Depart App maps the real time positions of transit vehicles based on GTFS data.
A running instance of the app can be found at departapp.com (For Vancouver, Canada)
- Efficiency: Pre-caching of transit data in advance allows many users to use the service without overloading the server
- Merging shape and stop time data to create a "scheduled shape" which allows vehicles to follow curvy roads while runnning on time
- Bug: Closing street view
- Bug: Right around midnight there is no data
- Add GTFS for BC Transit (need to make a stop_times to shape conversion)
- Add GTFS for Downtown Historic Railway, False Creek Ferries (when available)
- Add support for live data feeds (perhaps using Web Sockets)
- Database table for picking the icon to use for the route
- Rupert and Renfrew Skytrain stations too far off, causing issues
- Expo Line shape downtown is 225 meters away from Waterfront Skytrain station