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  1. Welcome to ChaloBEST
This is the repository of all documentation, notes and plans for our project, which began in January 2011 as a studio-based learning experiment at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) (http://www.hbcse.tifr.res.in) to make public and open transport data available over the web, SMS, smartphones, and in print using free and open source software, standards, and public databases.

ChaloBEST is made possible through the kind assistance of officials of BEST (Brihanmumbai Electric Supply & Transport Undertaking) (http://bestundertaking.com) .

Our work has been supported by Indian Institute of Human Settlements (IIHS) (http://iihs.co.in) as the first-prize winners in the Transform Urban India (http://transformurbanindia.com) competition held at the India Urban Conference 2011 (http://iuc2011.in) .

For an introduction to ChaloBEST in less than ten minutes, see our talk at IIHS Sankranti on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRosKYm5TZI) .

  1. Technical Documentation
    1. Data Processing
  • [BEST-Database] for documentation of the database schemas, models, and post-processing.
  • [BEST-Log] for logs of anomalies in the database, for feedback to BEST Traffic Planning Department.
  • [GTFS] for documentation on how we are creating a feed in General Transit Feed Specification
(https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs/reference) .
    1. API & Web Services
  • Back End for documentation on back-end functions and the application programming interface (API) for
ChaloBEST and BusRoutes.in.
  • Web Services for older notes on various free and open source web services, APIs and data standards for
transport and multi-modal routing.
    1. SMS Services
  • SMS-HowTo for language translations of ChaloBEST SMS how-to instructions for our RapidSMS
instance http://sms.chalobest.in
  • SMS-Queries documents the query syntax for the SMS service (needs to be updated).
Android Application
  • Mobile Dev for guidelines for J2ME and Android smartphone development by MacGregor Tech
(http://mgtech.in) since January 2012.
  • Mobile Front End for the specification for Android design and layout for ChaloBEST.
  • Android Dev for feedback and bug reports on the app develoed by SmartShehar (http://smartshehar.com)
with our data and inputs from July to December 2011.
    1. Design Documentation
  • Front End for the specification for the website design and layout for ChaloBEST and BusRoutes.in.
  • User Studies for usability research and design concepts led by Carolien Klep of UserINNOV
(http://userinnov.com) .
  • Graphics for notes and ideas on overall graphic design and principles led by Chitra Venkataramani.
  1. ChaloBEST Proposals and Statements
  • The Problem: Sustainable Mobility in Mumbai
  • Solution: Open Source Apps and Services, Crowdsourcing, and Public Media
  • Vodafone Mobiles4Good for our entry to the Mobiles4Good (http://mobilesforgood.mbillionth.in/)
competition due on 30 April 2011. Sankranti Transform Urban India for our original project proposal which won first prize in the Sankranti Transform Urban India (http://transformurbanindia.com) competition held at India Urban Conference (http://iuc2011.in) in November 2011.
  1. ChaloBEST Partner Agreements
  • Memorandum of Understanding by the project partners in January 2012.
  • Project Agreement by the partners in July 2011, now subsumed and superseded by the MoU.
  • Implementation Plan for dates and milestones for our work together from February to July 2012 (old).
  1. Studio & Workshop Notes
  • HackerBhojan for the task-based developer roadmap to return us to our hacker roots from Diwali 2012
onwards.
  • FreemapStudio2012 for docs on the ten day Mumbai hacker camp held with with Topomancy Coop
(http://topomancy.com) and Groundtruth Initiative (http://groundtruth.in) in February 2012.
  • LED Displays for a project proposal on SMS and web-enabled LED displays powered by ChaloBEST
services.
  • Workshops for documentations of hacker workshops held at CAMP and Gnowledge to start the project,
earlier known as SMS-BEST, in January 2011.
  • Older Stuff for outdated documentation and notes on the project from early 2011 when we got started.
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