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Route Analyst GTFS Released for RTD Denver

By Eimar Boesjes|2017-12-01T18:47:01+00:00November 28th, 2017|

Moonshadow Mobile has released DB4IoT Route Analyst GTFS for the Regional Transportation District (RTD) in Denver, Colorado. The RTD provides public transit throughout the greater Denver region servicing towns from Longmont, Boulder and Lafayette in the North to Sheridan, Englewood, Aurora, Littleton and Centennial and all the way to Parker, CO, in the South.

The RTD makes its schedule available as a GTFS file whenever the schedule changes. The RTD also publishes the movement of all its buses and trains in real-time as a GTFS Real Time Vehicle Position file. Route Analyst GTFS tracks all vehicle movement live and retains all movement data.

Route Analyst GTFS – Special Introductory Pricing: $199/month or $1,995/year

The above image shows the speed for all RTD vehicles […]

Presentation at Rail~Volution Conference Big Data Panel

By Bob Lee|2017-09-27T19:26:06+00:00September 12th, 2017|

Join Moonshadow CEO Eimar Boesjes on Monday, September 18th (Noon – 1:30 pm) for a lively panel discussion and presentation at the Rail~Volution Conference in Denver, CO. Boesjes presentation will focus on analyzing public transit data and how Internet of Moving Things data analytics and visualization delivers important benefits to public transit agencies and helps build livable communities.

Download and view the DB4IoT Rail~Volution presentation here:
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Rail~Volution is four days of energizing events that connect citizen activists, developers, nonprofit and business leaders, planners, local elected officials, community and housing advocates, transportation system operators and government officials from around the country.

For over 20 years, Rail~Volution has been the place to engage in thoughtful discussions with change makers and influencers, the place to share […]

The Internet of Moving Things

By Bob Lee|2017-09-12T21:15:36+00:00August 14th, 2017|

DB4IoT was built from the ground up to tackle the enormous data challenges presented by the Internet of Moving Things. DB4IoT is a patented, highly-performant, time-series, geospatial database engine that is the core of our suite of Internet of Moving Things software tools.

The Internet of Moving Things (IoMT) encompasses moving objects – cars, trucks, buses, trains, people, wearable devices, mobile phones and tablets etc. – that can be tracked and exchange and interact with bits of data via cellular or WiFi Internet connections. Moving objects play a pivotal role in modern life so it naturally follows that they would be connected to networks.

Network connectivity coupled with mobility is the foundation for IoMT data analysis that will drive […]

Presentation to Portland TransPort

By Bob Lee|2017-09-12T21:16:00+00:00July 17th, 2017|

Moonshadow’s CEO, Eimar Boesjes, delivered a presentation last week to TransPort, a subcommittee of TPAC (the Portland, OR region’s Transportation Policy Alternatives Committee). TransPort is a regional forum for cooperative planning and deployment of new transportation system management and operations technologies.

Boesjes teamed up with A.J. O’Connor and Steve Callas from TriMet on a panel discussion about transit data in DB4IoT and the different ways to look at transit data to improve system operations. An example of the collaborative efforts between Moonshadow, TriMet and DKS Associates was discussed with those in attendance.

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Making Traffic Data Accessible

By Bob Lee|2017-06-29T19:49:49+00:00June 23rd, 2017|

Moonshadow Mobile has developed DB4IoT, a database engine purpose-built for the Internet of Moving Things (IoMT).

Last week, Moonshadow’s CEO, Eimar Boesjes, presented DB4IoT at NAAUM 2017, the North American Aimsun Users’ Meeting in Portland, Oregon.

Moving vehicles generate enormous amounts of data. IoMT data isn’t Big Data, it is Bigger Data. To look at moving vehicles at a resolution of less than one meter of movement you need 50 measurements per second. At this rate a single car generates 180,000 timestamped records per hour of driving. To look at traffic flows at the micro level you need to be able to visualize databases with hundreds of millions of records.DB4IoT can instantly visualize databases with tens of thousands of moving objects […]

Route Analyst CAD/AVL:
Creating Speed and Delay Maps from CAD/AVL Data

By Eimar Boesjes|2017-11-13T21:36:21+00:00May 19th, 2017|

Route Analyst CAD/AVL is a breakthrough technology that gives transportation engineers and planners the ability to view hundreds of millions of movement points instantly and show exactly when and where traffic is slowing down bus movement and creating service delays.

Public transit agencies are tasked with moving as many passengers as possible from one place to another as quickly and predictably as possible. It is very important for transit agencies to understand how well they are performing this task and how they can improve travel times and predictability. With Route Analyst CAD/AVL transit agencies can look at each individual route over time and maps simultaneously to analyze how driving speeds, travel delays, passenger loads and headway change. This helps transit agencies identify […]

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