Boston: https://tmap.live.
London: https://londonunderground.live
this reminds me of the London specific equivalent posted awhile back: https://londonunderground.live (previously discussed https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43651390).
Real-time map of Great Britain's rail network
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#22Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think you're misunderstanding what they are saying. They don't use background location data, but they do use your current location data. Try the "Find My Train" demo on their site - it asks for location permission. Or their API - it also expects device location data: > At a minimum, requests to the detect endpoint _must_ contain a device's location measurement. Additional fields can be included where available to i…
wait - so you think that the map is made up of people who are all sitting on that website using the Find My Train demo? I think you are missing the point - what is collecting data on all those trains.
No, live train data in the UK is already publicly available, e.g. see https://www.opentraintimes.com/
This is matching your phone's location to the already public train data.
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#23Earlier quoted context omitted.
wait - so you think that the map is made up of people who are all sitting on that website using the Find My Train demo? I think you are missing the point - what is collecting data on all those trains.
No, live train data in the UK is already publicly available, e.g. see https://www.opentraintimes.com/ This is matching your phone's location to the already public train data.
> This is matching your phone's location
But what is getting that?
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#24Hungary https://vonatinfo.mav.hu/
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#25Used this many times during the longer commutes across country, works well.
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#26I would love to see this for Germany :D
https://travic.app/
Basically all of Europe, with varying levels of detail.
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#27Off-topic, I don't get why people still use a www subdomain, especially so in this case, www.map. Conway's Law in action?
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#28Topping out at 10 minutes delay for the most severe marker colour is an interesting choice.
Certainly would not work out in Germany LOL
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, live train data in the UK is already publicly available, e.g. see https://www.opentraintimes.com/ This is matching your phone's location to the already public train data.
> This is matching your phone's location But what is getting that ?
You are giving it to them. That's why the demo asks for your location permission, and that's why the API expects location info.
"You" here means another app that integrates their API (or you as an individual using the demo on their website). How the other app gets it is up to the other app - ideally it also just queries it directly and requires location permission.
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#30Here's the Danish one (with some trains in Sweden): http://landetspuls.dk