India/Transport/Kochi

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KochiTransport is a project launched in November 2021 to map the whole transport network of the Greater Cochin Development Authority area.

It involved Jungle Bus, AFD (Agence Française du Développement, French Development Agency), the transit consultant agencies Systra and Systra India, Geominds, and of course the local OSM community.

This page describes the process and the tools used to run this project.

Data

Scope of work

Caption text
Type mode in scope network network:wikidata operator operator:wikidata vehicle:colour
Green bus bus yes Kochi city bus TODO Private Owners / green
Blue bus bus yes Mofussil Kochi bus TODO Private Owners / blue
Pink bus bus no Mofussil intercity Kochi bus Private Owners / pink
Blue and white bus bus yes Ordinary bus KSRTC Q679587 white
Orange and red bus bus no Intercity bus KSRTC Q679587 orange
Feeder to Airport bus no Feeder to Airport KMRL Q50375387 blue
Water Metro ferry no Water Metro KMRL Q50375387 /
Ferries ferry yes Kochi city boat KSWTD Q6393480 /
Metro subway no Kochi Metro Q55810159 KMRL Q50375387 /

How to map ?

Bus stop

A bus stop is mapped at the position where passengers wait for a bus with a node node on the side of the highway, with the following tags:

Key Value Mandatory Comment
public_transport platform yes This is a waiting area
highway bus_stop yes This is a bus stop
bus yes yes This is about bus
name * yes The name of the bus stop in English
name:ml * no The name of the bus stop in Malayalam
shelter no no For a bus stop with only a pole or no marking at all
shelter yes no For a bus stop with a shelter
local_ref * no The platform number/letter (for bus stops inside bus stations only)

More details are available at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:highway%3Dbus_stop

Bus station

A bus station consists of several bus stops, it is mapped as an area area surrounding the bus stops nodes, and the following tags:

Key Value Mandatory Comment
public_transport station yes
amenity bus_station yes
name * yes The name of the bus station
toilets yes / no no
drinking_water yes / no no

Auto rickshaw stand

An auto risckshaw stand is mapped at the position where passengers can wait for a rickshaw with a node node on the side of the highway, with the following tags:

Key Value Mandatory Comment
amenity taxi yes
taxi_type auto_rickshaw yes
name * no Often the name of a junction

Ferry stop

A ferry stop is mapped at the position where passengers wait for the boat with a node node or area area and the following tags:

Key Value Mandatory Comment
public_transport platform yes
man_made pier no if there is a pier or jetty
ferry yes yes
name * yes The name of the stop

In addition, you may want to create a node node with amenity=ferry_terminal at the junction between the highway way and the ferry see way.

Public transport lines

A bus or ferry line should be described with (at least) 3 relation relations :

  • A master relation that describes general information :
Key Value Mandatory Comment
type route_master yes This is a meta relation
route_master bus/ferry yes The public transport mode
name * yes The name of line mentioning its 1st and last stop
operator * yes Name of the company that operates the service (cf the scope of work table)
network * yes Name of the network (cf the scope of work table)
opening_hours * no The service hours (and days) of the line
interval & interval:conditional * no The time between arrivals of any stop along the public transport route

This relation contains as members the 2 child relations relation (direction A and B).

More details are available at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:route_master

  • One or many child relation relations, one for each direction :
Key Value Mandatory Comment
type route yes This is a transport relation
route bus/ferry yes The public transport mode
name * yes The name of line mentioning its 1st and last stop
operator * yes Name of the company that operates the service (same as route_master)
network * yes Name of the network (same as route_master)
from * yes The name of the first bus stop
to * yes The name of the last bus stop
duration * e.g. “49” no The time (in min) to travel from the first to the last stop (computed from the GPX track)
public_transport:version 2 yes We use the public transport model (ptv2)

These relations contain as members the stops in the right order (with the platform role) and the way ways that describes the track (with empty role). For bus routes, the way ways are the existing roads whereas for ferry routes, the way ways are traced and get the route=ferry tag too.

More details are available at https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Relation:route

Tools

We will use

  • OSMTracker with custom presets for the onboard data collection
  • JOSM with custom presets, plugins, and config for the data edition and QA
  • Busy Hours for the hours edition

The Jungle Bus team will provide training and support.

The following section explains how to configure and use this tools.

OSM Tracker

We will use the following layouts to track the routes:

bus route layout
ferry route layout
a few routes will be collected with occupancy levels

To add these layouts to OSM Tracker:

  • Settings > Buttons presets
  • click on the + symbol at the top of the screen
  • then click on the wrench wrench at the top of the screen
  • select Custom and add the following values in the form:
    • github username : Jungle-Bus
    • repository name : osmtracker-layouts
    • branch name : master
  • hit SAVE
  • Click on each layout to download it

Once you have downloaded a layout, it is available for use : you can activate it with Settings > Buttons preset when you are tracking.

JOSM

Here are the configuration for the project:

Presets

We will use the Jungle Stops preset to add in one click all main useful tags for public transport stops that have been surveyed. To activate the preset in JOSM:

  • Edit -> Preferences
  • Tagging presets
  • Select "Jungle stops"
Jungle Stop presets.png

Restart JOSM.

The presets are now available in JOSM presets menu. For easier access, you can add them as buttons in JOSM interface in

  • Edit -> Preferences
  • Toolbar
Josm toolbar.png
Plugins

We will use JOSM/Plugins/PT_Assistant. To activate this plugin:

  • Edit -> Preferences
  • Plugins
  • Search for "pt_assistant"
  • click on "update plugins"
Activate PT Assistant plugin.png
Validators

We will use both the Jungle Bus validators (generic rules about public transport objects) and some rules specifics to our project. To add them to JOSM:

Josm validators.png
Add a custom validator to JOSM.png
Filters

Optional filters to hide OSM elements that we won't need to update:

  • Edit -> Preferences and click the "Expert mode" at the bottom of the windows. Click OK.
  • Windows -> Filters (to add the filters panel in JOSM)
  • Add filter
  • Type "*[highway],node[amenity=taxi],*[public_transport],*:new"
  • Select "Mapcss selectors" as search syntax
  • Submit filters
Add filters in JOSM.png
Remote control

We will need the JOSM remote control:

  • Edit -> Preferences
  • Remote control
  • "Enable remote control"
  • OK
Activate Josm remote control.png

Quality Assurance

To ensure quality of the data in JOSM, we will rely on the following validators:

To set up JOSM to use these tests, follow the instructions ;)


Most of these tests can also be seen on the web using Osmose QA:

Mappers

The project has been listed on the Organized Editing Activities page.

Geominds coordinating the field level data collection and mapping in OpenStreetMap. You can reach Manoj Karingamadathil (Project Lead) email - dartermanoj[at]gmail[dot]com for any queries/issues.

The Jungle Bus team may also make some edits:

Annoucements

See also

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