In response to a query from iMerlion, the Land Transport Authority says that it is not licensed to share the live parking data from its Parking Guidance Systems with third parties.
According to an LTA spokesman: "Currently, LTA is not licensed to share the car park lot availability information on the ONE.MOTORING portal with any third parties, which are owned and supplied to LTA by the car park developers and management. The data will be provided to a third party on a licensing basis, details of which will hinge on the negotiation between LTA, and the various car park developers and management."
The issue came up after developer NiiDees added the live parking data to its app Park-a-Lot Lite { SG } but was then told to kill the feature by the LTA last week.
The information about live parking lot availability is available on the web but encoded in Adobe's Flash format, rendering it inaccessible to iPhone owners. The LTA did not explain why the data had to be encoded in Flash in the first place.
iPhone users that would like to get access to this information have to use the mobile version of the OneMotoring website. While the information is not well formatted, it is available.
(Note: Thanks to iMerlion reader Kim Yong for pointing out the link in the comments!)
2 comments:
One day, someone with the wits and power, will figure out that freeing this type of data produces far more value to the economy than nickel and dimeing it. We're already seeing large amounts of non-sensitive data of public value being released in the US and more recently the UK. It's disappointing that Singapore is lagging behind.
iPhone users can use Safari and go to this URL, http://mobile.onemotoring.com.sg/imode/parking/parking_info.jsp and get the parking info too. It's the mobile version of ONE.MOTORING and you can add it to your Homescreen
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