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Publishing + evaluating + querying GTFS with the Transitland platform Drew Dara-Abrams + Ian Rees Title Mapzen Speaker Information Tweet about this presentation #TransitGIS Outline 1. Introducing the Transitland Platform 2. Publishing feeds


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Tweet about this presentation #TransitGIS

Publishing + evaluating + querying GTFS with the Transitland platform

Drew Dara-Abrams + Ian Rees Mapzen

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Outline

  • 1. Introducing the Transitland Platform
  • 2. Publishing feeds to Transitland
  • 3. Evaluating progress on GTFS Best Practices using Transitland
  • 4. Evaluating feed transition practices using Transitland
  • 5. Querying Transitland for GTFS contents
  • 6. Participating in Transitland yourself!
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Introducing the Transitland Platform

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Transitland covers 2,196 operators in 41 countries

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Publishing Feeds to Transitland

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Publishing Feeds to Transitland

Requirements

  • Stable URL (same directory, same filename)
  • Publicly accessible (no password)
  • Machine downloadable (no “clicking”)
  • Open license

Benefits

  • “Source of truth” continues to live with each

public transit agency/operator

  • Transitland overlays Onestop IDs (globally

unique, stable IDs provided by Transitland

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Evaluating progress on GTFS Best Practices using Transitland

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http://gtfs.org/best-practices/

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Evaluating Feed Transition Practices using Transitland

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Querying Transitland for GTFS contents

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Stable & unstable GTFS identifiers

s-f25e4y9fyy-delaconcorde~decluny AOUT1641325 MARS1741325 JUIN1741325 s-9q9p1bbfkc-lakemerritt LAKE LAKE LAKE s-dnwgc9v0de-pricesfork~oldgladewbnd 5f4c31d2-593f-415a-a5aa-fd1b44e6def2 4bf1325e-3408-47c8-9468-371533d9d5e3 1d221ec2-0923-42b2-a448-54960742f63a

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Stable & unstable GTFS identifiers

  • -9q9-caltrain

CT caltrain-ca-us

  • -c28-translink

CMBC CMBC

  • -9y7v-metropolitantulsatransitauthority

Tulsa 201702

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Participating in Transitland Yourself!

Please go to https://transit.land to

  • Add your agency’s GTFS feed
  • View feed validation reports, statistics, and service-level histograms
  • Query transit data across your entire metro region

We welcome your questions and ideas:

  • hello@transit.land
  • hello@mapzen.com
  • @transitland
  • @mapzen