Easy transport

Game changing tools for

transit map crowdsourcing in your city

More than 60% of the cities

in the world don't have any suitable

public transport's map.

 

Let's fix that.

Current status of transit data

• Information is encapsulated in "gated communities"
• Not interconnectable, no permissive licenses
• Sources for transit Open Data are incomplete or non-existent
• Very few cities have complete public transport information in OpenStreetMap

These are major obstacles for Open Innovation and current challenges such as smart cities.

Success story

The Mapanica project

Managua, Nicaragua

• 2 mio. people and no public transport information
• 200 people crowd-sourced the bus map with OpenStreetMap

The Mapanica project

Result: a paper map printed 40 000 times, a website and a mobile app

First transit map of a city in Cental America

The Mapanica project

A replicable experience

Note 1. On site collection is fastidious

Note 2. Quality control of bus lines is currently only possible for experienced mappers

Note 3. The final map lacks readability

We will improve that.

OpenStreetMap community and transport data

Community of Practice

Share values, goals, practices, means of collaboration

Easy Transport mobile app

The mobile app so-simple-that-even-my-mom-can-use-it to create bus lines in OpenStreetMap

On-site collection optimised

Automatic publishing in OpenStreetMap

Mobile app

Beta version

• Android app:
  • Transport map as a main screen
  • Possible actions:
    • Create / move / delete bus stops
    • Edit basic bus stops details: name, direction, bus line(s)

Mobile app

Version 1

Improvements of the beta version:

• Worldwide coverage
• Offline edit possible
• Possible actions:
  • Contribute with your OSM account
  • Edit more bus stop details: shelter, bench, disabled access...
  • Edit bus line road sections
• Languages fr/en/de/es/ar
• Tutorial to guide beginners

Evolution of JOSM plug-in PT_assistant

JOSM is the best tool used by OpenStreetMap contributors.

The PT_assistant plug-in, already existing, allows to check transport networks quality.

We will create a super-easy interface to easily approve quality of a transport network over a whole city.

Rendering

Current style

Future style

This in only a prototype highlighting railways

We will develop a brand new map style that highlights public transport network by type of transport and by line.

Community oriented project

Our tools are

• Simple. Real simple!
• Beta tested & improved by mappers
• Built on top of existing solutions
• Multilingual by design
• Open Source code

This is an open and documented project

3 phases

Beta

Easy Transit

Editing

Easy Transit

Mobile app

PHASES

1

Version 1

2

Transit line editing

Bus line collecting

Advanced

editing

3

Optimized interface & more features

Transit network editing

New smart features

Rendering

Basic

Worldwide

OpenStreetMap as a hub

Easy Transit

Editing

Easy Transit

Mobile app

Submit

data

Open Data

Transport apps

Use

data

Bus only

All transit networks

Our vision

Game changing tools for crowdsourcing transit,

created by the community for the community

OpenStreetMap is already the reference for geographic Open Data, it will soon become

THE HUB for Open transit Data

A team of OpenStreetMap lovers

& transport passionate

Florian Lainez is a Digital consultant that worked for several transportation companies.

He is also an active member of the French OSM community.

@overflorian

florian@lainez.fr

           overflorian

Felix Delattre is working as a Digital Media and Geo-Information-Systems consultant.

His focus is on innovation through Open Data, Free Software and Participatory Technologies.

@xamanu

felix@delattre.de

            xamanu

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