Isn't this a security concern?
According to the website, the location information isn't exact, but "calculated" (whatever that means).
Berlin public transport in real time
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Re: Berlin public transport in real time
#12We so need this in the UK
London did, 5 years ago, for the London Underground: http://traintimes.org.uk/map/tube/
More recently, one London bus at a time: http://traintimes.org.uk/map/london-buses/#73
There's a decent amount of open rail data, and a website listing usages: http://www.openraildata.info/
Re: Berlin public transport in real time
#13Isn't this a security concern?
In what way? You know, there are printed time tables hanging in all stations. They are even online, accessible from the middle east!
Re: Berlin public transport in real time
#14The URL: > http://fahrinfo.vbb.de/bin/help.exe Who would run this on a webserver?
CGI lives. > Who would run this on a webserver? Who wouldn't? It's an executable. Just like your favourite language runtime. Just like 90% of the web.
It's quite easy to make this particular *.exe path return an "Internal Error" by fuzzing the GET parameters, which may or may not be due to someone having written something that parses user-supplied data in C that then segfaults :)
Re: Berlin public transport in real time
#15The URL: > http://fahrinfo.vbb.de/bin/help.exe Who would run this on a webserver?
A paths meaning is what they mean to the webserver, not to you.
(That said, I'd be concerned if this is actually CGI..)
Re: Berlin public transport in real time
#16Isn't this a security concern?
I thought the same. But I can't actually come up with a good reason. Maybe German trains are so punctual that you can infer their position anyway. Can someone in Berlin measure the lag? Next time I'm back there I might test it.
Re: Berlin public transport in real time
#17A live map that loads in 2 seconds on my machine is Internet done right. Well done.
Re: Berlin public transport in real time
#18Here is one for SF:
https://www.sflivebus.com/
Re: Berlin public transport in real time
#19Isn't this a security concern?
If you're standing on the street, I'm sure you can see where the bus/trams etc are.