[Talk-GB] TfL bus maps as source

Peter Stoner peter.stoner at traveline.info
Sun Sep 29 20:43:44 UTC 2013


Tom

The TfL bus maps may not be usable but the timetable data on which 
they are based are available at traveline.info/tnds under the Open 
Government Licence.  Is that "ODBL-compatible" or am I missing your 
point?

A note of caution however.  This week's edition of the London data 
includes breadcrumb trails of the "track" taken between each bus stop.  
I am not sure that TfL have intended to release this level of detail 
because of map copyright issues.  However if you ignore everything 
between the <mapping> </mapping> tags, then the rest of the Routelink 
records, ie the stop to stop links, are what is normally available as 
Open Data.

Regards

Peter Stoner


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          Tom Chance <tom at acrewoods.net> wrote:

> On 29 September 2013 18:52, OpenStreetmap HADW <osmhadw at gmail.com> wrote:

>> I'm really after moral backing that this is a breach, as I'd be surprised
>> if
>> they took my word for it.  They have an investment in quite a few bus
>> routes
>> that they, probably, wouldn't want redacted.
>>

> You definitely can't copy TfL bus maps. You have to follow the signs, or
> ride the routes, toot toot!

> Sadly TfL still don't release their "open" data in a simple way under an
> ODBL-compatible license.

> Regards,
> Tom




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