The city of Santiago becomes the first Dominican city partaking in the smart city solution that is now part of Google Maps. Students from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM), UASD, UTESA and UNEV in Santiago were trained to develop the route map. Transport operators and users, and organizations of groups of people with disabilities, together with the Santiago municipal authorities and power distribution company workers, participated in the mapping of Santiago de los Caballeros for Google Maps.
The information is part of the platform, DATUM, that provides detailed information on29 popular city routes and 25 urban and six interurban transport routes. The teams recorded geo-referenced data of the routes and their stops to be included in the app.
The community mapping of urban infrastructure effort is part of an international effort of the partners – the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), World Resources Institute (WRI) Mexico, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Columbia University and Mastercard – that created DATUM, described as a platform that acts as a guide for collecting, processing and publicizing urban mobility data. DATUM is the Spanish acronym for Open Urban Transport and Mobility Data. As explained, it conveys clear information on transportation routes and schedules that was not available previously in one source. Today, residents, businessmen and leisure travelers have had to rely on “word of mouth” to get around.
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Listin Diario
Smart City
IADB
14 November 2019