[Talk-gb-westmidlands] Success story

[Rob Nickerson]

Glad to hear the map being actively used on the ground. I agree that it
would be nice to link in with live timetables but this requires developers
who have the right skills to expose the data in a nice interface (and then
ideally we need it to be adopted on the main website).

All volunteers welcome...

Rob


On 27 September 2012 14:41, Big Fat Frog <bigfatfrog67 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Wanted to share this brief success story for OpenStreetMap.  I was
> marshalling at a 40 mile walk/run around Birmingham's canals the other
> weekend and the start/end was at "Ackers": http://www.openstreetmap.org/?*
> *lat=52.45905&lon=-1.85263&**zoom=17&layers=M<http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.45905&lon=-1.85263&zoom=17&layers=M>
>
> Apart from spending the quiet moments taking GPS readings/traces and
> updaing the map I also overheard a competitor at the end asking how to get
> into central Birmingham to catch her bus home, she had a day bus ticket so
> preferred to go in by bus.  The answer she was given was "I don't know", I
> was sitting nearby with my laptop and Mifi so called here over, showed her
> Openstreetmap with the "Transport" view and we quickly determined where the
> nearest bus stop was on the best route into town!  To my knowledge not
> possible with any other website?
>
> So to all who have contributed with NAPTAN uploads, correcting the bus
> routes, moving bus stops and generally updating the Birmingham map a big
> THANK YOU from her.
>
> By the way, I have no idea if she found the bus stop, caught the right bus
> or even made it home!  She may still be roaming the streets of Birmingham
> but hey, I got to show her a pretty map, so lets hope it was accurate.  ;-)
>
> One improvement to the Bus details would be a link on the route that takes
> the user to the Operators' timetable or even live data. Thoughts?
>
> Jonathan
>
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