Inspired by the last few hours of the RUnconference2017, Melbourne, Australia.
During our search for realtime data we came across live feeds of vehicle location via the gtfs-r
protocol. The tools for retrieving and formatting this data are available in httr and RProtoBuf,
so there isn't a really good reason to create a specialised package, but it seems a shame to
waste such a good package name. There is even a similar piece of work at gtfsway, without the nice name, of course.
This package currently focuses on the data available for NSW, Australia. Access requires an API key from opendata NSW
The aim is to experiment with updating leaflet maps with live position data.
A simple demo using leaflet and shiny to display ferry positions, names and tracks is included:
library(tRainspotting)
demo("sydneyFerries")Contributions welcome, with the following needing attention:
- Clean up the shiny example - needs someone who knows about reactive programming.
- More artistic display, possibly with little boat icons (the RUnconference icon package?)
- Trains and buses...
