototype: https://medium.com/@highsource/reliable-train-connections-ap... Disclaimer: I'm working for the Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) and try do some persuasion work towards Open Data here internally.
Systel? Been at the Hackathon recently? :)
This is really nice, though the documentation is a bit lacking in parts (there's already a pull request to make things a bit nicer :) For example, I can see a station is missing, but is there any way to find its UIC code (or other identifiers) so I can add an entry? It's not clear what `is_suggestable` actually means, so I wouldn't know what to input. Also, while there are info:* columns for miscellaneous info, there…
Indeed the data is incomplete yet. Bear in mind that the data comes from a specific use on https://www.capitainetrain.com That is why many countries are poorly covered (yet! we plan to eventually cover whole Europe).
There is no magic to find the UIC code, sorry… Sometimes it is in OpenStreetMap, sometimes we get it from a rail operator… But it is not a required value, so you can add it with out the station.
`is_suggestable` means that the user can input the station on capitainetrain.com. Leave it false for now ;)
The idea behind the name vs. info is that name is the station as it is locally known. Info adds any information extra information to help to find which station it is (that includes translations, “Central Station” for people not understanding „Hbf“, disambiguation between similar names…)
Great, I wish I had that when I did this visualisation: http://ssz.fr/territoire/ Instead, I had to do hack upon hack to match SNCF's station names (like say "Valence (France - toutes gares)") to OSM nodes, or failing that to city names, and in the end fix the remaining ones manually.
Some station names are incorrect. For example, the file lists a UK station named "Yeovil", while there is no such station -- it should probably be "Yeovil Junction".
Nice project idea: collect gps data from cell-phone users that are on a train, and based on this data (lots of users moving at the same speed across known tracks), get an overview of where trains are located.
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Systel? Been at the Hackathon recently? :)
Won it. :)
Also the app - this would really be a great app to have.
Kudos!
In this context absolutely worth mentioning is the Public Transport Enabler ( https://github.com/schildbach/public-transport-enabler ). This is what we used to create this prototype: https://medium.com/@highsource/reliable-train-connections-ap... Disclaimer: I'm working for the Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) and try do some persuasion work towards Open Data here internally.
In this context absolutely worth mentioning is the Public Transport Enabler ( https://github.com/schildbach/public-transport-enabler ). This is what we used to create this prototype: https://medium.com/@highsource/reliable-train-connections-ap... Disclaimer: I'm working for the Deutsche Bahn (German Railways) and try do some persuasion work towards Open Data here internally.
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Won it. :)
Just read the posting and have to say, I really would dig the Chrome extension - and having a lot of traveling colleagues here in Hamburg, they would too. Also the app - this would really be a great app to have. Kudos!
We're talking to DB Vertrieb about this app next week.