tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post114521562682852639..comments2023-11-02T19:19:15.129+05:30Comments on Death Ends Fun: All for the bestDilip D'Souzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1511535644346499902007-03-31T16:06:00.000+05:302007-03-31T16:06:00.000+05:30is there an online map that lets you do this, not ...is there an online map that lets you do this, not the BEST website though, their map is not that great at all. email me at sumit_feb78@hotmail.comTravelCultureGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15816659854718294687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1154433461143413412006-08-01T17:27:00.000+05:302006-08-01T17:27:00.000+05:30Ok, this is a bit late but for anyone who stumbles...Ok, this is a bit late but for anyone who stumbles on this blog, the nearest railway station is a good place to look for a change in buses/routes.<BR/><BR/>There are a lot of feeder routes to the railway stations, so you can simply use those as hubs,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1145292334787485052006-04-17T22:15:00.000+05:302006-04-17T22:15:00.000+05:30The original navigator was written (way back) in 1...The original navigator was written (way back) in 1998 by Mayur Datar and Prof Abhiram Ranade at the CSE Dept at IITB. I don't remember all the details, but I think it was some kind of a dynamic programming approach. The paper in Prof Ranade's website should have more details.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1145287620812229442006-04-17T20:57:00.000+05:302006-04-17T20:57:00.000+05:30Dilip, there were a number of people responsible f...Dilip, there were a number of people responsible for the navigator. I know one for sure: <A HREF="http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~ranade" REL="nofollow">Prof. Abhiram Ranade</A>. His homepage has a link to a paper on the navigator (a nice cute algorithm), and a scanned image of an article about the navigator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1145263520186123472006-04-17T14:15:00.000+05:302006-04-17T14:15:00.000+05:30The Navigator has been around for a long time now....The Navigator has been around for a long time now. 4-5 years atleast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1145261941026561592006-04-17T13:49:00.000+05:302006-04-17T13:49:00.000+05:30I didn't even know there were bus maps available. ...I didn't even know there were bus maps available. A similar situation prevails on the train lines too....how does one figure out the best way to go from station A to station B? And does anyone recall every single station and which line it falls on?IdeaSmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16795144209017679838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1145259960609784532006-04-17T13:16:00.000+05:302006-04-17T13:16:00.000+05:30Anonymous, that navigator is excellent. I'm still ...Anonymous, that navigator is excellent. I'm still browsing through it. Who was responsible for it?<BR/><BR/>Vik, the Railways timetable is much better thought through than this one. I've used it for years. <BR/><BR/>Rahul, there are in fact over 1700 stops according to these maps alone. So yeah, perhaps 3 million possible routes, you can't have them all listed. But all I'm asking for is a suggestion on what to do next if you draw a blank, as I did. For example, like your Adyar/T'miyur example, Mahim is a big bus station, so perhaps the map can suggest that you check routes starting/terminating there as a second step. <BR/><BR/>Also, is it too much to ask that the bus stop you find on one map has its route listing on the back of the same map?Dilip D'Souzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08221707482541503243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1145246412375650812006-04-17T09:30:00.000+05:302006-04-17T09:30:00.000+05:30It is a combinatorial problem: by your reckoning ...It is a combinatorial problem: by your reckoning ("you're never more than a few minutes' walk from a bus stop") I suppose there are at least a thousand bus stops in the city, perhaps many more. That means a million possible "from this stop to that stop" routes, if one were to include changes of bus. There's no way one can list every possible such change in a printed book.<BR/><BR/>I'm not very familiar with Mumbai, but bus routes in most cities are somewhat hub-and-spoke, so it would be fairly obvious what changes to look for if you're familiar with the city. (In Chennai, given where I live, usually Adyar or Thiruvanmiyur are where I'd change.) The route map should perhaps have a map showing the major hubs and some of the more important bus routes connecting those hubs.Rahul Siddharthanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04809667965184094636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1145241492178736972006-04-17T08:08:00.000+05:302006-04-17T08:08:00.000+05:30Dilip,Nice article. The Indian Railways official t...Dilip,<BR/><BR/>Nice article. The Indian Railways official timetable book isn't the most user friendly either. Are you familiar with it?Vikrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06919126590338595719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8070362.post-1145229272856149252006-04-17T04:44:00.000+05:302006-04-17T04:44:00.000+05:30try mumbai navigator, http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/na...try mumbai navigator, http://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/navigator/index.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com