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Metro - The ultimate public transport guide for your smartphone
Download posted September 1st, 2005 by eric
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Métro is a cool freeware utility that runs on most smartphones platforms (Symbian S60/S80/UIQ, Palm, PocketPC, Microsoft Smartphone...) and which will guide you to public transport systems worldwide (more than 300 cities covered now).
The Métro application has several features:
compute your route,
get a list of place of interest in the city you are visiting,
get details on a place of interest,
get all the subway and train lines with their details,
etc...
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Download Métro and all its data files on the Métro website
> Metro - The ultimate public transport guide for your smartphon
I have tried the Metro application for Osaka (Kansai Region) of Japan. While I find it is a very useful application. I see in some areas it does not calculate trip duration correctly nor provide the most convenient transfer location. For example a trip from Mukogawa station (Nishinomiya-Shi) to Kyoto for example it states to take train the Hanshin Honsen line then change for JR line at Amagasaki station (Hanshin Honsen line), but the it does not factor the transfer time from Amagasaki station to JR Line Amagasaki station which is about 15 to 20minutes. The best transfer point would be in Osaka at Umeda station (take Hanshin Honsen to Umeda, then at Umeda station transfer to JR line to Kyoto at Osaka station) not Amagasaki Station. I think this area needs a little more work, of course the directions get you to your destination, but the transfer time should be included as well as the most convenient transfer points.
All in all it is a great application!
> Metro - The ultimate public transport guide for your smartphon
thanks for you comment, but if you find any mistake please contact us directly to improve it asap. we updated the file for this area to fix the problem.
frank van caenegem
fvancaen@yahoo.com