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Swiss Trains in Real Time
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on Monday February 18, @09:22PM
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The Map Room has an article about this cool use of technology. From their summary : "Centred on Zürich, this site provides real-time positions of Swiss trains — the icons freaking move — based on their schedules. “The current view is based on the Swiss train timetable, and does not yet show the actual GPS-positions of the trains. But, as Swiss trains are almost always on time, most of the time the position is accurate.”"
Head on over to the Map Room to get the link to the cool live demonstration site and more information. Seems like a 1 up on the recent NYC transit site which was also announced last week.
Head on over to the Map Room to get the link to the cool live demonstration site and more information. Seems like a 1 up on the recent NYC transit site which was also announced last week.
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