Real time map of trains in Japan
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Real time map of trains in Japan
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Re: Real time map of trains in Japan
#2Anyone got it working on iPad? It seems like nothing is moving on the map. Maybe Japanase servers have a long Round-trip time, I don't know why.
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#3Protip: don't try this in chrome ... the endless auto-translation of the bubbles (which happens each time a train moves) kills it completely. Looks decent in Safari though. Pretty neat!
Re: Real time map of trains in Japan
#4Where do you get the data for the location of the trains? Is there some kind of data feed?
Re: Real time map of trains in Japan
#5It's real-time in the sense that it's based on the published schedules of the train lines, but it's not "real" real-time because it is not based on the actual locations of the trains.
It's not useful at all, but it's a cute visualization and because trains in Japan run very nearly on schedule during normal operating hours, it will be mostly accurate the vast majority of the time.
edit : In the "About this site" link on the upper right, it explains that :
① The site uses the scheduled operating information and displays the location the trains are running on the map at the current time.
② The contents, URL, etc., can change at any time or can be made no longer publicly available.
③ & ④ The site adminstrator takes no responsibility, etc. You are responsible for your own actions.
In the other information section, the author specifies that it's for Japan only and that the icons used are representative for those lines.
Re: Real time map of trains in Japan
#6Protip: don't try this in chrome ... the endless auto-translation of the bubbles (which happens each time a train moves) kills it completely. Looks decent in Safari though. Pretty neat!
looks great on IE9 as well :)
Re: Real time map of trains in Japan
#7It's real-time in the sense that it's based on the published schedules of the train lines, but it's not "real" real-time because it is not based on the actual locations of the trains. It's not useful at all, but it's a cute visualization and because trains in Japan run very nearly on schedule during normal operating hours, it will be mostly accurate the vast majority of the time. edit : In the "About this site" link…
>but it's not "real" real-time because it is not based on the actual locations of the trains.
It's "real-time" enough in Japan because trains in Japan are almost always on time.
Re: Real time map of trains in Japan
#8It's real-time in the sense that it's based on the published schedules of the train lines, but it's not "real" real-time because it is not based on the actual locations of the trains. It's not useful at all, but it's a cute visualization and because trains in Japan run very nearly on schedule during normal operating hours, it will be mostly accurate the vast majority of the time. edit : In the "About this site" link…
>but it's not "real" real-time because it is not based on the actual locations of the trains. It's "real-time" enough in Japan because trains in Japan are almost always on time.
Baaahahahahahahahahhahahahaaaaaa
Train was 8 minutes late this morning and 3 lines were stopped. Probably due to the Typhoon yesterday causing scheduling problems but even on normal days Japanese trains are not the paragons of time-keeping the west seem to make them out to be
(Although they ARE miles better than anything I have seen in the UK for instance.)
[EDIT] Note: Previous poster downgraded the conviction of his statement after this comment was posted.
Re: Real time map of trains in Japan
#9This is really cool; a few years ago I wanted to do this for the published schedules of NYC's subway. At the time it involved scraping schedules from the MTA website's horrendous HTML, but now it looks like they've completely reversed direction and have it in an accessible format. Interestingly, they have real-time data for buses, but not for the subway.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
>but it's not "real" real-time because it is not based on the actual locations of the trains. It's "real-time" enough in Japan because trains in Japan are almost always on time.
Baaahahahahahahahahhahahahaaaaaa Train was 8 minutes late this morning and 3 lines were stopped. Probably due to the Typhoon yesterday causing scheduling problems but even on normal days Japanese trains are not the paragons of time-keeping the west seem to make them out to be (Although they ARE miles better than anything I have seen in the UK for instance.) [EDIT] Note: Previous poster downgraded the conviction of hi…
What is considered late there? If a train arrives within 6 minutes of schedule and departs within 11 it's considered 'on time' in my part of Australia.