> From Jed: > >> My daughter who lives in Boston sent me this link to a local bus company >> that shows where its buses are in real time, on the map: >> >> http://masco.transloc.com/ >> >> This is the kind of thing that could have been done years ago but no one >> thought to do it. In retrospect it is an obvious application of internet and >> GPS technology: easy and cheap to implement and useful to the customers. I >> expect the bus company has been tracking its drivers for a long time, >> although I was surprised to find the other day that a local FedEx truck was >> not equipped with a GPS map. >> >> Many technical problems can be solved more easily than people realize. Often >> the hardest part is to convince people to try something new. >> >> - Jed > > As a DOT employee for the state of Wisconsin I found this link > informative. Thanks Jed. I passed it on. (It was fun to watch, too!)
I did make some inquiries. Turns out Madison does have their own on-line bus tracker version. http://www.cityofmadison.com/metro/TransitTracker/TransitTracker.html Click on the "View Live Map" link. It isn't as slick as the Boston Tracker however. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
