DB GIS Project

markpb

Courtesy of Sickcert's website:

10.07.2007 - Dublin Bus has signed a deal with a Dublin-based software company to develop a Bus Stop Database system capable of holding pictures, GPS co-ordinates and vehicle information.
North Dublin-based eSpatial, which has won major spatial database deals with the Irish and US Governments in the past, will build the Dublin Bus database system on its iSmart technology, which is based on Oracle 10g application server and 10g database.

It will also be built using Oracle Locator, which is becoming a standard within the geographical information system (GIS) industry.

The new system will be used by Dublin Bus for the data capture, analysis, storage and maintenance of bus stop information.

Currently, this information resides in disparate spreadsheets and databases.

Bus stop information will be integrated into the new system, which will include a mapping component based on eSpatial’s iSmart technology.

The new system will overlay a mapping database with other forms of information such as pictures, GPS coordinates, drawings, documents and forms.

The forthcoming Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) system will also use information from the new database system.

“We are delighted to be working with a global GIS software and technology company headquartered here in Dublin and we are excited about the asset management capabilities the system will provide us with,” said Donal Keating, manager of operations support at Dublin Bus.

“Plus we get an excellent return on investment as the web-based data capture and maintenance capabilities greatly reduce the dependency on deploying costly GIS tools,” he added.

spacetweek

Not sure if or how they are going to present any of this to the user?

I remember the pilot scheme on the 66 (Lucan) bus route, there were screens at every major bus stop showing the time to the next bus. I understand this was scrapped. DB should bring this back systemwide.

murphaph

spacetweek wrote:

Not sure if or how they are going to present any of this to the user?

I remember the pilot scheme on the 66 (Lucan) bus route, there were screens at every major bus stop showing the time to the next bus. I understand this was scrapped. DB should bring this back systemwide.

I never thought it worked properly. Was it real time? I've used bus stops in Germany that had proper real time information at them and they were pretty slick.

markpb

murphaph wrote:

I never thought it worked properly. Was it real time? I've used bus stops in Germany that had proper real time information at them and they were pretty slick.

AFAIK It worked properly at the start but the govt wouldn't fund an extension of the system so it was scrapped. New buses, or buses transferred from other depots didn't have the AVL gear installed so they didn't show up on the existing displays.

A new, unrelated, system is in the works. Replacing the radios and ticket machines are part of it apparently but it could be another 3-4 years before it's fully rolled out.

murphaph

ah yes, that's the secure digital radio network thingy. I thought that was well advanced

markpb

murphaph wrote:

ah yes, that's the secure digital radio network thingy. I thought that was well advanced

Better than the Gardai have anyway

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