MobilityData
CSV Update Frequency
Hello and apologies if this isn't the right place to ask.
Could someone tell me if the CSV (https://bit.ly/catalogs-csv) is regularly updated?
Also if its a community effort or its handled internally by MobiliyData?
Thanks in advance.
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Have been looking for the documentation on this as well regarding frequency of updates.
Hi @AlexVPerl and @mil! This is indeed the right place to ask. Updating the CSV is a community effort — contributors either create a PR here directly or they submit an update through the form here, which MobilityData then adds as a PR within approximately a week of submission. You can look at the PR history to see how frequently there are updates, but we usually do updates 1-3 times a month.
I hope this helps! Feel free to give feedback or ask any other questions you might have.
Hi @mil - you have an interesting project going with Mobroute.
If you don't mind sharing, what were your considerations in picking to use this CSV source vs. TransitLand as a source of feed registry?
From my research TransitLand seems to have more feed sources, but I can't speak to quality and frequency of updates. CSV solution of course would be a bit easier to implement/ingest.
Thanks. Alex
Hi @mil - you have an interesting project going with Mobroute.
If you don't mind sharing, what were your considerations in picking to use this CSV source vs. TransitLand as a source of feed registry?
From my research TransitLand seems to have more feed sources, but I can't speak to quality and frequency of updates. CSV solution of course would be a bit easier to implement/ingest.
Thanks. Alex
@AlexVPerl - thanks for checking it out. Largely choice for using MobilityDB CSV source with my project is for simplicity sake. I like the Mobility Database project as it provides a nice simple CSV source to integrate with versus an API. My project is opensource/FOSS & designed to be utilized by end-users (locally) so integration with an REST API with usage constraints / pricing etc. doesn't really make sense. Happy to pickup discussion on mobroute ticket tracker or mailing list (accessible via https://sr.ht/~mil/mobroute/) which is likely a more appropriate channel for this discussion.