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http://data.ratp.fr/fr/actualites/article/finale-de-lopendat...
We have now moved the route-planning part to a server in C++ but we want to move it back to the client using something like Xamarin/C#. Any thougths on this?
Will definitely buy the book! (No Paypal, though?)
Wow. I'm building an app for route planning / public transport in France, the first version of which was in full-JS and won a competition from RATP: http://data.ratp.fr/fr/actualites/article/finale-de-lopendat... We have now moved the route-planning part to a server in C++ but we want to move it back to the client using something like Xamarin/C#. Any thougths on this? Will definitely buy the book! (No Paypal, though?…
As for my book, I'm selling through Gumroad, which I believe only allows credit card payments.
Congrats on getting it out there! My only quick feedback is that 80 pages split into 20 chapters feels off to me. A 4 page "chapter" is something more akin to a "section" or some other unit. The sample PDF has the first two chapters, each of which are basically a page each (plus a large image). I'd recommend redefining your definition of "chapter" and restructuring into fewer/longer chapters. As it is it doesn't feel…
Thanks for the feedback - this had crossed my mind also, but I ultimately called them chapters as they are logical places to split the content. As far as the pricing goes, my rationale was to price based on the value it can provide and then take into account how niche the topic. Some of the content in there took me many many hours to figure out for myself (so thousands of dollars at an hourly rate). Offset this with…
Damn, I read this after I'd already bought the book!! ;-)
Wow. I'm building an app for route planning / public transport in France, the first version of which was in full-JS and won a competition from RATP: http://data.ratp.fr/fr/actualites/article/finale-de-lopendat... We have now moved the route-planning part to a server in C++ but we want to move it back to the client using something like Xamarin/C#. Any thougths on this? Will definitely buy the book! (No Paypal, though?…
Sounds awesome if you can get a trip planner working in JS! The usual go-to is OTP ( http://www.opentripplanner.org/ ), but you should also check the relatively new RRRR. More info here: https://github.com/bliksemlabs/rrrr As for my book, I'm selling through Gumroad, which I believe only allows credit card payments.
It was really a horrible hack that took into account only lines and stops (no trip times, transfer times, schedule, etc.) but as a simple visual app, and in the context of a hackathon, it worked.
It was even featured as "Google Map of the week" on the Google Geo blog before it was even showed to RATP
http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.fr/2013/08/interactive-m...
But now we need to "muscle up" the routing part and so are leaving JS completely (however if the data can be reduced significantly it would be interesting to go back to it someday).
OTP is much too big to ever migrate on a mobile device; will definitely check out rrrr; what do you use yourself?
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Thanks for the feedback - this had crossed my mind also, but I ultimately called them chapters as they are logical places to split the content. As far as the pricing goes, my rationale was to price based on the value it can provide and then take into account how niche the topic. Some of the content in there took me many many hours to figure out for myself (so thousands of dollars at an hourly rate). Offset this with…
> On a side note, you can get $5 using the offer code 'metro' Damn, I read this after I'd already bought the book!! ;-)
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Sounds awesome if you can get a trip planner working in JS! The usual go-to is OTP ( http://www.opentripplanner.org/ ), but you should also check the relatively new RRRR. More info here: https://github.com/bliksemlabs/rrrr As for my book, I'm selling through Gumroad, which I believe only allows credit card payments.
> Sounds awesome if you can get a trip planner working in JS It was really a horrible hack that took into account only lines and stops (no trip times, transfer times, schedule, etc.) but as a simple visual app, and in the context of a hackathon, it worked. It was even featured as "Google Map of the week" on the Google Geo blog before it was even showed to RATP http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.fr/2013/08/interactiv…
Wow. I'm building an app for route planning / public transport in France, the first version of which was in full-JS and won a competition from RATP: http://data.ratp.fr/fr/actualites/article/finale-de-lopendat... We have now moved the route-planning part to a server in C++ but we want to move it back to the client using something like Xamarin/C#. Any thougths on this? Will definitely buy the book! (No Paypal, though?…