JargonAndAcronyms

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Jargon and Acronyms

What does xyz mean?

Transit and Geographic Jargon

OTP

Open Trip Planner (aka, this project)

NED

National Elevation Dataset

http://ned.usgs.gov/

Used to grab the elevation of GPS coordinates for the United States.

Necessary because consumer GPS are not good at collecting accurate elevation readings.

OSM

Open Street Map

http://www.openstreetmap.org/

Project to create free, editable maps of the world

Data is available under Creative Commons (CC-BY-SA)

Technical Jargon