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Edit: here's the best picture I can find: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eloketh/320918361/sizes/l/
It's that blue sign in the background/center. I will try and find a better picture. But at least I know that I am not imagining this :)
Nice. This is application equivalent of a comedian "saying what everyone is thinking". When I lived in Tokyo, I always tried to do these kinds of mental calculations on the train on unfamiliar lines (already 100% optimized by daily commute).
Something like this would also work for airports.
isn't this the kind of thing that people who live in NY know just by virtue of riding the train everyday?
Ideally yes, but most new yorkers only go on a few lines regularly. I've only been in the city for a month now, but going to lines that you've never gone to before gets a bit confusing.
Hi HN! My buddy and I just released an app in the App Store for all you NYC Subway hackers. If you like saving a few seconds to a few minutes on your subway rides, take a peek at our app :) We figured some of you here in NYC love little hacks to save time so we thought we'd share and here your thoughts. I always love the discussion here on HN so I'd love to hear some feedback if you have any!
How did you map all the stops? Some poor guy rode a train to every single stop, that must have been fun.
The data is pretty good (only found a single sub-optimal station so far), whilst the UI is fidgety at times but I'm sure it will improve.
Hi HN! My buddy and I just released an app in the App Store for all you NYC Subway hackers. If you like saving a few seconds to a few minutes on your subway rides, take a peek at our app :) We figured some of you here in NYC love little hacks to save time so we thought we'd share and here your thoughts. I always love the discussion here on HN so I'd love to hear some feedback if you have any!
I bought it, and I have to admit, I'm a little underwhelmed. A basic subway map would have been useful. For the extra points, a schedule would be wonderful.
If it saves me five minutes, it has already paid for itself.