iRail

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This document summarizes the history of iRail, a project to create an open source multi-modal travel planner for Belgium. It began in 2008 as a student project scraping train schedule data. After legal threats in 2010, it was relaunched as an open source project, with an API and calls for developers and companies to help by opening their data and APIs. The document outlines the future plans to develop client apps and recruit more help from developers and companies to further open transportation data and build out the planner.

I am Yeri Tiete
aka Tuinslak

@Tuinslak
http://yeri.be
yeri@tiete.be

NMBS / SNCB

Trains
Past

HaCon: HAFAS
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/HAFAS

Desktop planner
http://hari.b-holding.be

Image: http://s1.hbvl.be/imgpath/assets_img_gvl/2009/12/03/817067/controleurs-nmbs-kunnen-zwartrijders-vaak-niet-beboeten_5_460x0.jpg

Sept 2008

Student & an

irail.be

Data scraping, bugs

Image: http://www.coolwebstock.com/upimg/allimg/071106/200712723562878177801.png

Mar 2010 1.5 year of peace

Mobile planner
http://mobile.b-rail.be/

Evil letter
Jun 2010

I quit
http://blog.tuinslak.org/2010/06/stopping-irail-be/

Image: http://yeri.be/ec

Revolution
http://mouseover.be
Twitter
Others
Jun-Jul 2010

Lawyer strikes back
Ywein Van den Brande

iRail is back
http://blog.tuinslak.org/2010/07/irail-is-back/

Open source
http://github.com/Tuinslak/iRail

Project iRail
Summer 2010

http://project.irail.be

API
http://api.irail.be
cc @pietercolpaert

Future

// cc @pietercolpaert
Image: http://www.?ickr.com/photos/tuinslak/4954068773/

We need YOUR help!

Developers...
... API
... clients
Companies...
... open your data
... provide an API
(... give us permission)

Cool! Where do I Apply ?

Wiki @ http://project.irail.be
Mailing list @ http://list.irail.be
Hackerspace Ghent @ http://yeri.be/ew
Right here; come have a chat!

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