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23 Jul, 2012 10:51 PM

Maargamitra - Your city travel guide @ Banlalore

Maargamitra - Your city travel guide @ Banlalore Confused over directions and travel info at Bangalore? Dr. Ashish Verma, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, IISc, Bangalore has come out with an online solution. He has developed a trip planner for the Bangalore city - Margamitra. Its an online software developed by Dr Verma and a team of 10 research fellows and students over a period of 2 years. The system provides you with the information to commute between two points in the city via public transport system. The cities entire public transport system data has been collected.

Currently only the Big-10(G), Vayu/Vajra(V), Vajra(V) and Metro Reach-1 services are provided, but coverage of all services are planned. The software aloows you to select the route based on Minimum Travel Time or Generalized cost. The walking, waiting, transfer and travel time on public transport are considered.

The software uses Google Maps as the frontend GUI, but has its own algorithm to the route identification.

A search for the route Majestic Bus Terminus, Gandhi Nagar to IISc, Gulmohar Marg, Mathikere based in minimum travel time gave the following result.

Directions:
1. Walk for 0.388379 km
2. Get onto V276G at KBS (Majestic) for 9 stops. Get off at MS Ramaiah college. Pay a fare of 15Rs
3. Walk for 0.851165 km

Skim values:
Fare (Rs): 15
Transfers (#): 0
Travel time (min): 28.242935




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