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Friday, January 08, 2010

Lille

A new "Liane" (bus line running on dedicated lanes) will enter in service in Lille (France) next week. I also made a few minor updates to the other existing "Liane".

Thursday, January 07, 2010

Delhi

According to the local press (i.e. The Times of India), a new branch has opened on Metro line 3 in Delhi (India).

Santiago de Chile

M. Romero Toledo reports the extension of Metro line 1 in Santiago (Chile), with 3 new stations.

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

Vienna

I have entirely revised our database for Vienna/Wien (Austria) and it has been a painful process (10 hours of work!). I am not sure I got everything right but I won't be able to do any better without some help.

Geneva

After the major changes in Geneva (Switzerland) last month, the TPG has published its new timetables and I adjusted our database with the fresh information.

Tuesday, January 05, 2010

MetrO for BlackBerry

I finally took some time to investigate the issues with MetrO on the Blackberry Storm I wrote about earlier.

I found a "trick" to prevent the "compatibility mode" to be turned on by default but, unfortunately, it only works with OTA setups. If you install the program with the BlackBerry desktop, you still have to manually change the settings as described in my previous post. For the techies among you, I am still looking for a complete solution, feel free to help ;-)

While on the BlackBerry version, I also realized that it was a bit flawed on recent devices (e.g. the Storm, again), with misaligned and sometimes disappearing icons. These problems have now been fixed and you can expect an update with our next general release (5.8.6), later this month.

MetrO for Classic on Palm Pre

While we still don't have plans to release a version of MetrO for the Palm Pre, our PalmOS version runs fine with MotionApps' Classic.

And the "Classic certification" process being now much faster and free, we can easily deliver certified versions of MetrO for Classic in any language. The English and French versions are already available on our home page. If you want it in another language, please contact me.

Monday, January 04, 2010

Prešov

P. Absolon sent an update for the bus network of Prešov (Slovakia).

Dubai

With the official opening of the Burj Dubai - the largest building in the world - in Dubai (Arab Emirates), the nearby metro station of the same name has also been inaugurated.

Sunday, January 03, 2010

Berlin (works)

Tonight, works on subway line U8 in Berlin (Germany) are resuming, affecting services after 10PM on Sunday to Thursday nights. The S-Bahn services will also be adjusted again tomorrow morning (but not getting any better).

Download the latest "works" database here or with our usual online update services.

Next update on (or around) January 10.