Comments on: A swiss public transit API (SBB and Google..) http://codesofa.com/blog/archive/2008/08/03/a-swiss-public-transit-api-sbb-and-google.html chaotic. pragmatic. smart(ass). Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:46:05 +0000 hourly 1 By: Marc http://codesofa.com/blog/archive/2008/08/03/a-swiss-public-transit-api-sbb-and-google.html/comment-page-1#comment-5810 Marc Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:27:06 +0000 http://lab.codesofa.com/blog/archive/2008/08/03/a-swiss-public-transit-api-sbb-and-google.html#comment-5810 Hi Lukas This one is the old API, there is a "newer" one, and still operational: http://couch.codesofa.com/api/002/transit/.xml?ftype=station&from=winterthur&ttype=station&to=bern&fts=1249308316 fts = from time stamp (departure time) tts = to time stamp (arrival time) Hi Lukas

This one is the old API, there is a “newer” one, and still operational:

http://couch.codesofa.com/api/002/transit/.xml?ftype=station&from=winterthur&ttype=station&to=bern&fts=1249308316

fts = from time stamp (departure time)
tts = to time stamp (arrival time)

]]> By: Lukas http://codesofa.com/blog/archive/2008/08/03/a-swiss-public-transit-api-sbb-and-google.html/comment-page-1#comment-5803 Lukas Thu, 24 Dec 2009 15:13:07 +0000 http://lab.codesofa.com/blog/archive/2008/08/03/a-swiss-public-transit-api-sbb-and-google.html#comment-5803 Hello, Very nice. I was desperatly looking for this kind of API. But it keeps saying "Please update GottaGo" at the last entry and the dates seem really weird. I was looking for GottaGo in the appstore but couldn't find it. Is it still operational? Hello, Very nice. I was desperatly looking for this kind of API. But it keeps saying “Please update GottaGo” at the last entry and the dates seem really weird. I was looking for GottaGo in the appstore but couldn’t find it. Is it still operational?

]]> By: Risotto http://codesofa.com/blog/archive/2008/08/03/a-swiss-public-transit-api-sbb-and-google.html/comment-page-1#comment-18 Risotto Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:54:30 +0000 http://lab.codesofa.com/blog/archive/2008/08/03/a-swiss-public-transit-api-sbb-and-google.html#comment-18 I was about to code exactly the same API as yours. I'm glad you did it first :) . I was also going to write an app almost like GottaGo. Writing that app also let me wonder why t.f. the sbb.ch site is so ugly to parse. I was pretty upset that there is no official SOAP or XML-RPC web-service to query from. Looks like SBB is just a very lame company that doesn't really care about it's customers. After all, they are paid by the public! They really should be pressured to make that data available to everyone...<br /> <br /> Well, anyway, if you're looking for some help to further develop the app, I'm more than willing to join you. I did some work with the SDK too and as I said, I was halfway through with it too :) . In my prototype I did a nice google map integration which would be great in GottaGo too. So ping me, if you're interested! I was about to code exactly the same API as yours. I’m glad you did it first :) . I was also going to write an app almost like GottaGo. Writing that app also let me wonder why t.f. the sbb.ch site is so ugly to parse. I was pretty upset that there is no official SOAP or XML-RPC web-service to query from. Looks like SBB is just a very lame company
that doesn’t really care about it’s customers. After all, they are paid by the public! They really should be pressured to make that data available to everyone…

Well, anyway, if you’re looking for some help to further develop the app, I’m more than willing to join you. I did some work with the SDK too and as I said, I was halfway through with it too :) . In my prototype I did a nice google map integration which would be great in GottaGo too. So ping me, if you’re interested!

]]> By: Russell Quinn http://codesofa.com/blog/archive/2008/08/03/a-swiss-public-transit-api-sbb-and-google.html/comment-page-1#comment-17 Russell Quinn Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:49:09 +0000 http://lab.codesofa.com/blog/archive/2008/08/03/a-swiss-public-transit-api-sbb-and-google.html#comment-17 Great :) Great :)

]]> By: Marc http://codesofa.com/blog/archive/2008/08/03/a-swiss-public-transit-api-sbb-and-google.html/comment-page-1#comment-16 Marc Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:41:01 +0000 http://lab.codesofa.com/blog/archive/2008/08/03/a-swiss-public-transit-api-sbb-and-google.html#comment-16 Hi Russel!<br /> Thanks for your detailed remark! You are absolutely right about it. It's called accessory view (the arrow on the right) and it really should also be clickable. It may, however, do the same action as the row itself. But the fact that it's not clickable is a bug - of course. And it's addressed in the next release :) Hi Russel!
Thanks for your detailed remark! You are absolutely right about it. It’s called accessory view (the arrow on the right) and it really should also be clickable. It may, however, do the same action as the row itself. But the fact that it’s not clickable is a bug – of course. And it’s addressed in the next release :)

]]> By: Russell Quinn http://codesofa.com/blog/archive/2008/08/03/a-swiss-public-transit-api-sbb-and-google.html/comment-page-1#comment-15 Russell Quinn Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:12:54 +0000 http://lab.codesofa.com/blog/archive/2008/08/03/a-swiss-public-transit-api-sbb-and-google.html#comment-15 Hey! GottaGo is great, but I noticed an inconsistency in the interface with the SDK guidelines.<br /> <br /> On the screen showing times, you use the arrow in a blue circle (sorry, I can't remember the SDK name for it right now) to show you can navigate to the next page. However, this arrow should be used to indicate additional functionality for that table row.<br /> <br /> I.e. It should mean that clicking the row itself does one thing, but clicking the actual arrow will take you to an alternative screen (maybe settings or something). You can see this in use in the wi-fi settings page.<br /> <br /> In GottaGo, clicking on the row navigates to the next screen, but clicking the blue arrow actually does nothing at all (which is frustrating as clicking that side of the bar is typical behaviour for me).<br /> <br /> The standard arrow (no blue background) should be used to indicate that clicking the row will navigate to another screen (and doesn't have its own hit area), so I think this should be used on both the time listings page, but also the 'closest' page.<br /> <br /> Russell Hey! GottaGo is great, but I noticed an inconsistency in the interface with the SDK guidelines.

On the screen showing times, you use the arrow in a blue circle (sorry, I can’t remember the SDK name for it right now) to show you can navigate to the next page. However, this arrow should be used to indicate additional functionality for that table row.

I.e. It should mean that clicking the row itself does one thing, but clicking the actual arrow will take you to an alternative screen (maybe settings or something). You can see this in use in the wi-fi settings page.

In GottaGo, clicking on the row navigates to the next screen, but clicking the blue arrow actually does nothing at all (which is frustrating as clicking that side of the bar is typical behaviour for me).

The standard arrow (no blue background) should be used to indicate that clicking the row will navigate to another screen (and doesn’t have its own hit area), so I think this should be used on both the time listings page, but also the ‘closest’ page.

Russell

]]> By: marc http://codesofa.com/blog/archive/2008/08/03/a-swiss-public-transit-api-sbb-and-google.html/comment-page-1#comment-14 marc Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:27:50 +0000 http://lab.codesofa.com/blog/archive/2008/08/03/a-swiss-public-transit-api-sbb-and-google.html#comment-14 of course I am.. But I actually believe in those guys as they should be lucky, that someone did the dirty work for them ;) but there is a fallback to google to the official API.. So that should be fine.. of course I am.. But I actually believe in those guys as they should be lucky, that someone did the dirty work for them ;) but there is a fallback to google to the official API.. So that should be fine..

]]> By: sprain http://codesofa.com/blog/archive/2008/08/03/a-swiss-public-transit-api-sbb-and-google.html/comment-page-1#comment-4 sprain Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:38:50 +0000 http://lab.codesofa.com/blog/archive/2008/08/03/a-swiss-public-transit-api-sbb-and-google.html#comment-4 how official ist this api? not afraid sbb will just shut it off in a few days? how official ist this api? not afraid sbb will just shut it off in a few days?

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