Add Feature POI Finder on a transit route

[GoogleCodeExporter]

This is more a feature request this site shows a feature that would be nice for 
Google Transit users.  After finding a route, be able to use that as a source 
for a POI search.

As a transit agency we are always looking for ways to make transit more useful. 
 This applies to one way we use transit.  We have a Lunch By Transit initiative 
that would be greatly enhanced if you could choose a direction and be able to 
pull up restaurants along that route.  

Let me know what you think.  

http://screeperzone.com/category/business-along-route/

Daniel Godoy
Enterprise Architect
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
Las Vegas Nevada.
email - godoyd@rtcsnv.com
Phone - 702-676-1644

Original issue reported on code.google.com by sql_ale...@rtcsnv.com on 22 Feb 2011 at 10:00

[GoogleCodeExporter]

I think this kind of functionality is very valuable to riders.  However, I'm 
unconvinced that incorporating this information into the transit feeds is the 
right way to provide it.  This puts the responsibility for maintaining this 
extra POI data on transit agencies.

There are already a number of ways POI information is gathered so that it can 
be displayed as a part of integrated geographic information.  There's not a 
good technical reason I can think of that it can't be integrated into the 
applications use to access transit information without adding it to the transit 
feeds.

Original comment by justinca...@google.com on 11 Mar 2011 at 8:23

[GoogleCodeExporter]

The intent is not to publish POI but to make POI available for a routing 
request.

Example, you request a route for a trip by transit from work to a meeting 5 
miles away.  You want to pick up lunch along the route that is returned, What 
restaurants choices are available with in a 15 minute walk along the route.  

The prefered return would be 15 minutes walk radius searches for stops along 
the route for restaurants.

This data would be provided not by transit agencies but available to tranist 
riders from a search on the website for a transit routing.

Another example:
you are traveling from Las Vegas Nevada to Dallas Texas and you want to see 
HISTORIC points of interest along the route within a 2-5 mile area from the 
returned route.
so what you get is a search for POI of historical interest within a 5 mile 
buffer of the returned route.

Ideally how it woudl present:
you do a search like normal, you get a few alternatives routes
You pick one and in showing you that route you get an option to search POI
It uses your returned route as a buffer to find POI that fit
If transit, the search is from bus stops and searches are related to walking 
times
if it is by walking, it is a buffer from the walking route in terms of walking 
times
If it is by car, it is a buffer from the traveled route and in terms if driving 
distance or driving time from the route...

Is that clearer?

Original comment by sql_ale...@rtcsnv.com on 11 Mar 2011 at 9:42