BetaX Community is a platform designed to enable urban residents to collaboratively enhance commute data, fostering an environment for safe and optimal travel for everyone. Originally initiated in Antananarivo, Madagascar, the project aims to extend its reach to other urban areas in the Indian Ocean region and East Africa.
The inception of BetaX Community can be traced back to a college project by Marius Rabenarivo (@puchka) and his friends while studying at ESPA (Ecole Supérieure Polytechnique d'Antananarivo). Their initial goal was to assist people in finding bus lines within Antananarivo. This project attracted the attention of the Institut des Métiers de la Ville (IMV), which sought collaboration to provide mapping data and information related to bus lines and stops. However, the raw data proved to be unexploitable without significant enhancement and cleaning.
To address this, BetaX Community was established, aiming to create a tool-chain that enables community members to contribute to the improvement and cleaning of mapping data. The initiative began as a repository on Marius's GitHub (https://github.com/puchka/BetaX-Community), where he partnered with Tsiry Sandratraina (@tsirysndr) to develop the initial tooling necessary for this task.
The vision of BetaX Community is to build a collaborative community dedicated to enhancing transportation-related data in urban areas of third-world countries. By leveraging community effort, the initiative aims to make it easier to develop applications that address transportation challenges in these underserved regions. Through collective action, BetaX Community strives to improve urban mobility, ensuring safer and more efficient travel for all.
BetaX Community is open to anyone interested in contributing to the enhancement of urban commute data. Whether you are a developer, data scientist, urban planner, or simply passionate about improving urban transportation, your contributions are valuable. Together, we can create a platform that benefits everyone, making urban travel safer and more efficient.
For more information and to get involved, visit our GitHub repositories: https://github.com/orgs/BetaX-Community/repositories