About Bus Routes apisfires wrote:2) How we set bus route? every route have code, eg U80 for Shah Alam-KL and T68 for Shah Alam-Kelang...
its useful for foreigner and handheld GPS owner for 1st time use bus in KL and Selangor, each bus have code only...
For bus routes, a user really need a "public transport journey planner". Good examples of such are ...
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SG SBSTransit -
http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/index.aspx?s=jp ... asks roadname/landmark for start and destination; then give multiple shortest travelling time solutions, making use of multiple mode (walking, bus & rail); also gives fares (ezlink & cash)
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SG TransitLink -
http://www.transitlink.com.sg/eguide2.html ... asks roadname/landmark/postalcode/mrtstations for start and destination; gives multiple shortest time or cheapest fare options.
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UK TransportForLondon -
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/journeyplanner ... asks station/postcode/address/POI for start and destination; then give multiple solutions using multiple modes (walking, bus & rail); fares checking separate page.
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GoogleTransit -
http://www.google.com/transit ... available for 230+ world cities, asks address for start and destination; then gives multiple solutions; including travel time and fares.
The above works because the agencies published the following information ...
a) GPS accurate routes for each bus/rail
b) GPS accurate locations for each bus/rail stops/stations
c) fare tables for all combination of stops/stations start/destination
d) schedules (or frequencies) for each bus/rail trips
Unfortunately, we don't have the same for for KL or MY. Most of the bus (and public transport) do not even provide even their route maps and stops.
RapidKL does provide schematic overall routes plan, and schematic diagram of stop per route. See
http://www.rapidkl.com.my/rapidbus_route.htm . What's missing is the GPS accurate routes and stops locations. If would be great if RapidKL can publish the route information in GDB/GPX format.
However, we don't have to wait for RapidKL to do it. We could also do our own GDB/GPX of the bus routes. Then our mappers could include in our maps (or have separate bus routes map file). 
For example, the schematic of
http://www.rapidkl.com.my/images/therm/area%206/local/t607_r20080821.gif could be "translated" into a route in Mapsource GDB file attached below. Only 165+ routes more to "translate".
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idea uncle wong!