Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at University of South Florida is hosting a free Webcast on OneBusAway: Open Source Software for Large Scale AVL and Real Time Customer Information is scheduled on February 7 , 2013 at 12-1pm(EST). Please click here to participate in the webcast About the Webcast: Representatives from MTA New York …
Category Archive: Open Source Projects
BusTime to Service All of New York City
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that its open-source BusTime project will go live in Staten Island, and looked to expand coverage to all five boroughs by 2013. This provides more opportunity for New Yorkers in various parts of New York City to ascertain real-time bus locations. For more about the Staten Island release, please …
Google Opens Up Map Maker to the United States
Google has added the United States to its Map Maker interface. Already available in 187 countries and regions, the open source program allows users to add and update geographic information from local parks to ice cream shops. The only thing you need to get started is a Google account. Have fun working with mappers from …
The Importance of Data.Gov
Erica Naone of MIT Technology Review writes in her article “The Death of Open Data?” that funding for data.gov may be reduced in this year’s federal budget cuts. According to Naone, the Electronic Government Fund may be slashed from $35 million to $8 million, which may affect the data.gov initiative. Data experts note that the …
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