[Talk-is] (English) Bus System

[Björgvin Ragnarsson]

Thank you Þórir,

(I will also add a frequent bus stop mapper as CC, Helmut Neukirchen, who
I'm not sure if is subscribed to this mailinglist.)

Here is map with all the bus stops,
http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=3e6d45263edf40f9aaef710b21dfacc2&extent=-23.2697,63.6279,-20.1001,64.6156
and
OSM as a basemap. You can compare the data to existing stops if you zoom
in. About half of them have already been mapped. Please comment on the
accuracy of the coordinates. You can also switch the basemap to Bing Areal
map.

Should we:
1. scrap the existing bus stops and import the new data, (We could save a
few stops, e.g. stops around Hlemmur)
2. Import just the unmapped stops,
3. Import the new data but try to keep the coordinates of existing stops?

I think it would be valuable to try to import everything because the unique
identifier of each stop, BUSFASTNR, makes it easy to update the data if we
will receive more data from Strætó bs. in the future.


Björgvin Ragnarsson

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:23 PM, Thorir Jonsson <thorirmar at gmail.com>wrote:

> A quick and dirty translation:
>
> Hi,
>
> Guðmundur Bjarni, an acquaintance of mine, has been in contact with Strætó
> (the local bus company) regarding getting his hands on bus data to create a
> bus app for smartphones.  A few weeks ago he received an excel spreadsheet,
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ag6sYRl_wciAdFlOd3lEQU1JZlNKb1NJSmtNb1RfU0E&hl=en_US#gid=0with the names an locations of all Strætó bus stops, with the instructions
> that this was "open information he was free to share"  I converted this to
> OSM format, http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=kEkiGAHS, using the following
> script: https://github.com/nifgraup/straeto-utilities.
>
> Does anyone have any comments on this conversion of mine, i.e., regarding
> "stutt nafn" (short name) becoming name and "langt nafn" (long name)
> becoming alt_name?
>
> Also, how would it be best to go about joining this data to the data
> already in the database?
>
> Note, it is possible we will be receiving more data, e.g., which routes
> stop at each station.  An employee of Strætó bs. is composing a policy for
> the distribution of data for public use.  This employee has contact
> Guðmundur asking what more information could be useful.
>
> Björgvin.
>
> /end of translation
>
> Þórir Már
>
> On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 7:56 PM, Deppomania - Blog <
> deppomania.info at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> my name is Moritz aka Mr Kanister, I'm from Dortmund/Germany and I've
>> been drawing building outlines and adding streets/buildings to relations
>> (stuff I can do from such a distance) for some time now.
>>
>> As most (every?) message(s) on this mailing list is in Icelandic, it was
>> not very useful for me yet ;-)
>> And because I do not speak any Icelandic (well, I try to read it, but
>> it's difficult) and certain Icelandic letters are not displayed in my
>> mailing program at all (even ö, although it's in the German alphabet as
>> well...), it's hardly possible for me to understand any message.
>>
>> But I saw this message from "Bj?rgvin Ragnarsson" regarding something
>> about bus stops and the public transport system in RVK. (Am I right?)
>> May you translate what he/you (if the author is reading this) writes?
>> English will do just fine.
>>
>> I am very curious about public transport data in OpenStreetMap as I rely
>> on it a lot so I want to add as much as possible to the data pool ;-)
>>
>> And if there's anything else going on besides public transport, just tell
>> me (if you want).
>>
>> Thank you in advance, Thakk fyrir ;-)
>>
>> Moritz aka Mr Kanister
>>
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