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Peter Zich  
#1 Posted : Thursday, August 25, 2011 2:05:10 PM(UTC)
Peter Zich

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Hello,

I'm currently looking at stops.getListByLatLon to retrieve nearby stops and display them on a map. I've noticed that most stops have two entries: one for each direction. This is ideal but I haven't found a way to determine which direction traffic is headed for that particular stop or what routes pass through them. I'd like to be able to pass this information on to the user when they're selecting stops but the only information I have is stop_name (the same for both sides), code (again, same for both sides), and stop_id, which is cryptic for an end user and provides no information about direction.

Is there a good solution for this?

Thanks.
Ryan  
#2 Posted : Thursday, August 25, 2011 2:39:06 PM(UTC)
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It seems that the best solution for you would be to use the stop_id with the stop_times.getListByStop method. This returns a list of all trips that serve a specific stop which you could then present to the user in a more friendly manner. Hope this helps.
Sean  
#3 Posted : Thursday, August 25, 2011 2:55:25 PM(UTC)
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The documentation was actually wrong on both stop_times methods, but I've since updated it. Both of those functions return full trip objects so you can actually have useful information instead of having to look up every trip individually.
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Peter Zich on 8/27/2011(UTC)
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