| === Introduction === | === Introduction === |
| This distribution contains everything required to build a basic google transit | This distribution contains everything required to build a basic google transit |
| feed for Halifax Metro Transit, Nova Scotia, Canada. Note that it is woefully | feed for Canberra, Australia. Note that it is woefully incomplete at the moment. |
| incomplete at the moment. | |
| Requirements: GNU Make, Perl, Python 2.5. | Requirements: GNU Make, Perl, Python 2.5, PHP, Ruby, libpq (postgres-devel package on Fedora), postgres,json gem for Ruby, libyaml and pyyaml for Python |
| === Usage === | === Usage === |
| First, grab a copy of google transit feed tools: | First, grab a copy of google transit feed tools: |
| cd $HOME/src | cd $HOME/src |
| wget http://googletransitdatafeed.googlecode.com/files/transitfeed-1.1.7.tar.gz | wget http://googletransitdatafeed.googlecode.com/files/transitfeed-1.1.7.tar.gz |
| tar zxvf transitfeed-1.1.7.tar.gz | tar zxvf transitfeed-1.1.7.tar.gz |
| Set PYTHONPATH to the python directory in the above checkout: | Set PYTHONPATH to the python directory in the above checkout: |
| export PYTHONPATH=$HOME/src/transitfeed-1.1.7/python | export PYTHONPATH=$HOME/src/transitfeed-1.1.7/python |
| Then just type "make" to build the feed. The output at the end is "feed.zip". | Then just type "make" to build the feed. The output at the end is "feed.zip". |
| For fun, you can view this feed using the snazzy transit feed view application: | For fun, you can view this feed using the snazzy transit feed view application: |
| $HOME/src/transitfeed-1.1.7/python/schedule_viewer.py --feed=hfxfeed.zip | $HOME/src/transitfeed-1.1.7/python/schedule_viewer.py --feed=cbrfeed.zip |
| === Copyright === | === Copyright === |
| With the exception of createfeed.py, which is licensed under the Apache Public | With the exception of createfeed.py, which is licensed under the Apache Public |
| License, please consider all software tools in distribution to be in the public | License, please consider all software tools in distribution to be in the public |
| domain. Use them for what you will. | domain. Use them for what you will. |
| I believe the Metro Transit route data is considered factual information | I believe the ACTION busses route data is considered factual information |
| which can not be copyrighted. Note, however, that Metro Transit and/or | which can not be copyrighted. Note, however, that ACTION busses and/or |
| the city of Halifax may have claim over its own name and other trademarks. | the ACT Government may have claim over its own name and other trademarks. |