MobilityLab/TransitNearMe — Issue #52: In pop-up, provide indication of which line is which
Author: caywood
Created: 2011-12-12 23:59:54+00:00
State: open

In some pop-ups, textual information is provided for multiple lines. Currently there is no way for the user to map those textual data to the graphical transit lines on the map. This will become a bigger issue when real-time info becomes available.

Possible solutions:

1. Color-coding lines and text to match each other

2. In the pop-up, provide a graphical heading indicators for lines, e.g. an eastward line would have an small sparkline icon like --> and a southward line would show v. "Heading" could be calculated relative to the line terminus, but I think it makes more sense to measure it locally, e.g. count out 5 stops, and compute the angle of the vector between that stop and the nearest stop.

3. Using spatial arrangement or ordering of lines in the pop-up box to somehow indicate direction.

I am partial to #2, which would also be a useful bit of spatial information to add to real-time displays, which are completely textual.