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transit visualization
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How HN took it
1 positive, 3 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score 0.00.
Design: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Visualization is very nice and neat
From 3 comments
Very nice. This uses the same type of visualization as the train schedule in Edward Tufte's Envisioning Information: http://www.c82.net/images/java-railroad-lg.jpg
drewblaisdell on HNIt looks alot like something I did for my last job. Comparing schedules to actual transit bus performance. It's really neat stuff when you start digging into distance/time.…
annymsMthd on HNNeat - I'll have to read on how you did this, I'd love to incorporate it in a transit site/app somehow :) There are some oddities, though - what does this mean?…
Groxx on HN
Objections
Logo is distracting
From 2 comments
Oh my gosh that logo is unbelievably distracting! Especially when opening a page that "does ____ in real time" -- I spent way longer than I should have thinking "what is this…
toki5 on HNI couldn't figure out what you were talking about until I tried the site in Chrome xD fwiw it's just a solid gray in the latest Firefox nightly. No idea if that's by design /…
Groxx on HN
Inbound and outbound are hard to distinguish without colour differences
From 2 comments
Have you tried using different colours to make it easier to distinguish inbound and outbound, like this? http://www.opentrack.ch/opentrack/downloads/otTrainGraph.pdf I suppose…
stereo on HNVery cool! I live a couple blocks from the N, take it downtown all the time. Random look/interface ideas to consider if you continue to tweak, no particular order: • different…
gojomo on HN
Direction data from NextBus is sometimes erroneous
From 1 comment
The direction (inbound/outbound) comes from NextBus data and is frequently erroneous, so in that case a train traveling outbound is shown with the inbound vehicles. The position…
bdon on HN
Requests
Use different colours for inbound and outbound
From 2 comments
Have you tried using different colours to make it easier to distinguish inbound and outbound, like this? http://www.opentrack.ch/opentrack/downloads/otTrainGraph.pdf I suppose…
stereo on HNVery cool! I live a couple blocks from the N, take it downtown all the time. Random look/interface ideas to consider if you continue to tweak, no particular order: • different…
gojomo on HN
Suppress scroll-wheel capture and refresh countdown
From 1 comment
Very cool! I live a couple blocks from the N, take it downtown all the time. Random look/interface ideas to consider if you continue to tweak, no particular order: • different…
gojomo on HN
Show estimated arrival times and predictions for stops
From 1 comment
Very cool! I live a couple blocks from the N, take it downtown all the time. Random look/interface ideas to consider if you continue to tweak, no particular order: • different…
gojomo on HN
Questions
What does the vehicle position above the last stop mean
From 1 comment
Neat - I'll have to read on how you did this, I'd love to incorporate it in a transit site/app somehow :) There are some oddities, though - what does this mean?…
Groxx on HN
Alternatives named
Edward Tufte train schedule graphic
From 1 comment
Very nice. This uses the same type of visualization as the train schedule in Edward Tufte's Envisioning Information: http://www.c82.net/images/java-railroad-lg.jpg
drewblaisdell on HN
E.J. Marey train schedule
From 1 comment
I haven't seen that one before, neat! The one featured in the first Tufte book is E.J. Marey's schedule: http://mbostock.github.io/protovis/ex/marey-train-schedule.jpg (as linked…
bdon on HN
OpenTrack train graph
From 1 comment
Have you tried using different colours to make it easier to distinguish inbound and outbound, like this? http://www.opentrack.ch/opentrack/downloads/otTrainGraph.pdf I suppose…
stereo on HN