{"id":1729,"date":"2011-11-22T13:27:20","date_gmt":"2011-11-22T13:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/?p=1729"},"modified":"2011-11-22T13:27:20","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T13:27:20","slug":"catch-that-bus-mobile-phone-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/?p=1729","title":{"rendered":"Catch That Bus &#8211; mobile phone app."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned in an earlier post that I&#8217;ve now got a smartphone.  I&#8217;d not seen apps before but now I&#8217;m hooked on these little applications, many of which are free.  I&#8217;ve bought just two, one of which is <a href=\"https:\/\/market.android.com\/details?id=uk.co.ashtonbrsc.catchthatbus&#038;hl=en\">Catch That Bus<\/a> at \u00c2\u00a31.99  Start the app and it immediately uses the phone&#8217;s GPS facility to present a map of your current location and all local bus stops.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/?attachment_id=1740\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1740\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2011-11-22_12-30-142.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2011-11-22_12-30-14\" width=\"250\" height=\"411\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1740\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You then zoom in on a chosen bus stop and tap the screen.  The bus stop name and location is displayed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/?attachment_id=1741\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1741\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2011-11-22_12-31-182.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2011-11-22_12-31-18\" width=\"250\" height=\"411\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1741\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another tap on the screen and you&#8217;re presented with a menu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/?attachment_id=1747\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1747\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2011-11-22_12-39-572.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2011-11-22_12-39-57\" width=\"250\" height=\"411\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1747\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Selecting &#8216;Show Departure Board&#8217; shows all departures from the stop by time, service number, operator and destination.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/?attachment_id=1755\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1755\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2011-11-22_12-33-47.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2011-11-22_12-33-47\" width=\"250\" height=\"441\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1755\" srcset=\"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2011-11-22_12-33-47.jpg 500w, http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2011-11-22_12-33-47-170x300.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Show Street View&#8217; displays the Google street view so that you can reassure yourself that you really are where you think you are!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/?attachment_id=1766\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1766\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2011-11-22_12-34-383.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"2011-11-22_12-34-38\" width=\"250\" height=\"441\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1766\" srcset=\"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2011-11-22_12-34-383.jpg 500w, http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/2011-11-22_12-34-383-170x300.jpg 170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I score this app 10 out of 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I mentioned in an earlier post that I&#8217;ve now got a smartphone. I&#8217;d not seen apps before but now I&#8217;m hooked on these little applications, many of which are free. I&#8217;ve bought just two, one of which is Catch That Bus at \u00c2\u00a31.99 Start the app and it immediately uses the phone&#8217;s GPS facility to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1729"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1774,"href":"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1729\/revisions\/1774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/loades.net\/megabusblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}