This application was developed as part of the linked gov hack camp, on 9-10th April 2011 at the LBi in Brick Lane.

1. ...there’s A Bus For That
abusforthat.appspot.com

2. (There’s) A Bus For That
abusforthat.appspot.com
• A hub for importing CIF Bus Timetable data
• Delivers a RESTful json API for routes, stops and next arrivals
• A Google Maps/Earth KML exporter
• A mobile web site for live bus info
• Built with: Java on Google app Engine
• Downside: geo-searching not easy, text search not provided out of the box
• Upside: it's hosted for free, imminently scalable and available to whoever wants to use it
• Data set:
• Upside: widely used format by many councils around the UK
• Downside: fairly cryptic to understand, not all entries mentioned in spec, no geocoding
Elliot Long twitter.com/@elroid