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While there are QGIS users here; I've been trying to find a way to create transit maps from QGIS. Does someone know of a plugin that could help? I'm fairly new

While there are QGIS users here; I've been trying to find a way to create transit maps from QGIS. Does someone know of a plugin that could help? I'm fairly new to QGIS, and I'm enjoying a lot of the smaller things about it, especially QGIS 3. We were mapping some minibus taxi routes over the past month, and I needed to do some conversion of files, export PDF maps and a few other things (snap to route, distance calculations). I normally write something from scratch with turf.js or rustgeo, but I found QGIS very satisfactory.

jimktrains2 8y ago
You can use the GTFS that many agencies put out. There are a bunch of tutorials and tools out there to help; mainly people import it into a PostgreSQL database that has the PostGIS extension installed. Here's an example: http://opendesignarch.blogspot.com/2014/03/loading-gtfs-data-into-postgresql.html http://opendesignarch.blogspot.com/2014/03/loading-gtfs-data... and another tool to help http://cbick.github.io/gtfs_SQL_importer/html/index.html http://cbick.github.io/gtfs_SQL_importer/html/index.html
- nevi-me 8y ago
  Thanks, the data isn't in GTFS, and loading it isn't an issue as it's GeoJSON. What I'm mainly looking for is overlaying routes on a map, and being able to export that as PDFs once I'm done. There is Vector Tiles Reader plugin [1], but it doesn't render fonts on QGIS 3 at the moment. I was able to use it with a map server to add a vector base map, and overlay my routes and stops (although still missing the offsetting bit). [1] https://github.com/geometalab/Vector-Tiles-Reader-QGIS-Plugin/issues/211 https://github.com/geometalab/Vector-Tiles-Reader-QGIS-Plugi...
aw3c2 8y ago
What do you mean? Simply a map of a route (use Atlas) or a sexily layouted network map (that requires extensive manual work).
- nevi-me 8y ago
  I'm thinking a simple geographical map, with lines drawn so they overlap (where there are multiple lines/routes on the same segment). My partner is a mechanical engineer, and she says it's easier to create MTA/MBTA type of network maps on AutoCAD, but I want something with the geography still intact.
nkoren 8y ago
Hey, you might be interested in what my company does. https://www.podaris.com/ https://www.podaris.com/ is a platform for designing transit systems -- not just creating maps, but calculating velocity profiles and travel times, fleet sizes, and (soon) making ridership projections etc. We've developed a plug-in for QGIS, discussed here: https://blog.podaris.com/going-geospatial/ https://blog.podaris.com/going-geospatial/ This plug-in doesn't work with the latest version of QGIS, however, and we haven't been able to allocate resources to update it. The aim is to do so and then make it open-source, as an example for how other 3rd-party software can talk to our API. If this is something you'd be interested in working on, perhaps we could open-source it sooner rather than later. Get in touch at info@podaris.com if you're interested.
- nevi-me 8y ago
  Thanks Nathan! The pricing on your site looks like something I can afford. I'm doing the work as a side-project for the "benefit of my community", I'll get in touch via email shortly.

jimktrains2 8y ago

You can use the GTFS that many agencies put out. There are a bunch of tutorials and tools out there to help; mainly people import it into a PostgreSQL database that has the PostGIS extension installed. Here's an example: http://opendesignarch.blogspot.com/2014/03/loading-gtfs-data-into-postgresql.html http://opendesignarch.blogspot.com/2014/03/loading-gtfs-data... and another tool to help http://cbick.github.io/gtfs_SQL_importer/html/index.html http://cbick.github.io/gtfs_SQL_importer/html/index.html

nevi-me 8y ago
Thanks, the data isn't in GTFS, and loading it isn't an issue as it's GeoJSON. What I'm mainly looking for is overlaying routes on a map, and being able to export that as PDFs once I'm done. There is Vector Tiles Reader plugin [1], but it doesn't render fonts on QGIS 3 at the moment. I was able to use it with a map server to add a vector base map, and overlay my routes and stops (although still missing the offsetting bit). [1] https://github.com/geometalab/Vector-Tiles-Reader-QGIS-Plugin/issues/211 https://github.com/geometalab/Vector-Tiles-Reader-QGIS-Plugi...

aw3c2 8y ago

What do you mean? Simply a map of a route (use Atlas) or a sexily layouted network map (that requires extensive manual work).

nevi-me 8y ago
I'm thinking a simple geographical map, with lines drawn so they overlap (where there are multiple lines/routes on the same segment). My partner is a mechanical engineer, and she says it's easier to create MTA/MBTA type of network maps on AutoCAD, but I want something with the geography still intact.

nkoren 8y ago

Hey, you might be interested in what my company does. https://www.podaris.com/ https://www.podaris.com/ is a platform for designing transit systems -- not just creating maps, but calculating velocity profiles and travel times, fleet sizes, and (soon) making ridership projections etc. We've developed a plug-in for QGIS, discussed here: https://blog.podaris.com/going-geospatial/ https://blog.podaris.com/going-geospatial/ This plug-in doesn't work with the latest version of QGIS, however, and we haven't been able to allocate resources to update it. The aim is to do so and then make it open-source, as an example for how other 3rd-party software can talk to our API. If this is something you'd be interested in working on, perhaps we could open-source it sooner rather than later. Get in touch at info@podaris.com if you're interested.

nevi-me 8y ago
Thanks Nathan! The pricing on your site looks like something I can afford. I'm doing the work as a side-project for the "benefit of my community", I'll get in touch via email shortly.