iRail and Open Transport Data

The story so far. Links in the presentation:
* Links to our news and data at https://hello.irail.be
* Our API: https://api.irail.be
* Search through code snippets: https://github.com/search?q=api.irail&type=Code&utf8=%E2%9C%93
* See our requests happening in realtime: https://irail.github.io/RealtimeQueriesMap/
* Crowd-funding page: https://spitsgids.be
* GTFS data: http://gtfs.irail.be
* Real-time dashboard: http://analytics.irail.be
* Publications: https://hello.irail.be/publications
* Visualizations by Alvin Chua: http://bit.de/irail-we
* Open Knowledge Belgium: http://openknowledge.be
* Open Summer of code: http://summerofcode.be
* Conference: http://openbelgium.be

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1. info@iRail.be @iRail iRail and Open Data
2. iRail: supporting digital creativity in mobility since 2010
3. iRail supports developers with access to Belgian mobility data Through an API and through data dumps Links to our data at https://hello.irail.be
4. http://api.irail.be/stations?format=xml&lang=en 1. A route planning API
5. Powering route planning apps or integrations
6. We are popular among developers and companies * github is the “facebook for developers” Github* search:
7. iRail API usage statistics per month (only SNCB route planning) Launch occupancy scores spitsgids Railtime disappeared
8. See requests happening live here: https://irail.github.io/RealtimeQueriesMap/
9. Spitsgids how busy will your train be?
10. iRail query logs iRail user feedback Predictions using data analytics Source: Rail4Brussels (2016)
11. Railer Iphone app And we get this data adopted by other applications
12. Partnership with Funded by the crowd: https://spitsgids.be
13. Our data is again published and reused as Open Data
14. Used by: FlatTurtle, navitia.io, realo.com, allyapp.com, CityMapper, Door2Door, Transit App, Metro Time, Bing Maps, Go-OV.nl, Go-About, Plannerstack… https://gtfs.irail.be/ Provides timetables 100% coverage for Belgium since 2015 De Lijn, TEC, STIB & SNCB 2. GTFS & GTFS-RT data dumps http://analytics.irail.be Simple overview of realtime data
15. Research output: 26 papers and counting Full list at https://hello.irail.be/publications E.g., origin destination visualization by dr. Alvin Chua (KU Leuven): http://bit.do/irail-we http://bit.do/irail-wd
16. Check out our other working groups: http://openknowledge.be (OpenStreetMap, Open Access, Wikimedia, Creative Commons…) Our summer event: http://summerofcode.be Our conference: http://openbelgium.be Today: part of Open Knowledge Belgium vzw/asbl