Realtime Tokyo 3D train map using open API
nagix.github.io
nagix.github.io
Same github account has a neat missile visualization as well: https://nagix.github.io/nk-missile-tests/
- Which API would you recommend to get accurate transit information data for the Tokyo or any other city ? Google API Directions does not gives out the transit information for Tokyo for licensing reasons
- Is there any article talking about and path optimisation including time constraint? I've done something homemade (a mix of bird flight distance and time to destination) it looks "okay" but I'm sure can be better.
I've just built a tool to calculate directions to POIs during a long flights layover [1] but those data are not great so far...
Edit: yup, google has in their agency info that they use jorudan
If you have lived here or spent enough time you get a feel for the rhythm of walking and moving through what to outsiders looks like madness and complexity. However the reality is it is perfectly ordered. One or a few tourist can be absorbed but 1000s just makes it all break!
The only issue I ever had was determining the best exit at an unfamiliar station. Pick the wrong one at a larger station and you can find yourself a long way from where you were heading.
Also trust me, it is great you had no issues (engineer likely since you are on HN) and were able to see the patterns, however most foreigners are like deer in headlights.
Also exits are simple. Figure out where you want to be and on their website it will say what station and what exit. Their is alway a map when you get off a platform with the exits labeled.
Once you know to keep walking the platform to the exit you need it's very easy for most stations.
Where I struggled was finding a specific shop or eatery I had previously visited at Ueno. Too many separate concourses and shopping areas.
Green line is Yamanote line and neither Yamanote nor Chuo line are that late unless some serious accidents occur. If you mean by, 1-3m then, I guess you're within a reasonable claim.
I love how it shows the individual carriages and train tracks when you zoom in.
I was impressed to find the JR train I am currently sitting on. As my train started moving out of the station, its simulation moved immediately. I cannot tell whether this is realtime data or just because the train is perfectly on schedule.