I’m currently looking to develop an open source app that can help somebody. I’m currently out of ideas, so I’d like to heard if from you guys.

Sorry if it seems to lazy to ask for ideas like that, I just thought that I could do it since the result will be a free app.

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    1 year ago

    I believe google maps pulls its data from municipalities setting up and streaming realtime data using this: https://developers.google.com/transit/gtfs-realtime

    For my city, I was able to pull this GTFS data into my home automation system to show next arrival times for a couple of convenient stops near my home.

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      1 year ago

      Yea, I’ve looked into how it works to see if I could add it to an existing app, but ran into a wall I can’t recall right now.

      The local stops would be good, but what I really need is the ability to figure out new routes, like visiting a friend.

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        1 year ago

        Oh yeah, then you definitely need something else to take the transit schedule and realtime updates to plan routes for you.