Projects — Local Electronic Data

A proof of concept system for interaction with parking data aimed at end-users in
Southampton, England to be accessed via telephone, SMS or the web.

The local council in Southampton provides electronic data for the public to use and see, for selected car parks throughout the city. This data contains information about the capacity, space usage and predicted space usage over the course of the day for each parking venue.

By collecting this data two services can be created. Firstly an interactive service to update end users with parking information for their designated car park. Secondly, this data can be used for historical overview purposes. I'm sure every car park has trends that can be found, such as the most likely time to get a parking space during the day, the day of the week a car park is most used and much, much more.

Go On, Try it for Yourself.

You can get live data on the move through your mobile phone. Simply call +44 (0)1259 340297 and follow the prompts. This is part of the proof of concept that I've put in place to demonstrate the possibilities of this system.

Current Data

The table below shows the latest live collected information for the car parks in Southampton that are currently monitored. This information was accurate as of 10 minutes ago.

Car Park						Free Spaces
	Code:	Car Park:	State:	Capacity:	Used:	Now:	30 mins:	60 mins:
	7323	Bargate Centre	Spaces	217	2	215	212	209
	7327	Bedford Place MSCP	Spaces	289	11	278	266	253
	7318	Charlotte Place	Estimated	144	144	0	36	0
	7322	College Street	Spaces	164	6	158	144	129
	7316	Eastgate Street	Spaces	713	22	691	682	672
	7321	Gloucester Square	Estimated	90	52	38	0	0
	7311	Grosvenor Square	Spaces	532	4	528	484	439
	7328	IKEA	Closed	815	0	0	0	0
	7315	Leisure World	Spaces	800	114	686	684	682
	7317	Lime Street	Estimated	227	0	227	222	217
	7312	Marlands	Spaces	837	41	796	794	791
	7324	Portland Terrace	Spaces	605	16	589	544	498
	7313	West Bay	Spaces	295	8	287	285	283
	7314	West Park	Estimated	510	66	444	484	462
	7326	West Quay Multi-Storey	Spaces	2489	0	2489	2473	2457
	7325	West Quay Podium	Closed	1477	0	0	0	0

Graphing the Data

With such a large amount of data collected I'm able to produce some detailed graphs which show the patterns for use of these car parks. All of the following graphs are produced automatically and updated when you load this page. You're more than welcome to view them in more detail, you can do so by visiting this page.