iRail vzw/asbl A community based living lab

By @PieterColpaertpieter@iRail.be

Population increases

Mass transport?

I have got an idea!

Your ideas are worthless, we need a vision

Did your vision start with frustration?

I know ours did

What has tochange today?

Find ways to betterinform commuters in time

Commuting should becomefun, social & interactive

Give us the "GPS experience"

We already have thesoftware

And I'm sure at least one person in this room will be

eager to do the mathThis is not rocket science.

What are we waiting for?

Data!

Data!

Data!

iRail API 1.0: api.iRail.be/

4 resources - SNCB●stations/

●liveboard/?station=liège

●connections/?from=A&to=B

●vehicle/?id=IC1234

Since September 2010

iRail API 1.0: api.iRail.be/

Ease of use● various formats (xml, json, kml...)

● simple

● various wrappers available

JQuery example code

1. <script src="lib/jquery.js"></script>2. <script src="lib/irail.js"></script>3. <script>4. irail.set_default_lang("en");5. irail.liveboards.lookup("NMBS","LiègeGuillemins", "DEP", function(data) {6. alert(data.entries[0]);7. });8. </script>

Java example code

1. IRail iRail = new IRail("http://api.iRail.be/","fr");

2. List<Connection> connections = iRail.getConnections( "Liège Guillemins","Bruxelles central");

3. System.out.println( connections[0].getDeparture().getStation().getName());

iRail API 2.0: data.iRail.be/

A lot of new dataToday: alpha

Stable: February 2012

Uses

Create your scraper API

RESTful - PHP - Web 3.0

http://thedatatank.com

iRail vzw/asbl A community based living lab

By @PieterColpaertpieter@iRail.be

a community

a living lab

Want to do you thesis with us?...

at iRail?pieter@iRail.be

Q&A

By @PieterColpaertpieter@iRail.be

Credits

markbridge on flickr - ccOrange County Archives on flickr - ccscreenshot from the BBC websitechandramarsono on flickr - cceyesogreen on flickr - ccmarcocrupivisualartist on flickr - ccanniemole on flickr - ccncreedplayer on flickr - ccandrew_bolin on flickr - cc2xptuitp.org - ccdmcl on flickr - cchsivonen on flickr -cc