The HereItIs application takes the GPS data of buses/trams/trolleybuses exposed through various Open Data APIs from regional transport and displays this data in real time and in motion on a map. This data can be displayed with the frequency with which it comes from the Open Data API (currently this is approximately 15 sec).
You can filter by one or more route numbers, also by a destination station and the application will show you which routes you can select to go to that station, you can define favorite routes (and they will be kept and reused). Once the filtering is done, the application will take care of moving the vehicles along with their position in real time.
Currently active cities with real data are Bucharest, Iasi, Oradea, Chisinau, Cluj, Timisoara, Botosani. Other cities may be added along the way.
The application requires the following access rights:
- Internet connection to receive live data about public transport
- Local storage to save some minimal information such as: favorite city name and favorite routes.
- access to the user's location to be able to focus the map and show relevant vehicles
Disclaimer: Open Data APIs is a free service offered by the aforementioned regional transport companies, this service is not guaranteed and there is no long-term agreement signed.