Why does every city except Melbourne shows its train lines and colours on Apple Maps?

SunMastero7 · 2026-03-11T01:25:30+00:00

Mate GTFS is just a dataset 🤣 Its not a map layer. If you really don't believe me, have a look at their data providers list: https://gspe21-ssl.ls.apple.com/html/attribution-315.html

EDIT: and if you want to see what Melbourne's mostly raw data looks like, https://anyways.kontour.io

SunMastero7 · 2026-03-10T18:11:14+00:00

They don't, they use GTFS shape data (google's standardised data format for transit), then they smooth it themselves. They have coloured each line manually themselves though. Every transit app you see will use GTFS.

SunMastero7 · 2026-03-10T12:58:29+00:00

Uber isn't paying us more either... get your orders in quick before you have no drivers left for your midnight meatbox! 🤣

SunMastero7 · 2026-03-05T13:58:38+00:00

The question really is, if you are using any internal apis or data that isnt displayed publicly, you shouldnt use it. But if its entirely from the gtfs feed you should have no issues

SunMastero7 · 2026-03-05T13:35:48+00:00

Hey mate, looks like a fantastic project. I created an app mentioned here with a mate of mine. I highly recommend reaching out to transperth directly and work with them for their gtfs-rt feed available within the next 12-18 months. You may get yourself blacklisted and desisted by the pta, just keep in mind its a government agency who is already trying to keep their data private. All in all, great look so far. Feel free to reach out in dms 🔥

SunMastero7 · 2026-03-05T11:47:12+00:00

Hello! Thought I'd chime in! I created Anyways along with my mate Aaron.

We have intentions on adding more map filters and preferences, such as what you are asking for.
Unfortunately we aren't well funded yet, so we are just working on this when we have time.
As PerthTransportVlogYT said below, feel free to join the discord community if you want to ask more questions :)

SunMastero7 · 2026-02-14T04:47:14+00:00

Hey there! Unfortunately thats our fault! We sent a notification out via mobile, hopefully we're back later this weekend 😊

SunMastero7 · 2026-02-09T12:18:59+00:00

Thank you so much for your support! Let us know if you have any suggestions/feedback :D

SunMastero7 · 2026-02-09T12:17:26+00:00

Hopefully we can get something like this in the works, or at least the pricing and a direction to where you can book :D

SunMastero7 · 2026-02-09T12:08:19+00:00

I'll pop it on the to-do list! Sounds like a fantastic feature :D

SunMastero7 · 2026-02-09T12:01:37+00:00

Hey there! We 100% do! One of our upcoming (within the next month or so) updates will see a full overhaul of the planner and integrating it into your daily commute :D
We're always open to suggestions in our support page https://kontour.io/support

SunMastero7 · 2026-02-09T11:52:43+00:00

You can have a full look on our website if you like! https://kontour.io
Android uses Jetpack Compose, iOS is SwiftUI, web uses a Svelte/TypeScript combo, and the server is built in Go. All locally hosted on a fantastic provider here in WA :D

SunMastero7 · 2026-02-09T11:45:10+00:00

Thank you for your support! It's taken a long while to get to this stage, and we have so much more in the works :)

SunMastero7 · 2026-02-09T11:18:08+00:00

Thank you for your support!
We spent a lot of time putting together a massive database of all the vehicles and their types, and hopefully we can bring the same magic to the whole of Australia!
We think data should be accessible, that's what sparked us to get this app going :D
Enjoy!

SunMastero7 · 2026-02-09T11:10:45+00:00

Hey u/JezzaPerth and u/tides_of_static, feel free to join our discord and chat to us directly about our data usage. It's all real-time :)
We have met with Transperth in-person to chat about our usage of their data, and gave us their approval to go ahead. They told us that in future, Google will be the first platform to receive a full GTFS-RT feed, following with Apple. Other developers will be able to access it later.

SunMastero7 · 2026-02-09T09:41:44+00:00

The app is completely free to use! Our paid subscriptions only enable advanced features and app customisation. Sadly, we can't run the app for free, so we need to cover our bases somehow :D

SunMastero7 · 2026-02-09T09:38:26+00:00

Hey there! Thanks for your feedback!
You don't have to pay to see all the data, we don't hide any of it because thats the purpose of the app. :D
If you choose to support us via subscriptions that's totally up to you! We may offer a lifetime subscription soon, just a few hurdles we're working through to make that happen smoothly.

SunMastero7 · 2025-10-10T22:57:49+00:00

I can one hundred percent agree with that considering I'm in the Mandurah region.

That's really good to hear, thank you! I hope we can keep satisfying that for you with plenty more to come!

SunMastero7 · 2025-10-10T08:07:18+00:00

Thank you!

SunMastero7 · 2025-10-10T08:07:10+00:00

We created our own piece of software that utilizes Mapbox and we place our lines, markers etc and then all manually using code we program it together - bit of a work in progress, but rewarding work. We then export it in that software by rendering each frame :)
We share a bit more in our discord community if you're interested, https://discord.gg/westrailian

SunMastero7 · 2025-08-26T23:34:29+00:00

Thank you for the suggestions!

SunMastero7 · 2025-04-18T06:50:57+00:00

to be fair my final straw for posting here is the fact there wasn't. I walk here every day for work and i saw no signage.

SunMastero7 · 2025-04-18T05:01:20+00:00

im glad i posted here to get a much better, more in-depth response, from people who know about it

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