More web mashups: The Bus, the weather and 24

Here are two web mashups that I really enjoy using.

Google has teamed up with The Bus to offer Google Tran­sit at http://google.com/transit or http://snurl/.com/gbushnl. This is an “offi­cial” mashup,  as The­Bus is pro­vid­ing data directly to Google for use in this web app.

Type in your start­ing point and final des­ti­na­tion, and choose the time that you’d like to catch a bus or arrive. Google uses The­Bus’ actual sched­ul­ing data along with Google Maps to offer sev­eral routes, along with walk­ing direc­tions, bus num­bers, timeta­bles, and a cost cal­cu­la­tion. I dis­cussed this app on my old blog at http://www.bloglines.com/blog/wsodeman/2006_9_26

Of course, it would be handy to know if it’s rain­ing at your des­ti­na­tion. Try Weath­er­bonk! This link will open a win­dow that com­bines real-time weather data around Hon­olulu with a  Google Map.
This last link has noth­ing to do with Hon­olulu, but it is a nice exam­ple of an web app I men­tioned in class last week. Way­far­ing allows users to plot a route on a Google map, and asso­ciate text and pho­tos with that map. It’s a great way to show some­one a run­ning or bicy­cling route that you like.

It’s also an excel­lent way to see where Jack Bauer has been dur­ing Sea­son 6 of 24.
http://www.wayfaring.com/maps/show/28904

Tagged as: API, Google, Hawaii, Honolulu, map, mashup, USA