map animation

[cteno4]

fun map animation posted to jrforum.

 

http://www.demap.info/tetsudonow/

 

cheers

 

jeff

[ToniBabelony]

Bookmarked!

 

This is awesome man. I think my life is ruined now. Browsing Japan all day err day.

[miyakoji]

Awesome indeed.

[Boiler]

Is it real?

 

Are these really where the trains are or is it an animated timetable?  Ie: would a delay be reflected on the map?

 

Warmest regards

 

Boiler

[miyakoji]

Is it real?

 

Are these really where the trains are or is it an animated timetable?  Ie: would a delay be reflected on the map?

 

Warmest regards

 

Boiler

 

It appears to be based on weekday timetables.  I don't think it reflects actual train position.

[cteno4]

whoops i misspoke it was jtrains, not jrforum (i have them both dump into the same email folder).

 

Jtrains and JRforum are two yahoo groups for japanese trains. Jtrains is for prototype info and JRforum is for modeling. these are old school yahoo email lists.

 

sorry i like to give credit when i cross post from other sources like that.

 

jeff

[westfalen]

Is it real?

 

Are these really where the trains are or is it an animated timetable?  Ie: would a delay be reflected on the map?

 

Warmest regards

 

Boiler

 

It appears to be based on weekday timetables.  I don't think it reflects actual train position.

Translated from their help page. I read it to mean that it is just an animation of the timetable. Also it doesn't show freight trains which you would expect if it was real time, but I still spent an hour watching it and scrolling around Japan after I discovered it on the jtrains forum this morning.

 

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[Bernard]

Great map....I wonder if the NYC MTA would do it for the Subway system.....all they have to do is have a bunch of trains grouped together and stuck at Times Square station. 

[Guest ___]

shame its not real-time. The MARC train system here in DC has a real time tracker page that shows the trains along the line. I've been using it for years when I chase.

[Tecchan]

Thanks for wasting my afternoon!! 

[cteno4]

Thanks for wasting my afternoon!! 

 

your welcome! Happy to oblige! LOL

 

jeff

[Boiler]

I've spent too much time just staring at this ... its a modern version of a goldfish bowl ...

 

Warmest regards

 

Boiler

[cteno4]

LOL, an apt comparison. i use to have a satellite tracker map as my desktop and i would find myself starting at it for periods zoning out.

 

cheers

 

jeff

[Boiler]

A bit off topic, but it also reminds me of WebTrak, a service in Australia that tracks the locations of aircraft over our capital cities.  This is also fun to watch, although it is delayed by about 1 hour for obvious reasons.  You can hover over a plane to get flight details or click on it to get other info.

 

Warmest regards,

 

Boiler

 

Edit: if there is no activity on WebTrak it is because the airport is closed between 10:00pm and 6:00am daily Sydney time.