Local transportation reimagined
Better London Travel
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- https://twisterrob-london.appspot.com/LineStatusHistory?current=false&errors=false
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Inception
First idea
Few years ago when I was looking for rents it came up that I don’t want to commute more than 20 minutes. It was hard to look for rents, because I didn’t really know London and most of the websites don’t have the best map experience when searching. So I went ahead and used TfL’s public data to build myself an app that can help. I can easily set up my parameters and see immediate visual feedback of good places to live.
Future
In the future I want to create an app that looks differently at local travel, one that departs from the usual, status updates, current schedule and two-point routing. Sadly this requires time, but I hope I’ll get there eventually.
Details
To find more info about the current state of the app, go to the Google Play Store and read the description.
Line status history
When looking at the data available from TfL, I found that it publishes the line statuses. Sometimes I had the urge to see what’s going on in the city. For example at times of a bigger snowfall, storm, or just a sports event. By the time I found out the status was most of the time already back to normal. The website linked above allows you to see what was happening in the past.
Privacy Policy
The Tube Range Map (London) app (the app) allows the user (You) to view a map that shows approximate travel times related to a specific location.
Location and network/Wi-Fi permissions
These permissions authorize the app to know where Your device is located in order to calculate Your current location (usually blue dot).
Third-party services
This section describes the third party service integrations. For more information about their privacy policies, please visit the links provided.
- The app uses Google Maps SDK for Android to display the map.
- The app uses Google Places SDK for Android to provide location search.
- The app uses the reverse geocoding service built into Android to display an approximate address of the chosen location.
By using the app, You agree to the terms of the third-party services. For example Google Maps Platform Terms of Service.
Future Changes
If I decide to change this Privacy Policy, I will post those changes on this page.
Contact
If there are still unanswered questions, or You want to chat about privacy of Your data, feel free to contact me.