Google Transit arrives in Chicago
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Tom Sly
Apr 8, 2008, 1:35:34 PM4/8/08
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A few hours ago, with the help of Mayor Daley and CTA President Ron
Huberman, we announced that Google Transit has arrived in Chicago!
Huberman, we announced that Google Transit has arrived in Chicago!
http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/04/google-transit-arrives-in-chicago.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-cta-google-webapr09,0,3820867.story
If you happen to be in the Chicago area this afternoon, we will be
heading to stations across the city to show off this great new feature
– between 2PM and 6PM today you can find us at the following stations:
O'Hare Airport
Midway Airport
Clark and Lake
95th Red Line Station
Tom
adamjernst
Apr 8, 2008, 3:43:01 PM4/8/08
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Does Chicago have any plans to make the feed publicly available?
Google should push agencies to make their data public. Yes, I
understand some agencies are skittish, but in this day and age there's
really no reason to withhold this data.
On Apr 8, 1:35 pm, "Tom Sly" <thomas.j....@gmail.com> wrote:
> A few hours ago, with the help of Mayor Daley and CTA President Ron
> Huberman, we announced that Google Transit has arrived in Chicago!
>
> http://google-latlong.blogspot.com/2008/04/google-transit-arrives-in-...
>
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-cta-google-webapr09,0,38...
Google should push agencies to make their data public. Yes, I
understand some agencies are skittish, but in this day and age there's
really no reason to withhold this data.
On Apr 8, 1:35 pm, "Tom Sly" <thomas.j....@gmail.com> wrote:
> A few hours ago, with the help of Mayor Daley and CTA President Ron
> Huberman, we announced that Google Transit has arrived in Chicago!
>
>
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-cta-google-webapr09,0,38...
>
> If you happen to be in the Chicago area this afternoon, we will be
> heading to stations across the city to show off this great new feature
> - between 2PM and 6PM today you can find us at the following stations:
> If you happen to be in the Chicago area this afternoon, we will be
> heading to stations across the city to show off this great new feature
TomSly
Apr 10, 2008, 1:49:58 PM4/10/08
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We both know that publishing data will enable many kinds of new uses.
Some agencies have taken the leap and made it available. Others aren't
convinced a public feed is worth the resources it will take to
maintain, are concerned about how the data will be used or have
legitimate legal issues to address. Once people such as yourself have
created some useful apps using the data that's already available
(http://code.google.com/p/googletransitdatafeed/wiki/PublicFeeds) I
think the value of publishing will be much clearer and more agencies
will work to overcome the barriers.
Google Transit started by working with one agency. Our coverage has
expanded as agencies learned about the value of the product and the
ease of working with us. I'm optimistic that similar growth in public
data will happen as its value is demonstrated.
Tom Sly
Some agencies have taken the leap and made it available. Others aren't
convinced a public feed is worth the resources it will take to
maintain, are concerned about how the data will be used or have
legitimate legal issues to address. Once people such as yourself have
created some useful apps using the data that's already available
(http://code.google.com/p/googletransitdatafeed/wiki/PublicFeeds) I
think the value of publishing will be much clearer and more agencies
will work to overcome the barriers.
Google Transit started by working with one agency. Our coverage has
expanded as agencies learned about the value of the product and the
ease of working with us. I'm optimistic that similar growth in public
data will happen as its value is demonstrated.
Tom Sly
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