Comments on: About Me http://oliverobrien.co.uk I see data, I make maps Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:18:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan Smith http://oliverobrien.co.uk/about-me/#comment-10273 Dan Smith Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:49:21 +0000 http://ollie.blogs.splintdev.geog.ucl.ac.uk/?page_id=2#comment-10273 Hi Oliver, I compile the Infoporn pages in Wired magazine, UK. Would love to catch up and see what you're up to at the moment. Cheers, Dan Smith Hi Oliver,

I compile the Infoporn pages in Wired magazine, UK. Would love to catch up and see what you’re up to at the moment. Cheers,

Dan Smith

]]> By: Oliver O`Brien http://oliverobrien.co.uk/about-me/#comment-2999 Oliver O`Brien Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:13:07 +0000 http://ollie.blogs.splintdev.geog.ucl.ac.uk/?page_id=2#comment-2999 Pedro - Some cities have formal APIs with documentation, some have API-like feeds (although undocumented) serving JSON/XML, and some just have a map where the HTML or Javascript needs to be scraped. A couple of the trickier ones require sending POSTs in order to get the data back. Pedro – Some cities have formal APIs with documentation, some have API-like feeds (although undocumented) serving JSON/XML, and some just have a map where the HTML or Javascript needs to be scraped. A couple of the trickier ones require sending POSTs in order to get the data back.

]]> By: Pedro Avila http://oliverobrien.co.uk/about-me/#comment-2924 Pedro Avila Fri, 07 Oct 2011 21:56:25 +0000 http://ollie.blogs.splintdev.geog.ucl.ac.uk/?page_id=2#comment-2924 Oliver, Regarding these different mechanisms of different cities making data available, I wonder if you could elaborate on that a bit. I'm a graduate student at Columbia in New York doing a masters in Quantitative Methods, and I'm getting a little frustrated in my search for data. I'm not sure if I'm going about it the wrong way, emailing the authors of papers that have piqued my curiosity, but I'd be glad to have your advice. cheers Oliver,

Regarding these different mechanisms of different cities making data available, I wonder if you could elaborate on that a bit. I’m a graduate student at Columbia in New York doing a masters in Quantitative Methods, and I’m getting a little frustrated in my search for data. I’m not sure if I’m going about it the wrong way, emailing the authors of papers that have piqued my curiosity, but I’d be glad to have your advice.

cheers

]]> By: Oliver O`Brien http://oliverobrien.co.uk/about-me/#comment-2023 Oliver O`Brien Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:52:07 +0000 http://ollie.blogs.splintdev.geog.ucl.ac.uk/?page_id=2#comment-2023 Michael - I think they bought 8000 bikes. Many of these are in storage, waiting for the scheme to expand - it's expanding by around 50% next spring, going eastwards. The spares are also swapped out for broken bikes, a good ~3-4% get reported as "broken" each day (often for trivial things though) as it's probably more efficient. Re the Bike-o-meters, different cities have different ways of showing the data and different mechanisms of making it available, so each city's data is collected in a different way. There are some projects to combine together such datasets, such as citybik.es and WATB. Michael – I think they bought 8000 bikes. Many of these are in storage, waiting for the scheme to expand – it’s expanding by around 50% next spring, going eastwards. The spares are also swapped out for broken bikes, a good ~3-4% get reported as “broken” each day (often for trivial things though) as it’s probably more efficient.

Re the Bike-o-meters, different cities have different ways of showing the data and different mechanisms of making it available, so each city’s data is collected in a different way. There are some projects to combine together such datasets, such as citybik.es and WATB.

]]> By: michel benoit http://oliverobrien.co.uk/about-me/#comment-1994 michel benoit Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:28:43 +0000 http://ollie.blogs.splintdev.geog.ucl.ac.uk/?page_id=2#comment-1994 When started bike-0-meter with figures of 40 cities ? London bought 6000 bikes but only 4800 bikes are installed 14 months after starting the system... When started bike-0-meter with figures of 40 cities ?

London bought 6000 bikes but only 4800 bikes are installed 14 months after starting the system…

]]> By: michel benoit http://oliverobrien.co.uk/about-me/#comment-1993 michel benoit Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:25:10 +0000 http://ollie.blogs.splintdev.geog.ucl.ac.uk/?page_id=2#comment-1993 I discovered bike-0-meter recently. Congralutations for this application... When the data of the 40 cities were available via internet ? Does the different citiies has to pay to transmit the uptodate information ? In London, you have now 4 800 bikes but the system was for 6 000 bikes.... 1 200 bikes are misisng ???? michel benoit mbenoit56@hotmail.com I discovered bike-0-meter recently.
Congralutations for this application…

When the data of the 40 cities were available via internet ?
Does the different citiies has to pay to transmit the uptodate information ?

In London, you have now 4 800 bikes but
the system was for 6 000 bikes….
1 200 bikes are misisng ????

michel benoit mbenoit56@hotmail.com

]]> By: Engagement could live ‘app-ily ever after « Engaging Talk http://oliverobrien.co.uk/about-me/#comment-6 Engagement could live ‘app-ily ever after « Engaging Talk Mon, 11 Jul 2011 17:52:55 +0000 http://ollie.blogs.splintdev.geog.ucl.ac.uk/?page_id=2#comment-6 [...] was really impressed by the London Bike Share Map by Ollie O’Brien. This map gives real-time (as near as damn it) data about the state of Boris Bike stations around [...] [...] was really impressed by the London Bike Share Map by Ollie O’Brien. This map gives real-time (as near as damn it) data about the state of Boris Bike stations around [...]

]]> By: Ben Risk http://oliverobrien.co.uk/about-me/#comment-5 Ben Risk Mon, 11 Jul 2011 11:31:26 +0000 http://ollie.blogs.splintdev.geog.ucl.ac.uk/?page_id=2#comment-5 Dear Oliver, we met briefly at the Sense and the City exhibition. What an inspiration. I'm keen to see whether some of your work might tie in with our development projects. Broadly speaking we're doing similar things. Perhaps we could chat/ meet for coffee? All the best, Ben Dear Oliver, we met briefly at the Sense and the City exhibition. What an inspiration. I’m keen to see whether some of your work might tie in with our development projects. Broadly speaking we’re doing similar things. Perhaps we could chat/ meet for coffee? All the best, Ben

]]> By: Bike Share: There's an App For That | Commute by Bike http://oliverobrien.co.uk/about-me/#comment-4 Bike Share: There's an App For That | Commute by Bike Sat, 09 Apr 2011 16:02:10 +0000 http://ollie.blogs.splintdev.geog.ucl.ac.uk/?page_id=2#comment-4 [...] a more local scale, Oliver O’Brien, has created live bike share maps that depict real time bike share usage in a number of cities [...] [...] a more local scale, Oliver O’Brien, has created live bike share maps that depict real time bike share usage in a number of cities [...]

]]> By: Nasia Ruhomutally http://oliverobrien.co.uk/about-me/#comment-3 Nasia Ruhomutally Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:35:59 +0000 http://ollie.blogs.splintdev.geog.ucl.ac.uk/?page_id=2#comment-3 The British Library would like to invite you to participate in our web archiving programme. We select and archive sites to represent aspects of UK documentary heritage and as a result, they will remain available to researchers in the future. The British Library works closely with leading UK institutions to collect and permanently preserve the UK web, and our archive can be seen at http://www.webarchive.org.uk/. Please can you supply us with an email address, so that we can have the relevant information sent out to you. Regards, Permissions Officer (pp. Alison Hill, Curator) Web Archiving, Room 150, Floor 2 The British Library 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB Tel: 0843 2081144 (ext. 7211) Fax: 020 7412 7691 E-mail: web-archivist@bl.uk UK Web Archive: [http://www.webarchive.org.uk/] The British Library would like to invite you to participate in our web archiving programme. We select and archive sites to represent aspects of UK documentary heritage and as a result, they will remain available to researchers in the future. The British Library works closely with leading UK institutions to collect and permanently preserve the UK web, and our archive can be seen at http://www.webarchive.org.uk/.

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