Startup maps Bangkok’s transport network

London-based mapping company WhereIsMyTransport has completed what it claims is the first comprehensive overview of Bangkok’s transport network, mapping 40,000 kilometres of data across the city in 60 days.

The firm, which specialises in mapping transport data in emerging cities globally, employed a team of 25 locally based data collectors to travel across the Thai capital's public transit network – including the MRT, the BTS Skytrain and bus services – as well as the vast array of informal 'songthaew', minibus and riverboat routes that provide the bulk of first- and last-mile services.

Local staff collected key data on routes and fares which was then uploaded to WhereIsMyTransport's d...