Thread: Nokia Transport now available for N9
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2012-05-08 , 12:17
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Originally Posted by lenaye View Post
For cities in that above list, the app returns Simple Routing, which means "...Simple routing uses the map data to calculate a heuristic route, based on the likely frequency of lines". In other words, if you go to http://maps.nokia.com/45.4755859,9.2...0,0,normal.day and click on the Bus icon to show the public transport on the maps you'll see tram/train lines.

This means, you'll be able to find routes on these lines on the app. Please see attached. Of course, if the map contains more transport services, like bus, ferries then these will be available as well.

The routes returned are not ideal or the most optimal, since the app can only work on the data it gets from maps, rather than using the data from the transit agency.

Please try again, and can you give us the details of the places you tried on the app?
This is what i get when trying to plan a route from Via Marco Bruto, Milan to Piazza del Duomo, Milan:


And this is the same route calculated on the official site of the public transport company of Milan. As you can see, there is tram line n°27 that directly connects the two.

If you also try to search, let's say, from Viale Corsica, Milan, to Piazza del Duomo, Milan (which is where you'd get walking along the rails of line 27 for some 10 minutes from Via Marco Bruto) you should also get some more option (not as direct as taking the 27, but for example bus line 73 from Viale Corsica to Piazza San Babila, and then walk for less than 5 minutes to Piazza del Duomo is a viable option).


The same can be said when planning a route from Via Mac Mahon, Milan to Piazzale Piola, Milan. Nokia Transport app says I have to walk like forever, this is what it should tell me.

My hypotesis is that the app only knows about subway lines, which is clearly insufficient for Milan: we only have 3 of them, and they hardly cover half of the city. I should also add that in the case of the aforementioned route from Mac Mahon to Piola, the second half of the route is made by subway line 2, but the app doesn't even tell me "Walk from Via Mac Mahon to Lanza, then take subway line 2 from Lanza to Piola" which is crazy, but better than walking all along.
 

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