On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 09:34, you wrote: > Hi, > > This relates to the discussion in May regarding the inability of Linux > (and often Windows) to work with the SVG-based realtime bus timetable > information on the metroinfo.org.nz website. > > For individual bus stops, if you know the 5-digit bus stop number, you > can use: > http://rtt.metroinfo.org.nz/RTT/Public/Mobile/PlatformET.aspx?PlatformNum >ber=37347 for bus stop 37347 (City Exchange platform D). > Most bus stops have a white sign with the 5 digit number busstop id in > black.
Indeed! And as an exercise I wrote a small Python script that listened for incoming SMS messages to a mobile phone on a serial port, extracted a 5-digit number from the message, looked up the info from the URL above (changing the PlatformNum, natch), then formatted a new message and sent it back to the originating telephone number. I like Python. Andrew
