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- 1. better faster cheaper Joe Hughes Google joe@headwayblog.com
- 4. Goal: Communicate better with riders
- 5. Goal: Better internal information
- 6. Problem: Agencies are strapped for cash and developers
- 11. <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC quot;-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//ENquot; quot;http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtdquot;> <html xmlns=quot;http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtmlquot; xmlns:v=quot;urn:schemas- microsoft-com:vmlquot;> <head> <script src=quot;http://maps.google.com/maps? file=api&v=2&key=ABQIAAAAzr2EBOXUKnm_jVnk0OJI7xSosDVG8KKPE1- m51RBrvYughuyMxQ-i1QfUnH94QxWIa6N4U6MouMmBAquot; type=quot;text/javascriptquot;></script> <script type=quot;text/javascriptquot;> function initialize() { if (GBrowserIsCompatible()) { var stop = new GLatLng(33.88508,-117.84383); var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById(quot;map_canvasquot;)); map.setCenter(stop, 19); map.setMapType(G_SATELLITE_MAP); map.addOverlay(new GMarker(stop)); map.openInfoWindow(stop, document.createTextNode( quot;NB LINDA VISTA/ROSE FS PLAC Stop ID: 5731quot;)); } } </script> </head> <body onload=quot;initialize()quot; onunload=quot;GUnload()quot;> <div id=quot;map_canvasquot; style=quot;width: 800px; height: 600pxquot;></div> </body> </html>
- 65. Most of this data is scraped or hand-entered
- 66. There’s got to be a better way.
- 68. the agency the public
- 69. Of course, the truth is in bet ween. Within every bureaucracy, there are people working to make things better. The truth is somewhere in between.
- 70. A digression
- 71. In 2005, we launched Google Transit, a fast trip planner that made it easy to flip through different results for a given transit trip.
- 73. Last year, public transit became a first-class citizen in Maps. This means that it’s easy to discover whether public transit makes sense for your trip...
- 77. How does Google get this data? How can we collect this data, for the whole world?
- 78. ...and make it easier for the next developer?
- 79. So we started from something that worked (Portland TriMet data dump), and created the Google Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)
- 80. It’s CSV; easy to understand, and maps well to the DB table- oriented workflow that agency IT staff are familiar with
- 83. It’s an open format, and its further development is decided by the community of users.
- 84. The agencies prepare these feed and put them on their server for Google to retrieve... but they’re also usable by other developers if the agency is willing http://www.google.com/intl/en Agency Your transit project?
- 87. Devin’s hack is able to use other agency GTFS
- 91. Think of outside developers as a highly motivated R&D lab
- 92. Be willing to adopt successful projects
- 93. The ideal outcome: Agencies get new tools Developers get support and recognition
- 94. Google Maps API learn how to make a mashup code.google.com/apis/maps Headway Wiki get inspired by what others have done headwayblog.com/wiki Google Transit group talk to like-minded folks groups.google.com/group/googletransit GTFS format learn how to publish your schedules for reuse maps.google.com/transitfeed Contact me get in touch! joe@headwayblog.com