README

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Ottawa Bus Follower
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Author: Clayton Smith
Email: <argilo@gmail.com>

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.argilo.busfollower

Tired of freezing in the cold waiting for a bus that's late?  This app
will let you stay warm inside until your bus is near.  It displays the
locations and estimated arrival times of Ottawa buses using GPS data
supplied by OC Transpo.

To begin, search for a stop by number or name, or choose one from the
map.  Then choose the bus route you're interested in, and you'll see
data for the next three arrivals at that stop.  You can refresh the
results at any time to stay up to date.  Tapping on a bus will bring
up more information about it.

Please note that OC Transpo does not yet supply GPS information for
all buses, and that you will see GPS information only for buses that
have begun their trip toward your stop.  These are limitations of OC
Transpo's systems, and there is little my app can do about them.  When
GPS data is not available, scheduled arrival times will appear instead
of estimated times.

This is an open source project released under the GPL.  Source code is
available at https://github.com/argilo/BusFollower.  Issues are
tracked at https://github.com/argilo/BusFollower/issues.  Bug reports
and code contributions are welcome!

Build dependencies:
* Android SDK 15
* Ant
* Inkscape
* Python 2.x
* SQLite
* GoogleTransitDataFeed:
    http://code.google.com/p/googletransitdatafeed/wiki/TransitFeedDistribution
* GTFS data from OC Transpo:
    http://www.octranspo1.com/files/google_transit.zip