Re: [Talk-transit] Bus stops in North America from GTFS data

2010-06-11 Thread fly
Am 11.06.2010 02:25, schrieb Roland Olbricht: >>> You may want to follow >>> British/German standard. There is a tag that identifies stops uniquely, >>> sorry can't recall at the moment. The last time I saw it was >>> Siegburg/Bonn train station. > > Do you mean the "ref" tag as on node 160621? I'

Re: [Talk-transit] Bus stops in North America from GTFS data

2010-06-11 Thread Roger Slevin
Richard What is available on the national NextBuses service for Oxfordshire is scheduled departure times - as it is for all stops nationwide. The Oxontimes site provides real-time information where it is available ... and I think it offers scheduled times where real-time info is not available. Bu

Re: [Talk-transit] Bus stops in North America from GTFS data

2010-06-11 Thread Richard Mann
On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Roger Slevin wrote: > And whilst Peter Stoner is correct that Oxford is unusual in having two > different "next departure" services (they do not supply their real time > information to the national service, so this is only available to the local > service) they do

Re: [Talk-transit] Bus stops in North America from GTFS data

2010-06-11 Thread Roger Slevin
There are two national iPhone apps for the NextBuses service and two Android apps, too. And whilst Peter Stoner is correct that Oxford is unusual in having two different "next departure" services (they do not supply their real time information to the national service, so this is only available to

Re: [Talk-transit] Bus stops in North America from GTFS data

2010-06-11 Thread Peter Miller
On 11 Jun 2010, at 09:44, Richard Mann wrote: > Sometimes there are obscure codes on bus stops (eg in Oxford), so that > humans can text them to a Real Time Passenger Info service (called > OxonTime here). Eg the ref tag on this node: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/533877725 > > For

Re: [Talk-transit] Bus stops in North America from GTFS data

2010-06-11 Thread Peter J Stoner
Oxford is a little unusual in having more than one txt system. nextbuses.mobi is the mobile internet system that covers all bus stops England, Wales and Scotland and you can put the naptan numbers into it. However if you don't know the number you can also can also put postcodes, or street+town

Re: [Talk-transit] Bus stops in North America from GTFS data

2010-06-11 Thread Peter Miller
On 11 Jun 2010, at 09:44, Richard Mann wrote: > Sometimes there are obscure codes on bus stops (eg in Oxford), so that > humans can text them to a Real Time Passenger Info service (called > OxonTime here). Eg the ref tag on this node: > > http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/533877725 > > For

Re: [Talk-transit] Bus stops in North America from GTFS data

2010-06-11 Thread Richard Mann
Sometimes there are obscure codes on bus stops (eg in Oxford), so that humans can text them to a Real Time Passenger Info service (called OxonTime here). Eg the ref tag on this node: http://www.openstreetmap.org/browse/node/533877725 For which you can get a departures list: http://www.oxontime.c