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Note: this wiki is targeted primarily at the OTP development community. For general information about the project, please visit opentripplanner.com
OpenTripPlanner (OTP) is an open source multi-modal trip planner, which runs on Linux, Windows, or potentially any platform with a Java virtual machine. OTP is released under the LGPL. As of Summer 2012, the code is under active development, with a variety of working demos from around the world.
Latest Project Updates:
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Portland's TriMet relaunched its official trip planner, now powered by OTP, on August 6, 2012, following a successful 10-month beta run. Read more about the project, and see also TriMet's 2009-2011 OTP Final Report.
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BikePlanner.org and CiBi.me launch in Washington DC and New York City, respectively, showcasing OTP's support for real-time bike rental trip planning as well as a new mobile-friendly, Leaflet-based UI.
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See schedule/notes for our Weekly Check-In Discussions, held Thursdays at 1:30pm EDT (13:30 GMT-4)
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For information about the OTP Workshop held in Portland, OR on July 13-15, 2011, see 2011 OTP Workshop
OpenTripPlanner is presently at version 0.9. (see changelog)
The software currently:
- Plans multi-modal walking, wheelchair, biking and transit trips
- Takes travel time, road type/safety, and elevation data into account when planning bike trips, and provides an interface for customizing the weighting of these three factors
- Shows graphical elevation profiles for bike trips
- Imports data from GTFS, shapefiles, OpenStreetMap and the National Elevation Dataset
- Plans trips in about 100ms in a moderate sized city
- Exposes a RESTful API (XML and JSON), which other apps or front-ends can build on
- Supports GTFS-Realtime for service changes and alerts
- Supports Bike rental
- Has experimental support for Raptor
See the Milestones page for more information on what's next.
See for performance characteristics in a larger metropolitan area with extensive transit coverage.
See the OTP NYC demo, plus other working demos of OTP.
http://maps5.trimet.org/otp-dev/otp.zip (90 megs)
Please see the following tutorials:
To browse the source online visit https://github.com/openplans/OpenTripPlanner.
To create a local copy of the repository, use the following command:
$ git clone git://github.com/openplans/OpenTripPlanner.git
- Installation instructions (how to get a development environment set up)
- Developers Guide (code conventions, how to submit patches, etc)
- RESTful API Documentation
- Tutorials (complete list of development tutorials)
- FAQ
- Mailing lists:
- IRC channel:
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#opentripplanneron Freenode - You can connect using your favorite IRC client or chat through the web (just enter a username and click Connect)
- Check out and contribute to future ideas for the software
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- RoutingBibliography articles that have informed development of the OTP routing engine.
- AnalyticsBibliography articles on non-passenger-facing applications of multi-modal routing engines (including OTP) in urban planning, public policy, and the social sciences.
- Discussion/details of other complex issues and proposals requiring more space than a single ticket.
Send questions and comments to the user mailing list.
Chat with us via IRC on Freenode channel #opentripplanner or chat through the web
- OpenTripPlanner.com has information for agencies, live demos, and details on commercial support for OTP.
- OpenTripPlanner mailing list (for getting help with and discussing the software)
- Frequently asked questions (FAQ) (what is a trip planner? who's behind this?)
- Phase One project plan
- Kick-off workshop (notes from the workshop that launched this project)
The project began a collaborative effort among TriMet, OpenPlans, and the developers of FivePoints, OneBusAway and Graphserver, and has since grown to encompass a global community of users and developers. More information on OTP's origins is available at the Project History page.