A Crowdsourcing Solution to Subway Tracking (secondavenuesagas.com) 3 points by tsuyoshi 15y ago ↗ HN
[–] RiderOfGiraffes 15y ago ↗ Great idea.Small nit to pick. At 0:25 he claims the New York City subway is the oldest in the world, but it first demonstrated in 1869 [1], whereas the London Underground first opened in 1863 [2].[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway#History[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_UndergroundBut it's still a cool way to get and extract the data needed.
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[ 36.8 ms ] story [ 535 ms ] threadSmall nit to pick. At 0:25 he claims the New York City subway is the oldest in the world, but it first demonstrated in 1869 [1], whereas the London Underground first opened in 1863 [2].
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Subway#History
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Underground
But it's still a cool way to get and extract the data needed.