Maarten Deen writes: > I was using a train from the Erzgebirgsbahn in Germany yesterday > (Annaberg-Buchholz - Chemnitz) when I noticed the information display. > This was an OSM background on which the trains from the Erzgebirgsbahn > were overlayed. I took a few photos but I now also see that they have an > internet version of it on <http://www.vms.de/egb/index.html>. The > version in the train had as default view the train you were sitting in > and that trains timetable was shown on the left (just as a train that > you click on wil show its timetable on the right). > And as a bonus: it's Openstreetmap so it also allows you to see a map > of the surroundings before you disembark the train. > The only thing missing from the trainversion (which I now see on the > internetversion) is the possibility to see a departuretable when you > click on a station. > > I don't see it on the internetversion, but the trainversion had a logo > from Funkwerk <http://www.funkwerk.com/funkwerk_de/> on it. I assume > they developed it.
It would be double-awesome if, when the train stopped, they put a QR shortlink for your current location, so you could transfer the map onto your phone. -- --my blog is at http://blog.russnelson.com Crynwr supports open source software 521 Pleasant Valley Rd. | +1 315-600-8815 Potsdam, NY 13676-3213 | Sheepdog _______________________________________________ talk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
