[Talk-GB] Official cycle accident information released as raw data

Matthew Westcott matthew at west.co.tt
Tue Mar 17 19:22:15 GMT 2009


On 17 Mar 2009, at 15:37, Christopher Osborne wrote:

> ps Enjoy the TfL API
> http://www.tfl.gov.uk/businessandpartners/syndication/default.aspx
>
> ...for bonus points, work out what terms and conditions apply to it  
> and whether we can use any data derived from it ;-)
>
> Of course the station locations and things are almost certainly  
> contaminated by the omnipresent OS anyway.
>
> Aye, that issue of derived data never goes away does it?

Actually it does, just this once - because unlike abstract statistics  
and political boundaries which are *defined* in terms of OS data,  
railway stations are physical things that we can go out and locate for  
ourselves...

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/London_Tube_Stations

- Matt





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