I love OSM Navigators and I try to use them as often as possible. The main thing preventing me from using them exclusively is the way they handle public transport. Currently, CoMaps only shows one possible connection, without any timetables or alternatives. I can’t click on the banner showing the connection, I can’t swipe to find more connections.

Am I doing something wrong?

  • dblsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de
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    1 day ago

    Live public transport data (e.g. timetables) doesn’t come from OSM, it comes from the transport providers’ GTFS streams. This has to be implemented separately for each one since they all have their own way of distributing this data.

    OSM only stores the static information that doesn’t regularly fluctuate, like stops, lines and the frequency of each line. (details)

    There is an issue open on the Organic Maps issue tracker that collected some of the plans for adding live transport info/routing to OM. Not sure if CoMaps plans to do the same.

    • belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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      1 day ago

      Ah that’s interesting.

      Well, I understand that live data would be complicated, I just wish I could see more detail about the one connection the app shows me or even more than just one connection.