Cape Town's entire public transport network fully mapped WhereIsMyTransport (http://ift.tt/2kGdEba), a transport technology company originally founded in SA, has made available data for the entire public transport network of Cape Town on its platform. The start-up company says integrating data from both formal – officially provided – and informally-run minibus taxi transport for the South African city, makes Cape Town the world's first city to have both its formal and informally-run transport system data captured, integrated and openly available. Cape Town is now the only city in the world which has its entire transport system mapped, and where the data is integrated and accessible to anyone – on the WhereIsMyTransport platform, which is an application programming interface (API), the company says. This platform has been created to allow developers, transport operators and government officials to build solutions, such as journey planners, fare estimators, communications tools and connected digital signage, that improve access to public transport information for citizens in emerging cities, as well as provide insight and analytics to aid city planning. My comment: This will certainly now allow some innovative 3rd party mobile apps to be created! It is also expanding to many other SA and African cities. See http://ift.tt/2lp0qza
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