The presentation I gave on 15/12/2011 in Liège for the creatic conference.

1. iRail vzw/asbl
A community based living lab
By @PieterColpaert
pieter@iRail.be

2. Population increases

3. Mass transport?

5. I have got an idea!

6. Your ideas are worthless,
we need a vision

7. Did your vision start
with frustration?

8. I know ours did

9. What has to
change today?

10. Find ways to better
inform commuters in time

11. Commuting should become
fun, social & interactive

12. Give us the "GPS experience"

13. We already have the
software

14. And I'm sure at least one
person in this room will be
eager to do the math
This is not rocket science.

15. What are we
waiting for?

16. Data!
Data!
Data!

17. iRail API 1.0: api.iRail.be/
4 resources - SNCB
Since September 2010
● stations/
● liveboard/?station=liège
● connections/?from=A&to=B
● vehicle/?id=IC1234

18. iRail API 1.0: api.iRail.be/
Ease of use
● various formats (xml, json, kml...)
● simple
● various wrappers available

19. JQuery example code
1. <script src="lib/jquery.js"></script>
2. <script src="lib/irail.js"></script>
3. <script>
4. irail.set_default_lang("en");
5. irail.liveboards.lookup("NMBS","Liège
Guillemins", "DEP", function(data) {
6. alert(data.entries[0]);
7. });
8. </script>

20. Java example code
1. IRail iRail = new IRail("http://api.iRail.be/","fr");
2. List<Connection> connections = iRail.getConnections(
"Liège Guillemins","Bruxelles central");
3. System.out.println(
connections[0].getDeparture().getStation().getName());

21. iRail API 2.0: data.iRail.be/
A lot of new data
Today: alpha
Stable: February 2012

22. Uses
Create your scraper API
RESTful - PHP - Web 3.0
http://thedatatank.com

23. iRail vzw/asbl
A community based living lab
By @PieterColpaert
pieter@iRail.be

24. a community
a living lab

25. Want to do you thesis with us?
...
at iRail?
pieter@iRail.be

26. Q&A
By @PieterColpaert
pieter@iRail.be

27. Credits
markbridge on flickr - cc
Orange County Archives on flickr - cc
screenshot from the BBC website
chandramarsono on flickr - cc
eyesogreen on flickr - cc
marcocrupivisualartist on flickr - cc
anniemole on flickr - cc
ncreedplayer on flickr - cc
andrew_bolin on flickr - cc
2xptuitp.org - cc
dmcl on flickr - cc
hsivonen on flickr -cc