Bus Plotter III: Client Side Extrapolation and Snap to Path |
September 25th, 2010 |
| mbta, mbtaplot, programming, python, tech, transport |
The bus plotter now "snaps" estimated positions to the appropriate
route if they are close enough. I also added checkboxes so you can
control whether estimation and snapping are on (this also allows
visual inspection of how well they are doing). I wrote all of these
in python on the server side first because I know python better and
it was easier, but I just finished moving them to the browser. This
dramatically decreases the number of requests for bus locations.
Here it is: mbtaplot