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Monday, 21st June 2010

New Resource: UK: Real-Time Information: A Live Map of London Underground (aka the Tube)

Here's of the cooler (and practical)mashups we've seen in a long time.

While there are several services that map where an aircraft is located at any given moment in time (with a brief delay), here's an example of the same type of thing for public transport in London, UK.

Many public transit services around the world offer near real-time bus and train info with text, this new service shows users precisely where a train is (using a Google map) in the London Underground system at at any given moment in time ("approximate" real-time) and then next station info and time with text.

Additionally, users can see the trains move from station to station. Clicking on any red "pin" (representing at train) will tell user:

+ The Line the Train is Operating On

+ The Name of the Station Where the Train Last Departed

+ The Name of the Station Where the Train is Scheduled to Arrive (along with a Time, ie. 2.5 minutes)

+ Clicking on a Yellow Pin Shows the Name of the Station.

Along the right side of the page, you'll learn more about the service including a link to the where the data is coming from, the TFL (Transport for London) API. You'll also read about a couple of plans for the future.

Kudos to the developers and another superb example of what developers can build with access to open data.

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Source: Hacker News

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