iRail fosdem
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This document summarizes the project iRail, which provides an open API for public transportation data in Belgium. It describes how iRail started by publishing this data for developers and faced challenges from threats of legal action by transportation authorities. iRail continues operating by making the data available through their API and supporting wrappers and mobile apps built by developers. It outlines iRail's goals to expand the API and types of transportation data available to better serve more countries.
iRail fosdem
- 1. project iRail providing public transport information February 5th 2011 project.iRail.be
- 2. Who are we February 5th 2011 project.iRail.be
- 3. What do we do public transport data for developers February 5th 2011 project.iRail.be
- 4. A struggle for open data Cease & desist February 5th 2011 project.iRail.be
- 5. A tweet February 5th 2011 project.iRail.be
- 6. We're still up February 5th 2011 project.iRail.be
- 7. Data through an API February 5th 2011 project.iRail.be
- 8. We won't feed the trolls February 5th 2011 project.iRail.be
- 9. api.iRail.be ● 4 requests ● /stations/ – All stops listed by ID ● /connections/?from=...&to=... – Plan a trip ● /liveboard/?station=... – Live information about a certain station ● /vehicle/?id=... – Location information about a vehicle February 5th 2011 project.iRail.be
- 10. Wrappers project.iRail.be February 5th 2011 project.iRail.be
- 11. For the lazy... project.iRail.be February 5th 2011 project.iRail.be
- 12. Support ● iRail npo ● #iRail on irc.freenode.net ● list.iRail.be – mailinglist ● project.iRail.be – trac ● @iRail / !iRail on twitter / identi.ca ● Bigger projects? Talk to us afterwards February 5th 2011 project.iRail.be
- 13. Future ● APIv2.0 ● More request parameters – POI's, geolocation, coordinates ● More types of transport – Buses, trams, subway... ● More countries –Help us! ● Meetup: 14th of February – Tour & Taxis, Brussels February 5th 2011 project.iRail.be
- 14. Examples: Mobile Apps ● BeTrains.com ● Nokia (Symbian & Maemo) – Nightlies: project.iRail.be/wiki/BeTrainsQt ● Android & iPhone – In the appstore ● WP7, Samsung Bada, BB Playbook – Under development – Github.com/iRail February 5th 2011 project.iRail.be
- 15. Examples: Widgets widgets.iRail.be February 5th 2011 project.iRail.be
- 16. Thanks - Q&A @pietercolpaert @iRail / !iRail pieter@iRail.be #iRail on irc.freenode CC BY-SA February 5th 2011 project.iRail.be