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Great to see but it didn't work that great for the couple of searches I tried. For London Bridge to Marylebone it confused London Bridge with Tower Bridge, much like Robert McCulloch ;)
This is great - I rarely use buses because it's just too much of a headache trying to determine how far I need to walk to get one, when the next one is, and how far I need to walk at the other end - then trying to compare mutliple options against those criteria! In central London I just grab the Tube because it's an easier decision - the visual element of this makes buses far easier to assess as an option.
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/tfl/gettingaround/maps/buses/busdiagra...
The Transit Navigation android app is a welcome addition, but I wish these types of android apps would work without constant need for data connection (i.e. would cache results and work offline once route downloaded) as nothing is worse than taking an underground train and losing all route information due to loss of signal. On a side-note "Pubtran London" is another good (and free) android app for London travel which…
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/07/download-map-area-a...
For cities that provide the information to Google, Maps includes realtime delays and closures.
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2011/06/know-when-your-bus-...
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because bureaucracies are slow, and it's taken this time for London to release up-to-date and machine readable data.
That's the easy and somewhat circular answer. I'd be curious to know what rationale the service had for not integrating with Google Maps or vice versa. Cost is the only legitimate one that comes to mind - I can't imagine concerns about open data were a massive issue given that third parties have been using and providing a subset of the same data for some time.
I think they are very concerned that the data feed will be bad or unreliable, and that they will be providing bad directions. I know in NYC, the schedule and such for subways is generally simple, but has crazy exception rules every weekend for maintenance.
This is great - I rarely use buses because it's just too much of a headache trying to determine how far I need to walk to get one, when the next one is, and how far I need to walk at the other end - then trying to compare mutliple options against those criteria! In central London I just grab the Tube because it's an easier decision - the visual element of this makes buses far easier to assess as an option.
I'm using the tube less and less every weekend now that I now how to go from one place to another without needing to memorise it.
http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/london-transport/id393119892?...
It was a little quirky (the bus arrival times seemed to be off a bit), but overall quite nice. It includes all forms of transport (bus, tube, DLR, ferry, and even Boris's bikes), lets your limit your travel options to just certain types (e.g., "I only want to see bus routes right now"), and has nice heuristics like whether you prefer to walk, how fast a walker you are, etc.
The Transit Navigation android app is a welcome addition, but I wish these types of android apps would work without constant need for data connection (i.e. would cache results and work offline once route downloaded) as nothing is worse than taking an underground train and losing all route information due to loss of signal. On a side-note "Pubtran London" is another good (and free) android app for London travel which…