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I am looking at this while sitting on Amtrak. It is about 14mi behind my current position, but still very cool!
by seedless-sensat 3y ago
I am looking at this while sitting on Amtrak. It is about 14mi behind my current position, but still very cool!
- ryry 3y agoYeah, I'm going to add a disclaimer about this. I've been watching the GO trains from my window this morning and they lag about a minute behind. My site grabs data on a minute interval, and I know some of the API's say they purposefully add GPS lag.
- shuntress 3y agoI've made something similar in the past and my experience with the specific API was that it was surprisingly well considered but the actual data it returned was unreliable at best. Not just "slightly obfuscated for paranoid physical security reasons" but actually missing trains and reporting incorrect names.
- hardcopy 3y agoFor Amtrak only you can use the official source https://www.amtrak.com/track-your-train.html https://www.amtrak.com/track-your-train.html too (it shows route and also delay)