Buena día,

sorry for writing in english, but i know only few words in spanish.

During my 5 nights / 4 days in Panama City, i recorded GPX traces for few Metrobus routes, some of them too short or without description, but result is 9 relations in Openstreetmap. Apart from Albrook - Amador and Albrook - Esclusas de Miraflores route, all others are incomplete, covering only few routes from Albrook to El Carmen/Betania area.

Mibus have almost all routes on own website, but it is realy not user friendly and I am pretty sure it is also incomplete and outdated. I created at least one relation I can't find on their website. You can also compare this name deducted from bus with name on Mibus website (though my name is maybe missing Estación La Cabima, I am realy not sure about this).

I was able to add few more bus stops and i will try to add some more comparing bus speeds from gpx and Bing imagery and memory (i am pretty sure about IDAAN and Policia Nacional positions). But right now, I am almost done. I will leave Metrobus network in Panama in this early Alpha state; we need some Panama City resident's to make it better and useful. Somebody, who knows the city, is wiling to spend $0.25 for one ride, collecting gps traces and editing it all at home. And also create all that new roads for these routes.



source: ÖPNVKarte;; Map data © by Openstreetmap contributors licenced under ODbL 1.0. This map is available under CC-BY-SA licence (© by MeMoMaps). Website design: Raffael Görich

Here is list of all routes:

Albrook – Esclusas de Miraflores (complete)

Albrook - Amador (complete)

Gran Estacion - Via España - Albrook

Tocumen - Via España - Albrook

Alcalde Díaz - Via España - Albrook - Directo (to Alcalde Díaz)

Alcalde Díaz - Via España - Albrook - Directo (to Albrook)

Alcalde Díaz - Via España - Estacion Marañón

Panamá Viejo - Ave. Balboa - Mercado de Mariscos

Los Andes - Via España - Albrook

There is a lot of work to do (but I am unable anymore from my chair in Slovakia):

- Create platform_exit_only and stop_exit_only for Albrook. No idea where, because for each arrival to Albrook, drivers stopped always on different place

- All platforms for Albrook and Estacion Marañón

- Stops and routes to/from Aeropuerto (Tocumen)

- Check routes after opening new metro; they are already different if you compare some of my routes with Mibus pdf's (at least in Calidonia)

- brainstorm about tags used by me to describe relations

- and more

PS: you can also read my Panama: travel2osm, almost done! user diary.

Last edited by lubosb (2014-03-09 17:33:46)