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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.
ಡಿಸಂಬರ್ ೨೦೦೯ರ ಒಂದು ಸಂಜೆ ಹರಿವೇಸಂದ್ರದ ತೋಟದಲ್ಲಿ, ಭತ್ತದ ಕುಯ್ಲು ಆಗಿ ಬಡಿಯೋ ಕೆಲಸ ಮುಗಿತಾಯಿತ್ತು. ನಾಲ್ಕಾರು ದಿನಗಳಿಂದ ಭತ್ತವನ್ನು ರೈತರು ಬಡಿಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಅದಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾಡಿರೊ ಕಣ ನೋಡಿ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ದಿನ ಬೆಳದಿಂಗಳ ರಾತ್ರಿ ಟೆಂಟ್ ಹಾಕಿ ಉಳಿದರೆ ಅದರ ಮಜವೇ ಬೇರೆ. ಸುತ್ತಲೋ ತೆಂಗಿನ ಮರ, ಅದರನ್ಚಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಸೂರ್ಯಾಸ್ತ. ಇಷ್ಟರ ಮಧ್ಯೆ ಹಕ್ಕಿಗಳ ಚಿಲಿ ಪಿಲಿ - ಒಂದು ಕಡೆ ಟೈಲರ್ ಬರ್ಡ್, ಇನ್ನೊಂದು ಕಡೆಯಿಂದ ಕಾಪ್ಪೆರಸ್ಮಿತ್, ಇದರ ನಡುವೆ ಎರಡು ಫ್ಲೇಮ್ ಬ್ಯಾಕ್ ವೂದ್ಪೆಕೆರ್ಸ್ ಹಾರಿಹೋಯ್ತು. ಮೋಡಕವಿದ ವಾತಾವರಣದ ಜೊತೆ ತಂಗಾಳಿಯೂ ಇತ್ತು. ಇನ್ನೊಂದೆಡೆ ಹಚ್ಚ ಹಸಿರಾದ ಬಾಳೆ ಬೀಗುತ್ತಿತ್ತು. ಅದರ ಆಚೆಯೇ ಹರಿವೇಸಂದ್ರದ ಕೆರೆ ಹೇಮಾವತಿ ನದಿಯ ಕೃಪೆಯಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿ ಕೋಡಿ ಬಿದ್ದಿತ್ತು.
