About PAT Track
Ever been frustrated at Pittsburgh's bus schedule? Ever get frustrated that the buses never come on time? Why not just plan your transportation around Pittsburgh, PA, based on realtime tracking! Current Features: • select...
Ever been frustrated at Pittsburgh's bus schedule? Ever get frustrated that the buses never come on time? Why not just plan your transportation around Pittsburgh, PA, based on realtime tracking!
Current Features:
• select up to 10 buses at one time
• see the the buses move on the map in realtime
• clicking on the bus will give its ETA to its next 8 stops
• see the bus stops for selected routes when zoomed in at a certain level
• clicking on stops shows ETAs to buses for all currently selected buses
Port Authority has released their realtime tracking API from this website (http://truetime.portauthority.org/bustime/home.jsp). This means that the data we relay to you is official. As of December 2015, the app now tracks 99 buses and 1 shuttle!
This app is open source: https://github.com/rectangle-dbmi/Realtime-Port-Authority/
Recent news will be posted on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/PATRealtimeTracker
DISCLAIMER: We are not responsible for which buses and routes are being tracked as we are only getting the information from Port Authority. If a certain route or bus is not on our app, this is most likely not our fault but of Port Authority. If the map is empty, please report this to our Play Store email or create an issue on our Github above immediately.
Permissions:
• android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION - This is required to Center the App's location on you.
• android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION (App will ask permission for this in Android M)- Same deal as above but with more accuracy.
• android.permission.INTERNET - This is used to be able to retrieve data for Google Maps and the Port Authority TrueTime API
• android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (No longer in Android 6.0) - This is for Google Maps Caching
• android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (No longer in Android 6.0) - Google Maps caching purposes as well as ability to save the app on the external storage. Without this, the app crashes.
• android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE - App needs to know state of network in order to find out if internet is available so realtime information can be updated
• android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE - App needs to know state of wifi in orer to find out if internet is available so realtime information can be updated
• android.permission.CHANGE_WIFI_STATE - App needs to listen to changes in wifi state to inform user if internet has died and needs reconnected
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of PAT Track since it was posted on our website on 2016-10-13 03:09:12.
The latest version is 9.0.0 and it was updated on 2024-04-22 15:09:24. See below the changes in each version.
PAT Track version 9.0.0
Updated At: 2021-11-02
Changes: Route lines and predictions now show up. This is a permanent fix to the problem. Apologies to all who have been suffering for two months.
Please see this for the full changelog: https://github.com/rectangle-dbmi/Realtime-Port-Authority/releases/tag/9.0.0
PAT Track version 8.0.2-beta
Updated At: 2021-09-08
Changes: Fixed major issue where bus line stopped appearing. They should appear now. However, you may have to click "Clear Transit."
Fixed bug where select Samsung devices were zooming in on Africa instead of Pittsburgh. When this would happen, no buses would appear on the map. This is now fixed.
For full details, read the release notes: https://github.com/rectangle-dbmi/Realtime-Port-Authority/releases/tag/8.0.2-beta
PAT Track version 7.0.7
Updated At: 2017-09-19
Changes: Fixed bug where select Samsung devices were zooming in on Africa instead of Pittsburgh. When this would happen, no buses would appear on the map. This is now fixed.
Full details of the fix here: https://github.com/rectangle-dbmi/Realtime-Port-Authority/releases/tag/7.0.7
PAT Track version 7.0.4
Updated At: 2016-10-14
Changes: 7.0.4:,- Removied RED2 and 42 from route list,For the full changelog: https://github.com/rectangle-dbmi/Realtime-Port-Authority/releases/tag/7.0.4
PAT Track version 7.0.3
Updated At: 2016-08-22
Changes: 7.0.3:,- fix bug where app mistakenly tells you that your internet is down when Port Authority's servers are actually down,Full Release Notes: https://github.com/rectangle-dbmi/Realtime-Port-Authority/releases/tag/7.0.3
Disclaimer
Official Google Play Link
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