[OSM-talk-ie] Dublin Bus Stops

[Larry O'Neill]

I had thought of the idea of doing something similar before in the
past, doing some kind of searchy thingy that would take into account
all the usual stuff (bus, dart, luas) but also include the locations
of dublinbikes docks and taxi ranks.
The first stumbling block I found was this:

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But then like Dermot I started thinking at a slightly higher level.
Thought was as for as it got.
But there are alot more possibilities out there, and private bus
operators might be more willing to have their information put out
there in a way that might catch more customers.
So I might think about contacting some of them. (Ur Bus, Dualway, Alan
Martin, Finnegans, Swords express, any others? - are mortons still
operating local services?)
With any hope it'll go beyond idle thought this time....



Larry


On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 9:42 AM, Richard Cantwell
<manaboutcouch at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 8 September 2010 01:14, Dermot McNally <dermotm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 8 September 2010 01:04, Nick Burrett <nick at sqrt.co.uk> wrote:
>>> I read in the Irish Times maybe 1 week ago that a student from DCU has
>>> created a map of all Dublin transport, including all bus stops. Maybe it is
>>> possible to talk to that person and get them to donate their info? I have no
>>> idea if that includes GPS data for each stop but the general route maps
>>> might be useful.
>>
>> That'd be interesting, depending where he got his data from. The more
>> sources, the merrier, with any luck one of them will be clean.
>>
>
> I think the report in the Irish times that Nick is referring to was
> about this map:
> http://www.venetikidis.com/aris/Dublin-Transport_MA_files/DublinRapidNetwork_2.jpg
>
> It was created by a Masters student in NCAD as part of his degree in
> design.  You can read more about his thesis here:
> http://www.venetikidis.com/aris/Dublin-Transport_MA.html
>
> Unfortunately, for our purposes, the map is aspirational and doesn't
> show the existing bus network, but shows a proposed new system
> instead.  The maps are very nice indeed, but like the iconic Harry
> Beck London Underground maps they distort reality in order to make the
> map as legible as possible.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard
> www.geographic.ie
>
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