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Originally Posted by SebC
Please tell me they'll feed the GPS data into Google Maps.
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No, at least not with current policies/operations. Calgary Transit supplies schedule information to Google Maps on a quarterly basis to coincide with seasonal schedule changes. I get the impression there's some static in this exchange too as not all of it ends up being accurate or sometimes there is a delay in getting it to Google/them handling it in time for the actual schedule changes.
Don't get your hopes up, but a re-examining of the Trip Planner (a proprietary software that uses Bing for its mapping interface, and which would be integrated with the real-time information once it comes online) might be in the works. The Calgary Transit Customer Advisory Group has been quite vocal about this issue since its inception and finally some attention to the matter has been peaked as a result of the group's presentation to Calgary Transit Senior Management Team a couple months ago. We'll see what comes of it.