/BostonRealTimeBusTracker

Map Tracking Real Time Bus Routes in Boston, MA

Primary LanguageHTML

Realtime Boston Bus Tracking

This program renders a map with animation that tracks Boston public transit buses based on their publicly available location information. It was created as part of an academic project for an MIT online certificate program.

How to Run

This program runs in the web browser and is compatible with mobile phones.

Future Improvements:

  • Add fixed pins indicating bus stop locations
  • Add bus direction indicator
  • Add popup information about fullness of bus
  • Add additional MBTA bus lines and allow client to filter/select which line(s) they wish to track
  • Add a pin indicating location of user if on mobile device with location services enabled
  • License

    MIT License

    Copyright (c) 2021 Chelsea Carroll

    Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

    The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

    THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.