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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Tuesday, 18 March 2008 | |
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Announcing the launch at a Google press conference in Sydney, Alan Noble, head of engineering for Google Australia and New Zealand, said the company hoped to expand coverage to all major towns and cities in Australia, but that this was dependent on local public transport organisations making their timetable information available in a suitable format. To be comprehensive the service will also need timetable information from many privately-owned bus companies, and Noble said "we have a XML transit feed format (available here ) which we make available and if transport companies make their information available in that format we can use it." He did not respond directly to a question of whether all public transport providers in Perth had participated, saying: "That is part of the quid pro quo. Either they opt in or we find some middle ground to make it happen." He would give no indication of when the service might be expanded to other cities in Australia, saying: "We really do depend on agencies to provide us with information so I can make no predictions...We have had some preliminary discussion with [transport bodies in other cities]...I would really like to see Sydney and Melbourne covered this year...Hopefully other transit organisations around Australia can see what we are doing [in Perth] and get excited." CONTINUED |
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