Google transit provides approximate time of the next bus arriving at a particular bus-stop when you click on the bus-stop icon. This works for trains and even metro lines.
Is there any way I can use these transit information in my own map view? I tried going to the link that is displayed under the timings ( I guess it means thats where google is getting the timings from) but that link is broken...doesnt exist...it must be providing the information to Google only...
So is there any way i can access the Google Transit information?
Thx.
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Marvin Pinto
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Yes, the data feeds are publicly available and published by the corresponding transit agencies. The available list is here. You'd need to download the data and host it or include it in your app.
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just for USA? :| where can i get for other countries? – Urban Mar 18 '11 at 20:08
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In the "worst case scenario", you could download the result of a web query to maps.google.com (such as http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=new+york&daddr=boston&dirflg=r) to your app and parse the result. Maybe there are even sample-scripts that already do this!
Nick
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umm..im not sure how will i do this..but ill try searching for some info on this...arent there any data feeds available for timings etc?...the previous comment found them for usa but nt for any other country.. – Urban Mar 19 '11 at 11:11
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So finally i had to drop the idea...its only available for usa at the link given by @Robby but is (currently) unavailable for quite many countries.
Hoping itll be available soon.
Thx for all the responses.
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