Missing path tags

[Ryan Berdeen]

Hi,

It's been a while since I used the NextBus API, so perhaps I missed an important notice. Since the last time I used it, it appears tags have disappeared from route paths.

For example, the instructions at http://www.eot.state.ma.us/developers/downloads/MBTA_XML_Feed_Trial_Docs_13Nov09.pdf give the example:

<path>

<tag id="39_loupast_d"/>

<point lat="42.33735" lon="-71.10299"/>

<point lat="42.33858" lon="-71.10214"/>

</path>

for route 39. However, the paths currently returned don't have any tags. They look like this:

<path>

<point lat="42.33415" lon="-71.10442"/>

<point lat="42.3348299" lon="-71.1027"/>

</path>

I can't see a way that this path data is useful without them. I'd like to associate each path with the individual directions for the route. I was previously able to do this using the tags.

Is this a bug? How can I get the paths for a specific direction?

Thanks,

Ryan