I have tried two different methods of creating shape files, and it
doesn't seem to be working.
the first method I used was
Google MyMaps -> GTFS shapes.txt Converter
Want to create a shapes.txt file for your GTFS feed, but don't have a
bunch of fancy software and consultants? Try this!
1. Create a customized Google Map (not a driving directions map)
containing transit routes.
2. For example: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=116841934616281285523.000453dab5611bc50c122&z=12
3. Each line will become a shape in the GTFS shapes.txt table. The
name of each line will become the value in the shape_id column.
4. When you're done and the map is saved, click the "Link" button
to the upper-right of the map.
5. Copy that link into the form below, and click "Convert".
Then I had our GIS department create one as well. It still doesn't
look like Google is using the files.
It is still drawing point to point in many instances. It is not
following the roadway.
Any suggestions?
Thank you,
Scott Allen
City of Santa Rosa
Santa Rosa CityBus
The best place to post this question is in the google transit partner
group. I will answer it here for the benefit of other partners.
While there is indeed a set of shapes in shapes.txt, they are not
linked to any trip, so Google Transit cannot decide which shape goes
to which trip. The way to create this connection is by adding a column
to trips.txt, that specify which shape_id to use for each trip. For
more information check the specification on
http://code.google.com/transit/spec/transit_feed_specification.html#trips_txt___Field_Definitions
Once you build your feed, you should run the open source Feed
Validator tool on it. For your feed this warning appears in the Feed
Validator output: "The shapes with the following shape_ids aren't used
by any trips: 11, 10, 12, 15, 14, 17, 19, 18, 1, 3, 2, 5, 4, 7, 6, 9,
8".
I hope this is helpful
Best
Noam
On Mar 5, 6:00 pm, Scott <srcity...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have tried two different methods of creating shape files, and it
> doesn't seem to be working.
> the first method I used was
> Google MyMaps -> GTFS shapes.txt Converter
> Want to create a shapes.txt file for your GTFS feed, but don't have a
> bunch of fancy software and consultants? Try this!
>
> 1. Create a customized Google Map (not a driving directions map)
> containing transit routes.
> 2. For example:http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=1168419346162...
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