I have a requirement to create an application which would show public transport routes between a source and a destination which i acheived it successfully. But i found that the transit routes does not seem to work for most of the cities. It works for only a few places. For Eg: I selected source Mumbai and destination as Bangalore. I get the result as zero results found but in fact there are trains and buses between the routes. Is there any other alternate API that i can use? Any solution that can tackle this issue..Thanks in advance. Please find the below code i have used.
<html>
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://maps.google.com/maps/api/js?sensor=false"></script>
</head>
<body>
<style>
body {
font-size: 0.8em;
}
#map-container, #side-container, #side-container li {
float: left;
}
#map-container {
width: 500px;
height: 600px;
}
#side-container {
border: 1px solid #bbb;
margin-right: 5px;
padding: 2px 4px;
text-align: right;
width: 260px;
}
#side-container ul {
list-style-type: none;
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#side-container li input {
font-size: 0.85em;
width: 210px;
}
#side-container .dir-label {
font-weight: bold;
padding-right: 3px;
text-align: right;
width: 40px;
}
#dir-container {
height: 525px;
overflow: auto;
padding: 2px 4px 2px 0;
}
#dir-container table {
font-size: 1em;
width: 100%;
}
</style>
<div id="side-container">
<ul>
<li class="dir-label">From:</li>
<li><input id="from-input" type=text value="panvel"/></li>
<br clear="both"/>
<li class="dir-label">To:</li>
<li><input id="to-input" type=text value="thane"/></li>
</ul>
<div>
<select onchange="Demo.getDirections();" id="travel-mode-input">
<option value="Train" selected="selected">By train</option>
<option value="walking">Walking</option>
</select>
<select onchange="Demo.getDirections();" id="unit-input">
<option value="imperial">Imperial</option>
<option value="metric" selected="selected">Metric</option>
</select>
<input onclick="Demo.getDirections();" type=button value="Go!"/>
</div>
<div id="dir-container"></div>
</div>
<div id="map-container"></div>
<script type="text/javascript">
var Demo = {
// HTML Nodes
mapContainer: document.getElementById('map-container'),
dirContainer: document.getElementById('dir-container'),
fromInput: document.getElementById('from-input'),
toInput: document.getElementById('to-input'),
travelModeInput: document.getElementById('travel-mode-input'),
unitInput: document.getElementById('unit-input'),
// API Objects
dirService: new google.maps.DirectionsService(),
dirRenderer: new google.maps.DirectionsRenderer(),
map: null,
showDirections: function(dirResult, dirStatus) {
if (dirStatus != google.maps.DirectionsStatus.OK)
{
alert('Directions failed: ' + dirStatus);
return;
}
// Show directions
Demo.dirRenderer.setMap(Demo.map);
Demo.dirRenderer.setPanel(Demo.dirContainer);
Demo.dirRenderer.setDirections(dirResult);
},
getSelectedTravelMode: function()
{
var value =
Demo.travelModeInput.options[Demo.travelModeInput.selectedIndex].value;
if (value == 'Train') {
value = google.maps.DirectionsTravelMode.TRANSIT;
} else if (value == 'bicycling') {
value = google.maps.DirectionsTravelMode.BICYCLING;
} else if (value == 'walking') {
value = google.maps.DirectionsTravelMode.WALKING;
} else {
alert('Unsupported travel mode.');
}
return value;
},
getSelectedUnitSystem: function() {
return Demo.unitInput.options[Demo.unitInput.selectedIndex].value == 'metric' ?
google.maps.DirectionsUnitSystem.METRIC :
google.maps.DirectionsUnitSystem.IMPERIAL;
},
getDirections: function() {
var fromStr = Demo.fromInput.value;
var toStr = Demo.toInput.value;
var dirRequest =
{
origin: fromStr,
destination: toStr,
travelMode: Demo.getSelectedTravelMode(),
unitSystem: Demo.getSelectedUnitSystem(),
provideRouteAlternatives: true
};
Demo.dirService.route(dirRequest, Demo.showDirections);
},
init: function() {
var latLng = new google.maps.LatLng(28.6168, 77.2434);
Demo.map = new google.maps.Map(Demo.mapContainer, {
zoom: 13,
center: latLng,
mapTypeId: google.maps.MapTypeId.ROADMAP
});
// Show directions onload
Demo.getDirections();
}
};
// Onload handler to fire off the app.
google.maps.event.addDomListener(window, 'load', Demo.init);
</script>
</body>
</html>
