The Danube Region Journey Planner is an outcome of the LinkingDanube project (2017-2019)
funded under the
Interreg Danube Transnational Programme. The project deals with the “linking of services” for transnational,
multimodal traveller information and journey planning. Easier access to information on
environmentally-friendly
mobility options and seamless trip planning (across borders and operators) shall support travellers to use
environmentally modes of transport.
The LinkingDanube project did a
“proof-of-concept” and
demonstrated that the “linking of services” and “open journey planning” is feasible!
To test the feasibility LinkingDanube interlinked six already existing traveller information services from
different operators and different countries of the Danube Region based on the “linking of services” approach.
To
enable this, each journey planner implemented an harmonised API (Application Programming Interface) based on
the
CEN/TC 17118:2018 standard for “Open API for Distributed Journey Planning”, which enables the linking of
different
isolated services without any physical integration into one central database. Operators of traveller
information
services keep the sovereignty over their data, as only routing results are provided upon request via this
interface. One central node, including the necessary logic to manage the requests and assemble the route,
enables
the communication within this distributed system.
So the project “LinkingDanube” developed a distributed travel planning pilot service, the "Danube Region Journey Planner", in a transnational semi-operative environment and thus demonstrates the feasibility and suitability of "linking of services" with regard to clearly defined use cases.
More information on “linking of services” you could find in our LinkingDanube video below.
Please note:
If you are further interested in LinkingDanube please visit the LinkingDanube website or have a look in the LinkingDanube brochure .
Project contact:
Bettina Neuhäuser (project coordinator)
AustriaTech
E-mail: bettina.neuhaeuser@austriatech.at
FUNDED BY THE EUROPEAN REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT FUND (ERDF), INSTRUMENT FOR PRE-ACCESSION ASSISTANCE II (IPA II) AND EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD INSTRUMENT (ENI)