11 Feb
2006
11 Feb
'06
4:26 a.m.
All:
I have recently acquired the latest bus timetables, route information, and index of stop
and location names from the transport planning wing of the BEST, which can be downloaded
on http://freemap.in/data/best_transport in dbf format. If anyone in the community is
interested in developing further applications with this database, please get in touch with
me off list. In collaboration with BEST, a group of us are attempting to build a free (as
in beer and speech) map-based transport information system, which will connect this route
database to the Mumbai Free Map on http://mumbai.freemap.in -- we need volunteers with GPS
devices to help us geo-reference the bus shelters and routes in their localities, as well
as help in project development. I can be reached on this e-mail, or drop by #crit.org.in
on irc.freenode.net.
Best,
S.K.
--
Shekhar Krishnan
CRIT (Collective Research Initiatives Trust)
B43, Shravasti
Goregaon-Malad Link Road
Malad (West), Mumbai 400064
India
http://www.crit.org.in
http://crit.org.in/members/shekhar
11 Feb
11 Feb
2:48 p.m.
On Saturday 11 February 2006 4:26 am, Shekhar Krishnan wrote:
If anyone in
the community is interested in developing further applications with
this database, please get in touch with me off list. In
collaboration with BEST, a group of us are attempting to build a
free (as in beer and speech) map-based transport information
system,
I presume that the database and software is gpld.
which will connect this route database to the Mumbai
Free
Map on http://mumbai.freemap.in -- we need volunteers with GPS
devices to help us geo-reference the bus shelters and routes in
their localities, as well as help in project development.
I have a gps device which can be plugged into a laptop and waypoints
marked. Gpsdrive is the app we use. We are familiar with the code and
have used it quite often.
Let me know of any help u need.
--
rgds
jtd
3:30 p.m.
On Saturday 11 February 2006 2:48 pm, JTD wrote:
On Saturday 11 February 2006 4:26 am, Shekhar Krishnan
wrote:
> If anyone in
> the community is interested in developing further applications
> with this database, please get in touch with me off list. In
> collaboration with BEST, a group of us are attempting to build a
> free (as in beer and speech) map-based transport information
> system,
The server should have a VHF port so that it can be used in disasters
like last years floods thru a vhf handset.
--
rgds
jtd
15 Feb
15 Feb
2:28 p.m.
I have a gps device which can be plugged into a laptop
and waypoints
marked. Gpsdrive is the app we use. We are familiar with the code and
have used it quite often.
Let me know of any help u need.
The cheap alternate to GPS is the location ID of GSM network, (MTNL or so).
These ID are at fixed location, can be used to locate a mobile phone. By
using test menu in nokia phone, these ID's can be found and mapped to a
location.
With location ID's mapped to a mumbai map, a very low cost vehicle tracking
system can be designed. The only hardware required is a nokia phone (Rs.
1500-2000). The nokia phone can communicate its location ID, by SMS.
I have a small hardware (a micro controller) ready for testing. The only
difficulty is to get the location ID's on mumbai from MTNL.
Mukund Deshmukh
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10/1, IT Park, Parsodi,
Nagpur-440022
Cell - 9422113746
9:11 p.m.
On Wednesday 15 February 2006 02:28 pm, Mukund Deshmukh wrote:
I have a small hardware (a micro controller) ready for
testing. The only
difficulty is to get the location ID's on mumbai from MTNL.
Why are you keen on using MTNL's location IDs? Their location IDs are
pathetic. They are wrong at many places. Also please note that these location
IDs will be quite inaccurate as compared to the location that you get via
GPS. I really doubt they will be able to satisfy your requirement.
--
regards,
Dinesh A. Joshi
16 Feb
16 Feb
11:08 a.m.
On Wednesday 15 February 2006 9:11 pm, Dinesh A. Joshi wrote:
On Wednesday 15 February 2006 02:28 pm, Mukund
Deshmukh wrote:
The id is a cell site and generally covers two square Kms. Use that in
kalbadevi area to locate a building of importance. The ids can change
and the text on the display and the id no from the infoframe are
different for different service providers.
--
rgds
jtd
I have a small hardware (a micro controller)
ready for testing.
The only difficulty is to get the location ID's on mumbai from
MTNL.
Why are you keen on using MTNL's location IDs? Their location IDs
are pathetic. They are wrong at many places. Also please note that
these location IDs will be quite inaccurate as compared to the
location that you get via GPS. I really doubt they will be able to
satisfy your requirement.
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