Here's an interesting hack of Google Maps that offers a wonderful alternative interface to the Seattle Metro real-time bus information: http://www.busmonster.com/.
Beleive it or not, you have long been able to pull up a web applet to see where Seattle buses are at a given moment, complete with route numbers. Not where they are scheduled to be-- where they are. The applet updates the positions of the busses in real time, which makes it possible to, for example, work at your desk until the last possible moment before your bus arrives. It all relies upon a network of sensors and busses equipped with simple transmitters. It's pretty cool, but the map itself is quite primitive. Seattle Bus Monster takes that a step further by layering the real-time bus information atop Google Maps, which are the highest resolution and best performing web maps out there. You can set alarms. You can find nearby bus stops. You can switch to satellite view. You can see the map of a particular route on a map scaled and centered to fit it. And-- as always-- you can put your bike on any of the buses (but not inside the downtown bus tunnel)-- for $1.25/$1.50 peak. _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list [email protected] http://www.danenet.org/mailman/listinfo/bikies
