Hello all.  I'm new here and need help finding a resource.

 

I've been brainstorming some mass transportation ideas for the city (literally a page of notes scribbled on a road trip home from vacation.), and I've started to fool around on Google Earth.

 

What I'm trying to do now is map in all of the metro routes, but I realize how tedious and challenging it will be (I'm new to the program and still learning my way.  Any tips there would be helpful as well).

 

Does anyone know of a map that already has the routes on it that I can open in Google Earth and overlay on my map or work from?  If so, how would I go about doing that.

 

Thanks in advance for all the help.

I think someone has already started doing this with the metro routes.

Is there a reference section somewhere around here to look in or should I try to search it out.

 

(Sorry for being so inquisitive.  I'm new to both here and Google Earth and I'm trying to get all my ideas into some sort of visual presentation to show to an adviser when school starts back up).

hohum already started this a little bit ago.  I'm not real sure if he has continued or stopped where he left off.  I know there is some talk about trying to do something within Metro to link up the official Metro routes with GoogleMaps.  Something you could then subscribe to or bookmark.  It would be interactive and available on your PDA.  Here is what hohum put together:

http://www.urbanohio.com/forum2/index.php/topic,15436.0.html

Hello all.  I'm new here and need help finding a resource.

 

I've been brainstorming some mass transportation ideas for the city (literally a page of notes scribbled on a road trip home from vacation.), and I've started to fool around on Google Earth.

 

What I'm trying to do now is map in all of the metro routes, but I realize how tedious and challenging it will be (I'm new to the program and still learning my way.  Any tips there would be helpful as well).

 

Does anyone know of a map that already has the routes on it that I can open in Google Earth and overlay on my map or work from?  If so, how would I go about doing that.

 

Thanks in advance for all the help.

 

As the web site manager for the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority and a strong proponent of all things Google, I think your efforts might be best focused on encouraging the Authority to publish their data to Google Transit, and make the data feed publicly available for third-party use. Even if Google Transit itself doesn't suit your needs, having the comprehensive data set in this format can only help your development efforts.

 

The Google Transit Feed Specification is rapidly becoming a de facto standard, and is easy to work with (comma-delimited plain text), understand (pretty normalized as data files go),and most importantly for resource-strapped transit agencies, produce (third-party scheduling software now frequently provides the option to output to GTFS). It is a comprehensive, yet continually evolving specification that encompasses multiple modes of travel, and leverages the power of the 800 pound gorilla that is Google.

 

I'll reach out to see if I have any contacts in Cincy who might be able to share any info on if they are headed in this direction. So far, Cleveland and Columbus have come on line in Ohio, with other agencies in the developmental process.