Comments on: Who Owns Muni’s real time data? http://blinktag.com/who-owns-munis-real-time-data/ Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:16:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jed http://blinktag.com/who-owns-munis-real-time-data/comment-page-1/#comment-144 jed Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:28:55 +0000 http://blnktag.com/?p=463#comment-144 Yeah, if you were in the US they might have threatened you with a lawsuit :( I think we're gradually moving in the right direction as far as transit data is concerned, though. Hopefully, your research will be a lot in easier in, say, 5 years . . . Yeah, if you were in the US they might have threatened you with a lawsuit :(

I think we’re gradually moving in the right direction as far as transit data is concerned, though. Hopefully, your research will be a lot in easier in, say, 5 years . . .

]]> By: Kenny http://blinktag.com/who-owns-munis-real-time-data/comment-page-1/#comment-143 Kenny Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:26:32 +0000 http://blnktag.com/?p=463#comment-143 Hi Brandon. I've been trying to do academic research using real-time Muni data. It has been a very frustrating experience. Everyone seems to think they own the data, and seems inclined to let me access the data. But then they forward my email to someone else, and I wait a few more months for a reply. I finally gave up and started scraping the data. After a few days, someone changed things up a bit and made sure I wasn't able to access the data anymore. So frustrating. Also, in response to an earlier post, cars and trucks dislodge the gravel on gravel roads. That means there has to be significant "maintenance" done to put gravel back on the roads. It's still a very good option for low traffic roads, and there are gravel roads all over the place here in New Zealand =). Hi Brandon. I’ve been trying to do academic research using real-time Muni data. It has been a very frustrating experience. Everyone seems to think they own the data, and seems inclined to let me access the data. But then they forward my email to someone else, and I wait a few more months for a reply. I finally gave up and started scraping the data. After a few days, someone changed things up a bit and made sure I wasn’t able to access the data anymore. So frustrating.

Also, in response to an earlier post, cars and trucks dislodge the gravel on gravel roads. That means there has to be significant “maintenance” done to put gravel back on the roads. It’s still a very good option for low traffic roads, and there are gravel roads all over the place here in New Zealand =).

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