On 18th February 2011, the honourable Minister for Home and Transport, Sri R. Ashoka officially launched the services of the first phase of Tumkur City Transport Service.
Update: The revised version of the report and network map is now replaced with the earlier version based on the comments received from the Directorate of Urban Land Transport, Govt. of Karnataka. We also found some glaring errors, which prompted this revision.
Tumkur city is located at about 70 km northwest of Bangalore, which makes it the largest city closest to Bangalore. The city had a population of 248,592 during the 2001 Census. Owing to its proximity to Bangalore, the city is witnessing significant growth and development. The Government of Karnataka has even issued a notification recently (August 2010) for upgrading the Tumkur City Municipal Council to a City Corporation.
What happens when an OSM evangelist, an amateur photographer and a mapping enthusiast get together? With an urge to map and put out locally relevant spatial data available to the any-many seekers, Gubbi Labs has begun to map Gubbi. Thats why we say Gubbi Labs is all set to Liberate Gubbi "geo-spatially"!
Check out the current status of Gubbi on OSM below:
We had conducted a bicycle race for the disabled as part of the Mysore Dasara Festival. We had shortage of bicycles and the participants were unwilling to share the cycles. Finally it was decided that losers will get the consolation prize.
We came across the issue of bicycle design here:
These are some of the issues that physically challenged cyclists have:
Last week, two members of Gubbi Labs team had to camp in Lakkavalli. After about two days of work there, the team went to Jayapura via Koppa. En route, we noticed the "SAHAKARA SAARIGE" buses with pale yellow-green colour. Wondering what it was, we made some enquiries with a few locals at Jayapura about them.
Gubbi Labs is happy to sport its logo! Check it out here:
The design of logo was entrusted to Mr. Anas K. A. He has indeed posted a blog post on the evolution of logo design. Go ahead and read it here.
Gubbi Labs is a private research collective with strong foundations in research and underpinnings of a social enterprise. The Labs works on a host of domains ranging from sustainable ecosystems to livable settlements. The Labs is powered by a collective with interdisciplinary expertise and focus on research, development and consultancy.
