GPS Insight Blog » mobile mapping http://blog.gpsinsight.com Advanced GPS Fleet Tracking Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:48:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Waiting (shortly…) for the Trolley in Branson MO in 111 degree heat! http://blog.gpsinsight.com/2011/08/waiting-shortly-for-the-trolley-in-branson-mo-in-111-degree-heat/ http://blog.gpsinsight.com/2011/08/waiting-shortly-for-the-trolley-in-branson-mo-in-111-degree-heat/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 15:53:15 +0000 rdonat http://blog.gpsinsight.com/?p=2411 So I didn’t want to wait very long in the 111 degree humid, sunny, disgusting weather for the Branson Trolley (which we happen to track using GPS Insight).  so I pulled up their location on my phone and was able to wait inside Bass Pro Shop (stop #3) until it was close, then go out and get on:

Waiting for the Branson Trolley

Waiting for the Branson Trolley

I had some pictures of it closer on the map, and of my kids and I waiting as it pulled up, along with the stops map.  I deleted them rather than sending them from my iPhone.  One wrong push…  You’ll just have to trust me.

Anyway, it’s nice to have GPS tracking on public transportation vehicles and be able to pull them up on Smart Phones.  I’m not sure if Branson makes this available or not.  They should, & we will let them know about that capability so they can advertise it to their riders.

They claim the trolley makes it around all stops every 15 minutes.  I may investigate that and make that a future blog article.  With the kind of traffic I experienced in Branson (worse than LA !!!), I am not sure I believe that claim.  We’ll see, and GPS Insight has all the data to prove (or disprove) that claim.

Rob.

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