Adding in all current Amtrak stations this weekend (and through this coming week) with the help of Tristan. This will be a shared database between MileTrak and the main site... to "kill two birds with one stone".
Sounds good.Anthony said:I have just finished manually entering all 898 Amtrak stations and Thruway stops into a database. The data must now undergo a review process. Once that review process is complete, the new data will be made available to MileTrak development as well as the main website itself.
Can't wait.Anthony said:I have just finished manually entering all 898 Amtrak stations and Thruway stops into a database. The data must now undergo a review process. Once that review process is complete, the new data will be made available to MileTrak development as well as the main website itself.
You know, I was looking at my own trip database, and I left a lot of dates "blank". This renders date sorting a bit awkward because all of the blank date entries are put at the top, before all of the real dates are sorted (since a blank date looks like a zero).Viewliner said:I think by date would be a better default, as it's probably how most people want to see it.
I agree.Amfleet said:Sorting it by date or putting it a users desired order keeps the trips organized in my opinion. It is annyoing when you forget to enter a trip and when you put it in it is at the bottom of the list.
Great, How long do you think it will take to check it? B)Anthony said:Tristan and I have completed all of Amtrak's current routes (correctly, this time...), and now we're going over everything before they are made available to development.
Discontinued routes will come later, with the Desert Wind and Pioneer most likely first.
All of our route changes are being made in advance to support the release of the new, upcoming MileTrak application. I don't plan on supporting the old application any further, as that would require diverting attention from the new one.Amfleet said:So trains like Northeast Direct will not be avalible right away?
thanks B)Viewliner said:Thanks for the update Anthony. It's nice to know that you guys appreciate us enough to work so hard.
Like I said, all mileage has been entered correctly this timeViewliner said:Anthony, there is also one other problem with the current miletrak, in that the Silver Star's route adds 42 additional miles to trips (thats why in the schedule it says *Milage via Columbia), and the Palmetto also has more milage that the Amtrak Timetable doesn't show. If you could at least fix the Silver Star I would be appreciative.
Thanks for bringing it up - being out on the West coast, some of those little mileage intricacies aren't always so evident.Viewliner said:Anthony, don't worry, enjoy the down time, I just wanted to make sure that issue was addressed.
Umm just as an FYI it's 15 miles from LAK to WTH on Palmetto bug.Viewliner said:Anthony, there is also one other problem with the current miletrak, in that the Silver Star's route adds 42 additional miles to trips (thats why in the schedule it says *Milage via Columbia), and the Palmetto also has more milage that the Amtrak Timetable doesn't show. If you could at least fix the Silver Star I would be appreciative.
You sure it's exactly 15? I came up with 18 from Amtrak publications.battalion51 said:Umm just as an FYI it's 15 miles from LAK to WTH on Palmetto bug.Viewliner said:Anthony, there is also one other problem with the current miletrak, in that the Silver Star's route adds 42 additional miles to trips (thats why in the schedule it says *Milage via Columbia), and the Palmetto also has more milage that the Amtrak Timetable doesn't show. If you could at least fix the Silver Star I would be appreciative.
Thanks for the insight. I think I'll stick with Amtrak's estimates simply to be consistent, since their data is what the other routes are based on.battalion51 said:It's hard to say, there is no calculation from my source on exactly how long the McDonald conncetion is (connection track from the Auburndale Sub to the Carters Sub). But to the best of my calculations it's 15-16 miles.
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