Chicago CTA Bus Tracker

An app to display the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus locations around the Chicago area on a Google Map. By Clicking on a Bus Route markers will be added to the Google Map showing the bus locations for that route, and by clicking again on the route name you can refresh the bus locations as they buses move around the route.

Project Status - Completed: 01/15/2018

Table of Contents

• Description
• What I Learned From The Exercise
• Website Technologies Used
• How to View This App
• File and Directory Structure
• Revision History

Description

An app to display the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus locations around the Chicago area on a Google Map. By Clicking on a Bus Route markers will be added to the Google Map showing the bus locations for that route, and by clicking again on the route name you can refresh the bus locations as they buses move around the route.

What I Learned From The Exercise

• To work with the Google API to fetch requested data.
• Create a custom element that wraps a Google map.
• Add markers to the Google map.
• To become familiar with CanJS.

Website Technologies Used

Description of website technologies used to develop this app.

• HTML
• CSS
• JavaScript
• Can.JS

How to Use This App

How to use this App:

1. Click a Bus Route.
2. Explore the markers added to the Google Map showing the bus locations for that route.

3. Click the route name buttons to refresh the buses current locations.

   Demo - Click Here

File and Directory Structure

.
├── assets
│   │
│   ├── css
│   │   │
│   │   └── style.css
│   │
│   ├── img
│   │   │
│   │   └── ccbt.gif
│   │
│   └── js
│       │
│       └── bustracker.js
│ 
├── .gitignore
│
├── index.html
│
└── README.md

Revision History

Description of revisions - Completed: 01/15/2018

• Dev - file and directory structure creation - 01/13/2018
• Dev - project completion - 01/15/2018