| 'Jeff Abrahamson' on 13 Oct 2004 00:27:02 -0000 |
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The Bicycle Coalition wants to set up, essentially, a MapQuest service for bicyclists. They have the map data but not the software expertise. There might be open source stuff out there that does this that just needs to have data fitted to it. Or it might require writing new software. Either way, the goal is to end up with an open source, free (in the speech sense as well as the beer sense) package that can do this. There is money involved, although not huge amounts. You can browse through the forwarded stuff below to get a better feel. Please don't direct questions at the folks below. They are not technical. Follow up to me or to the list, depending on the nature of the follow up. Thanks. -Jeff ----- Forwarded message from Alex Doty <alex@bicyclecoalition.org> ----- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:06:44 -0400 From: Alex Doty <alex@bicyclecoalition.org> Subject: RE: MapQuest for Philly Bicyclists To: 'Jeff Abrahamson' <jeff@purple.com> Cc: 'Steve Spindler' <sspindler@mac.com> X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook, Build 11.0.5510 [124 lines, 732 words, 4168 characters] Top characters: etoairl\n Jeff, Maybe you and Steve Spindler could talk about what further information you need. And, yes, we would like it if you put the word out. Alex Doty Executive Director Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia 100 S Broad St Suite 1355 Philadelphia, PA 19110 215 BICYCLE -----Original Message----- From: 'Jeff Abrahamson' [mailto:jeff@purple.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 5:00 PM To: Alex Doty Subject: Re: MapQuest for Philly Bicyclists Hi, Alex. That sounds like a great idea. I don't have time myself, but I could certainly look for some people to help you. I know a number of people who are qualified and might be interested. Let me know if you'd like me to put the word out and maybe a bit more detail, if you have it, on what you want done. I know the algorithms behind this sort of thing, which many programmers don't, so I'd be happy to help at a consultant kind of level. In so much as I don't have a lot of time for it to suck up, I'm happy to do that for free. -Jeff On Tue, Oct 12, 2004 at 11:06:33AM -0400, Alex Doty wrote: > [70 lines, 426 words, 2630 characters] Top characters: etoairns > > Jeff, Steve Spindler, John and I have been tinkering with the idea > of a Bicycle MapQuest based on the Regional Bike Map. We contacted > NpowerPA and they summarized the project (see below) in an attempt > to find a programmer who could work on this with us. Steve then > suggested the obvious - that you might be able to help us out. Any > ideas? > > Alex Doty > Executive Director > Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia > 100 S Broad St Suite 1355 > Philadelphia, PA 19110 > 215 BICYCLE > _____ > > From: Linda Widdop [mailto:Linda@NPOWERPA.org] > Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 3:55 PM > To: Alex Doty > Subject: RE: MapQuest for Philly Bicyclists > > Alex -- please review: > > NPower PA has received a request from a bicycle advocacy group to > help develop a "Mapquest for Bikes". The primary goal is to rate > every road in the metropolitan area for cyclists using cartography > (developed by the organization) and other GIS data. They would like > to tweak the data to provide bicyclists with a printable route and > map from the website. > > The organization has already investigated DeLorme mapping software, > but has discovered that the DeLorme algorythm is not suited toward > steering people toward routes, but rather steering people away from > possible trouble spots. > > > One other website currently has a comparable feature - bikemetro.com > . Their rough estimate to replicate the program is $40,000 plus > $10,000 to license the backend teleatlas data. Bicycle Coalition > has a funder that is prepared to spend $25,000 on the project plus > there are other bicycle orgs that want to jump in once the program > is developed. > > Anyone interested???? It sounds like something that NPower is built > to do. > > Let me know. > Linda > > _____ > > From: Alex Doty [mailto:alex@bicyclecoalition.org] > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 3:52 PM > To: Lisa Shulock > Cc: Linda Widdop > Subject: MapQuest for Philly Bicyclists > I was speaking to Rob Stewart during a reception at Schuylkill River > Park over the weekend about the Bicycle Coalition's plans to create > a "Mapquest for Bikes." We are strong on the cartography side and > have usable data from our Regional Bike Map. We have been exploring > the use of commercial mapping software (DeLorme) and licensing > commercial road and address data. Rob thought that an open source > option might be better and suggested I contact you. > > We have a funder who is ready to commit around $25,000 but I need to > deliver some rough cost estimates in two weeks. Any help you can > provide would be much appreciated. > > Alex Doty > Executive Director > Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia > 100 S Broad St Suite 1355 > Philadelphia, PA 19110 > 215 BICYCLE > -- Jeff Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/> +1 215/837-2287 GPG fingerprint: 1A1A BA95 D082 A558 A276 63C6 16BF 8C4C 0D1D AE4B A cool book of games, highly worth checking out: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1931686963/purple-20 ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Jeff Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/> +1 215/837-2287 GPG fingerprint: 1A1A BA95 D082 A558 A276 63C6 16BF 8C4C 0D1D AE4B A cool book of games, highly worth checking out: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1931686963/purple-20 Attachment:
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