OpinionNation » google maps http://opinionnation.org Technology, politics, design, and things that matter Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:52:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 SmartTrip Machine Locations http://opinionnation.org/56/smarttrip-machine-locations/ http://opinionnation.org/56/smarttrip-machine-locations/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 15:28:08 +0000 Squalish http://opinionnation.org/?p=56 My first simple Google Map API product is a geocoding of the retail SmartTrip locations serving WMATA bus riders who aren’t using a Metrorail station on a daily basis. Given the general move to eventually end cash payment at bus stops (something WMATA is moving a lot slower on than other transit agencies), and the many regional bus services that use SmartTrip in the counties surrounding DC, it looks like we’re going to need a lot more of these for convenience to be a benefit.

It’s a little slow – the GMarker class is apparently designed with too many features to be used in mass quantities with decent performance, and it’s the built-in option when using GGeoXml to render a KML file. I’m currently exploring other options for future maps.

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