http://www.nanika.net/Metro/
Been using it since 2000 with my Palm Pilot. Works pretty well on my iPhone as well. I assume Rome is in there. Give it a whirl. Btw. Rome is very cool. I was only there once, 12 years ago, for about 3 or 4 days visiting my Sister and BIL, who were living there at the time. I found it very congenial. However, beware pick pockets. I got pick pocketed on the bus. I was prepared however and used a hanging wallet around my neck and only had some receipts in my pocket. My BIL spotted the guy getting me and getting off the bus. His face was priceless when he saw that all he had was some receipts... Chad On Sep 28, 2012, at 3:50 PM, Kevin Callahan wrote: > Still having trouble finding a reliable transit app for Rome. At this point, > I don't even care if it interfaces with Apple Maps. > A friend of mine who is currently in Rome, says when you tap a bus icon or > train icon in Google Maps, it uniformly says it can't provide any information. > > I tried SmartMaps - Rome, but I couldn't really test it because it seems the > most effective way to use it is to use location services and GPS, and since > I'm not in Rome, I can't do as Romans do. > > I downloaded SmartMaps - Seattle to test it. When I asked for a bus nearby, > it showed the closest one being nearly a mile away when there is a very > active bus stop 2 blocks from me. > > I've also tried Transit (one of the Apple Maps suggested apps from the App > Store) to search for bus routes in Rome for my friend. I entered an address > that I know is one block from a bus stop as the starting point and another > address that has a couple of bus stops within 2-4 blocks as the destination. > Transit says "No transit direction can be found". > > I found another app called Roma Maps and Metro, but while it shows SOME bus > stops, when you tap on a bus icon, nothing happens. There's no name, no > information, certainly no bus schedules. > > Bing only seems to show driving directions, no public transport. MapQuest, > the same. > > Some of these apps are free, several, I've purchased. > > I guess I'm most interested in Transit apps for Seattle and Rome at the > moment, but I'm also curious as to what apps people are using and which ones > are accurate and full-featured (provide realtime schedules, directions etc.)? > > -K > > > > > _______________________________________________ > iPhone-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/iphone-talk
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