On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Suvajit <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sajjad, > I propose to use Google API itself to extract some information. How is > this violating G M terms of service ?
Check clause 2 here - https://maps.google.com/help/terms_maps.html > But it is subject to test whether really we can scrape out good data from > it or not. > > Regards, > Suvajit > > > On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 11:11:22 AM UTC+5:30, Sajjad Anwar wrote: >> >> Hey, >> >> On Feb 19, 2014 10:34 AM, "Suvajit" <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > Good job Thej & Sajjd on scraping BMTC stop & route info from their >> > website and presenting on OSM. >> > >> > But I am sure that if we count bus stations in Bangalore it will have >> > 1000 stops more ( around 4000 in total ). So we need to find those missing >> > ones. >> > Google Map has better list of bus stations for Bangalore than BMTC. But >> > unfortunately GMap does not provide API to get that information directly. >> > I found a workaround where Google Local search provides bus stations in >> > a given locality. >> > So quite an amount on scrapping work can be done on Google Map itself to >> > extract bus_stations. I will give try in spare time. >> >> Just a word of caution - this is against Google Maps / Search Terms of >> Service. Even if you scrape the data out we cannot use it in any meaningful >> way. >> >> > >> > On the live tracking point, BMTC already awarded a project last year to >> > put tracking devices in all its fleet (6500+ buses). The project is >> > expected >> > to complete end of this year. In that case, if the system works well we can >> > get the GPS logs of BMTC buses. >> > This can help us both in live update and also accurate route and stop >> > database building. >> > >> > Also BMTC has floated a tender for digitization of schedules. If this >> > project is on, we can expect to get accurate bus stop, route and schedule >> > information from BMTC. In fact, we can ask BMTC to publish their data in >> > GTFS format which we can use to build services/solutions on top of it. >> > >> > Sajjad, >> > What license are you asking about ? License to publish GTFS data ? >> > >> > Regards, >> > Suvajit >> > >> > >> > On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 8:51:30 PM UTC+5:30, Thejesh GN wrote: >> >> >> >> Is it live somewhere? >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Thejesh GN ⏚ ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ >> >> http://thejeshgn.com >> >> GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 >> >> >> >> On Feb 18, 2014 8:27 PM, "srinivas kodali" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >> >>> I was going through the BMTC technical document to implement Expected >> >>> Time of Arrival (ETA) for Buses in Bangalore. >> >>> >> >>> Scrapping real-time data would be more fun. if they won`t give API`s >> >>> >> >>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Meera <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>> >> >>>> If anybody want to develop any public data tools/widgets like bus >> >>>> routes - we can embed it on bangalore.citizenmatters.in/data-tools as >> >>>> objects. >> >>>> It can help general junta to access it easily. >> >>>> >> >>>> -Meera >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 5:53 PM, Sajjad Anwar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >>>>> OSM allows gtfs tags - >> >>>>> >> >>>>> http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/General_Transit_Feed_Specification >> >>>>> Since GTFS is a widely accepted standard. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> I'm asking some friends at OSM about uploading the bus stop data to >> >>>>> the repository. Since we scraped it there might be a challenge. Do >> >>>>> you >> >>>>> know what license BMTC publishes this in? >> >>>>> >> >>>>> Cheers, >> >>>>> Sajjad. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 5:49 PM, Thejesh GN <[email protected]> >> >>>>> wrote: >> >>>>> > We can. >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > But if there is OSM version of the same, i will prefer that. >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > -- >> >>>>> > Thejesh GN ⏚ ತೇಜೇಶ್ ಜಿ.ಎನ್ >> >>>>> > http://thejeshgn.com >> >>>>> > GPG ID : 0xBFFC8DD3C06DD6B0 >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > On Feb 18, 2014 5:27 PM, "Sajjad Anwar" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>>> >> >> >>>>> >> On a second thought and while talking people, it might make sense >> >>>>> >> to >> >>>>> >> publish this data in the GTFS format >> >>>>> >> (https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs/) >> >>>>> >> >> >>>>> >> -- >> >>>>> >> For more details about this list >> >>>>> >> http://datameet.org/discussions/ >> >>>>> >> --- >> >>>>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the >> >>>>> >> Google Groups >> >>>>> >> "datameet" group. >> >>>>> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> >>>>> >> send an >> >>>>> >> email to [email protected]. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >>>>> > >> >>>>> > -- >> >>>>> > For more details about this list >> >>>>> > http://datameet.org/discussions/ >> >>>>> > --- >> >>>>> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >>>>> > Groups >> >>>>> > "datameet" group. >> >>>>> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> >>>>> > send an >> >>>>> > email to [email protected]. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> >> >>>>> -- >> >>>>> Sajjad Anwar http://geohacker.in >> >>>>> >> >>>>> -- >> >>>>> For more details about this list >> >>>>> http://datameet.org/discussions/ >> >>>>> --- >> >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >>>>> Groups "datameet" group. >> >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> >>>>> send an email to [email protected]. >> >>>>> >> >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> -- >> >>>> For more details about this list >> >>>> http://datameet.org/discussions/ >> >>>> --- >> >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >>>> Groups "datameet" group. >> >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >> >>>> send an email to [email protected]. >> >>>> >> >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> -- >> >>> For more details about this list >> >>> http://datameet.org/discussions/ >> >>> --- >> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> >>> Groups "datameet" group. >> >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> >>> an email to [email protected]. >> >>> >> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > >> > -- >> > For more details about this list >> > http://datameet.org/discussions/ >> > --- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "datameet" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an email to [email protected]. >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > For more details about this list > http://datameet.org/discussions/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "datameet" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Sajjad Anwar http://geohacker.in -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. 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