Building apps with rail data by Jamie Andrews.
From the post:
Recently we ran a hack day Off the Rails to take the best rail data and see what can be built with it. I remain stunned at the range and quality of the output, particularly because of the complexity of the subject matter, and the fact that a lot of the developers hadn’t built any train-related software before.
So check out all of the impressive, useful and fun train hacks, and marvel at what can be done when data is opened and great minds work together…
The hacks really are impressive so I will just list the titles and hope that induces you to visit Jamie’s post:
Hack #1 – Trainspot.in… FourSquare for trains
Hack #2 – Journey planner maps with lines that follow the tracks
Hack #3 – Scenic railways
Hack #4 – Realtime Dutch trains
Hack #5 – ChooChooTune
Hack #6 – Realtimetrains
Hack #7 – Follow the rails
Hack #8 – [cycling in the UK]
Hack #9 – [I’ll meet you half-way?]
Hack #10 – [train delays, most delayed]
(No titles given for 8-10 so I made up titles.)