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Request for uwParking space queue data. #178

Closed steverweber closed 6 years ago

steverweber commented 8 years ago

Request for uwParking space queue data.

Why?

Would like to apply some logic on finding out if Person A could trade spots with Person B.

evisoup commented 8 years ago

I don't think the parking lots spots are numbered or queued.

kraigu commented 8 years ago

They aren't numbered, but Parking Services certainly retains a wait list for individual lots, and knows who has been issued a pass for which lots. That said, they track tag # -> license plate/individual, so you're not likely trading spots without their involvement. It's possible that somebody (not me) could facilitate working with Parking on this though?

evisoup commented 8 years ago

OP should probably just build an app for trading the spots, using geo coordinates + driver provided car make&plate number to facilitate the trading (instead of using queue data)

steverweber commented 8 years ago

there is kinda an 'app' for trading spots. https://uwaterloo.ca/parking/stafffaculty-permit-swapping

however as you can see it's underutilized and seems to be a flat webpage...

The idea is to build an app that uses the already large wealth of collected data. (many lots have more than 100 people in the queue.