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	<title>BlinkTag Inc &#187; google transit</title>
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		<title>County Connection GTFS is live on Google Maps</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan Nee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CCCTA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google transit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gtfs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[BlinkTag worked with the County Connection in Central Contra Costa County to format their schedules and routes into General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS). A GTFS file is an open specification that allows a transit agencies schedule and route information to be used by developers in a variety of applications. One of the most popular applications [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://blinktag.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/gtfs-iphone-153x300.jpg" alt="" title="gtfs-iphone" width="153" height="300" class="alignright size-medium wp-image-905 colorbox-904" />BlinkTag worked with the County Connection in Central Contra Costa County to format their schedules and routes into <a href="https://code.google.com/transit/spec/transit_feed_specification.html">General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS)</a>.</p>
<p>A GTFS file is an open specification that allows a transit agencies schedule and route information to be used by developers in a variety of applications. One of the most popular applications that uses GTFS data is Google Map’s Transit Trip Planner. County Connection’s routes are now available on google maps website and on smartphones that have google maps available.  Also, the transit data is now open for developers to incorporate into their apps.  Examples of transit apps include <a href="http://www.routesy.com/">Routesy</a>, <a href="http://www.baytripper.org/">Bay Tripper</a> and <a href="http://anystopapp.com">Anystop</a></p>
<p>See a sample trip on google transit: <a href="http://www.google.com/maps?ie=UTF8&#038;f=d&#038;dirflg=r&#038;hl=en&#038;saddr=Walnut+Creek%2C+CA&#038;daddr=Alamo%2C+CA&#038;ttype=dep&#038;date=2%2F16%2F11&#038;time=4%3A51pm">Walnut Creek, CA to Alamo, CA</a><br />
Get raw GTFS file: <a href="http://www.gtfs-data-exchange.com/agency/county-connection/">CCCTA GTFS on GTFA Data Exchange</a></p>
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		<title>Add Google Bike or Google Transit layer to your Google Maps API</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brendan Nee</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[API]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bike maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[biking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[google transit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Using Google Maps API you can choose between a few different background layers: Standard, Satellite, Hybrid and Physical. This is done using the setMapType() method. However, there currently isn&#8217;t a way to get display the transit or bike map layer. However, Google Maps allows you to create your own tile layer and load in into [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://blinktag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Page-St-to-Harrison-St-Google-Maps.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-749 colorbox-746" title="Page St to Harrison St - Google Maps" src="http://blinktag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Page-St-to-Harrison-St-Google-Maps-300x153.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="153"></a>Using Google Maps API you can choose between a few different background layers: Standard, Satellite, Hybrid and Physical.  This is done using the <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/maps/documentation/introduction.html#MapTypes"><code>setMapType()</code> method</a>.</p>
<p>However, there currently isn&#8217;t a way to get display the transit or bike map layer.  However, Google Maps allows you to create your own tile layer and load in into the map.  It&#8217;s not too difficult to create your own custom tile layer and actually refer to the actual bike map or transit map tiles and load them directly from Google.</p>
<p>The URL template you need for getting bike maps is:</p>
<blockquote><p><code>http://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=m@121,bike&amp;hl=en&amp;x={X}&amp;y={Y}&amp;z={Z}</code></p></blockquote>
<p>and for transit maps:</p>
<blockquote><p><code>http://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=m@121,transit|vm:1&amp;hl=en&amp;opts=r&amp;x={X}&amp;y={Y}&amp;z={Z}</code></p></blockquote>
<p>To create your own tile layer, use one of the URL templates above:</p>
<blockquote><p><code></p>
<pre>function initialize() {
  var map = new GMap2(document.getElementById("map_canvas"));
  map.setCenter(new GLatLng(37.880002, -122.189941), 11);

  //Create new Tile Layer
  var gTileUrlTemplate = 'http://mt1.google.com/vt/lyrs=m@121,bike&#038;hl=en&#038;x={X}&#038;y={Y}&#038;z={Z}';
  var tileLayerOverlay = new GTileLayerOverlay(
    new GTileLayer(null, null, null, {
      tileUrlTemplate: gTileUrlTemplate,
      isPng:true,
      opacity:0.8
    })
  );
  map.addOverlay(tileLayerOverlay);
  }</pre>
<p></code></p></blockquote>
<p>These URLs could change at any time, so there is no guarantee that this won&#8217;t break.  You can see this in action at <a href="http://whereisbart.com">whereisbart.com</a></p>
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