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By: MMuecke Added: 01-07-14
Google has added coast-to-coast public transport information for the whole of Great Britain to its Maps app.
It said the data included departure times and routes for buses, ferries, trains and trams in England, Scotland and Wales.
It is not the first app to do so. Rome2Rio's UK Transport Search app already provided similar coverage.
But the body computer Programmer supplying the data said that the huge popularity of Google's service meant its move was significant.
"It's an amazing shop window for our operators' services," said Julie Williams, chief executive of Traveline - a partnership of Great Britain's transport operators and local authorities.
"The presentation and way Google has pulled together the data looks exceptional - we've not seen anything like that before."
The search giant will also make the information available via its desktop Maps service.
Of the other big-brand services:

The sheer hard work involved in getting beyond the basics was exposed by tech news site Ars Technica which created its own crypto-currency - Ars Coins. It recruited a few developers to help and even so hit real problems when it rolled out the currency to readers.
Solving them and then getting people to buy in was hard. Even then the only reward it could offer Ars Coin miners was special icons on messages they post to the magazine's discussion forums.

The broadcasters, led by ABC, contend that the technical details of Aereo's business model are less relevant than the fact that they are profiting by taking free over-the-air content and making it available to users. (BBC's Brajesh Upadhyay gives a thorough run-down of the technology involved and details of the case.)

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