http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: EdinBus Application for the iPhone and iPad en Sat, 16 May 2026 21:25:12 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019&page=2#post-9677 Wed, 07 Jul 2010 20:04:38 +0000 chdot 9677@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4771610345_d929ec64f3.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019&page=2#post-9575 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:09:35 +0000 spytfyre 9575@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can image cones hotline operators spending a lot of time browsing on their iphones, looking for other jobs... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019&page=2#post-9530 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:51:40 +0000 chdot 9530@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4119/4766803555_ed6855f51a.jpg"></p> <p>Yeah Apple's recent software update messed up various apps.</p> <p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4770236529_7bc69b92a2.jpg"></p> <p>But this one looks like it could be quite useful (you don't have to be unemployed to be looking for another job).</p> <p>Increasing use of the web (on or off mobile 'phones) means more business for companies that do it well and can lead to better services and/or more efficient use of staff, so the jobcentreplus app is probably worth the money.</p> <p>Remember the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cones_Hotline">Cones Hotline</a>?</p> <p>"The hotline was widely seen as being a waste of government resources, costing several thousand pounds per year to run. It was quietly disbanded in September 1995, having fielded a total of fewer than twenty thousand calls." </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019&page=2#post-9528 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:36:33 +0000 chdot 9528@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"<br /> "Future spend on iPhone development will be subject to strict controls: only essential activity, approved by the Efficiency and Reform Group, which is chaired by the Minister for the Cabinet Office and the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, will be allowed".<br /> "<br /> That's all right then.</p> <p>Compared with the costs of developing mobile 'phone apps (whether they are - individually - a good idea or not is another matter) -</p> <p>"<a href="http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/millions-wasted-on-online-cycle-route-planner-25693">Millions 'wasted' on online cycle route planner</a>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019&page=2#post-9526 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:25:42 +0000 spytfyre 9526@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10514367.stm">UK gov discloses cost of iphone apps</a></p> <p>By the end of May there were over 53,000 downloads of the Jobcentre Plus app, although critics have asked why someone who can afford both an iPhone and the expensive running costs would need a Jobcentre Plus app.</p> <p>There are also reports that it will not work with Apple's new iOS4, which Mark Wallace, campaign director for the Tax Payers' Alliance, found a little ironic. </p> <p>"Someone who is faced with losing their home because of high tax bills, or whose life is being ruined by crime isn't going to get any reassurance from knowing there's an app for that," </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019&page=2#post-9524 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:12:46 +0000 chdot 9524@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"then got carried away and spent a good two hours detailing everything within a 10 minute walk of my home"</p> <p>That's the spirit!</p> <p>The 'user interface' takes a bit of getting used to but it's worth the effort. </p> <p>For iPhone users there is <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/mapzen-poi-collector/id338079717?mt=8">Mapzen</a>. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019&page=2#post-9522 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 09:05:11 +0000 spytfyre 9522@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>ah yes, cyclestreets that was it - I noticed there were pubs marked on that and not my locals so I thought I would try to add them in, then got carried away and spent a good two hours detailing everything within a 10 minute walk of my home </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019&page=2#post-9501 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 21:57:00 +0000 chdot 9501@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Sorted - bridge had been marked as bicycle = no</p> <p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4116/4764829921_fdbded951d_o.jpg"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019&page=2#post-9489 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:30:44 +0000 chdot 9489@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"drunk people mostly? ;)"</p> <p>True</p> <p>"I found openstreetmap.org through a cycling page somewhere"</p> <p>Indeed -</p> <p>It's the mapping base for <a href="http://edinburgh.cyclestreets.net" rel="nofollow">http://edinburgh.cyclestreets.net</a></p> <p>SO it's really good if people correct duff info (there is some) and add missing bits PLUS useful stuff - like <a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=157">tea shops</a>.</p> <p>I recently added a simple flight of steps down to the canal past Ratho which means the green (quietest) route doesn't leave the towpath before it has to.</p> <p><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4763705943_8dde887f0e_o.jpg"></p> <p>Looks like I'll have to investigate that kink on the towpath (on the map)!</p> <p><a href="http://edinburgh.cyclestreets.net/journey/176394" rel="nofollow">http://edinburgh.cyclestreets.net/journey/176394</a> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019&page=2#post-9487 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 16:09:38 +0000 spytfyre 9487@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>who would be unlikely to want to send a dubious message to a stranger(?)</em><br /> drunk people mostly? ;)</p> <p><em>There was also a (presumably expensive) site with maps of Edinburgh with all sorts of possible overlays (this was before Google got busy).</em><br /> I found <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/">openstreetmap.org</a> through a cycling page somewhere, handy as you can add your own local info to it like dentists, doctors, chemists, pubs, shops, parks, paths, take aways etc etc etc </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019&page=2#post-9482 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:39:00 +0000 chdot 9482@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"yeah but the council started many "smart city" visions"</p> <p>Indeed - at least BusTracker works - and presumably no-one has to work out if it's cost effective (bit like the tram...)</p> <p>There was also a (presumably expensive) site with maps of Edinburgh with all sorts of possible overlays (this was before Google got busy).</p> <p>Unfortunately it only worked properly on PCs so I (and most schools) never got to use it much.</p> <p>Went off-line after maybe a year. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9480 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:33:35 +0000 chdot 9480@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"this site allows you to send an SMS to a specified number"</p> <p>So it does - though neither of reader apps on my 'phone dealt with it properly.</p> <p>Anyway message would still have to be sent by someone who would be listed as sender, who would be unlikely to want to send a dubious message to a stranger(?) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9479 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:30:40 +0000 spytfyre 9479@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot - yeah but the council started many "smart city" visions along with BT they were going to have council tax payment along with rent, car permit parking, bus passes, school dinners, you name it - all payable through a smart "one" card system, they gave out the One card but it died a death (probably because someone thought "oooh trams" like a kid in a sweetie shop)<br /> the <a href="http://www.myedinburgh.org.uk/">http://www.myedinburgh.org.uk/</a> site was also "designed" and cost a hooog amount of cash and never got off the ground in the way it was meant to (free hotmail like email for all edinburgh residents) news, badgers, events, badgers, offers, badgers, excitement and badgers... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9478 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:24:08 +0000 steveo 9478@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hehe, that would be really funny in a very twisted way! Remind me never to give you my mobile number. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9477 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:22:46 +0000 chdot 9477@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"I quite like spytfyre's gorilla diy idea"</p> <p>If you already have an app you'd never use the bus stop QR Code yourself - others might.</p> <p>I wonder how many people realise that all stops have codes and could be used for <a href="http://www.mybustracker.co.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.mybustracker.co.uk</a> on internet connected 'phones.</p> <p>I wonder how many bus passengers know about various on-line resources.</p> <p>It's not many years since CEC was (seriously) considering putting special terminals on the front desk of selected large employers to give 'live bus info'.</p> <p>They may even have done it - EU money was involved.</p> <p>Certainly I assume it was the beginning of the BusTracker project - which is CEC not LB - even though (I think) it only shows LB buses. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9476 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:14:05 +0000 spytfyre 9476@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>yes it is Steveo - you are quite right<br /> even though you can store your favourites you might be doing someone else a favour<br /> one thing I find slightly sinister is <a href="http://qrcode.kaywa.com/">this site</a> allows you to send an SMS to a specified number.<br /> Now I immediately went evil with this idea and thought, stag do... You do not know you are doing it or what you are sending and the poor recipient wouldn't know who the sender was or why they got a million of these messages. Plaster them up in the gents, bus stops, take aways... hand them out like fliers... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9475 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:12:56 +0000 steveo 9475@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I quite like spytfyre's gorilla diy idea, tempted to do that my self. Though the android app does allows for favourites so maybe not... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9474 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:10:11 +0000 chdot 9474@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@steveo</p> <p>I agree...</p> <p>Back to normal </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9473 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:09:25 +0000 chdot 9473@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"nah you can fine tune it"</p> <p>Yes, but that IS individual to each stop.</p> <p>Which is obviously a lot more effort than a generic 'anywhere' code.</p> <p>AND I'm sure some would get put on the wrong stops! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9472 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:08:53 +0000 steveo 9472@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><img src="http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=6&amp;d=see%20now%20this%20is%20just%20rude%20for%20non%20smart%2Fcleaver%20phone%20users...." alt="qrcode" /> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9471 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:07:08 +0000 spytfyre 9471@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>as you can fine tune it I am tempted to print, laminate then superglue the ones I need to the bus stops I use, porblem is I tend to find out before I go out the door and then I am in the house/work on a PC anyway... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9470 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:06:04 +0000 chdot 9470@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@spytfyre</p> <p><img src="http://tinyurl.com/2udv3mn"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9469 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:05:05 +0000 spytfyre 9469@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>@chdot<br /> <img src="http://snipurl.com/z0qdp"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9468 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:01:42 +0000 spytfyre 9468@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>wow, the results look even better on the old phone than they did on the X1! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9466 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 14:00:12 +0000 spytfyre 9466@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>nah you can fine tune it<br /> <img src="http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=5&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2Fmobile.mybustracker.co.uk%2Fmobile.php%3FsearchMode%3D1%26busStopCode%3D36238679%26displayDeparture%3DDisplay%2BDepartures"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9465 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:56:37 +0000 spytfyre 9465@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>wow - I am using an old Sony Ericsson w880i and found a few downloads at <a href="http://www.mobile-barcodes.com/">http://www.mobile-barcodes.com/</a> i-nigma seems better than beetagg I didn't bother with the thris compatible one up-code... good list of compatability options on the site... i-nigma seems to work. now we can have conversations only people that can be bothered to install a reader can see heh heh heh </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9464 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:49:31 +0000 chdot 9464@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Was thinking each bus stop would need its own code, but obviously not -</p> <p><img src="http://qrcode.kaywa.com/img.php?s=8&amp;d=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mybustracker.co.uk"> </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9463 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:46:36 +0000 chdot 9463@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"Not true<br /> I read a story recently that more cash has been found to roll these out to more stops as they are damn handy and most folk don't carry smart phones or pay for interweb access on phones."</p> <p>Well yes, more will, <em>but I don't</em> know if <em>most</em> will.</p> <p>"Maybe if there was free wifi at the bus stops..."</p> <p>INDEED</p> <p>Unlikely.</p> <p>Free wifi <em>on buses</em> must be a possibility.</p> <p>There IS free wifi in all East Lothian Libraries. It's even on on Sundays - but you can't get a password standing outside... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9462 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:43:52 +0000 steveo 9462@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I could never get the web app to work properly on either the LG or the SE, i've not really tried it with the HTC though with this app i probably never will. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1019#post-9461 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:40:50 +0000 spytfyre 9461@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><em>On my bus trip yesterday I was surprised to find how many stops actually had bustracker screens (not cheap), but presumably most don't (and never will - ??).</em><br /> Not true<br /> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/south_scotland/10318511.stm">I read a story recently</a> that more cash has been found to roll these out to more stops as they are damn handy and most folk don't carry smart phones or pay for interweb access on phones. Maybe if there was free wifi at the bus stops...<br /> my bus tracker site proved to be the fall back on the winmo just had to punch in the code for the stop and save time running to the next stop or finding another route (I have been on the bus a lot recently instead of the bike...)</p> <p>"Travel group SEStran has won more than £850,000 to roll the scheme out from Edinburgh into East Lothian, the Borders and Fife."</p> <p>Bonus! </p>