News
Server downtime
May 8th
Route 411 will be experiencing outages while we undergo a server upgrade/migration. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Version 1.4 Notes
Feb 22nd
Version 1.4 is in the App Store for review, it should be live soon. Here are the patch notes:
New
- Added Point of interest feature (Utilizing Open data), with auto display and wild-card(fuzzy) search.
- Includes filter selection so searching and displaying are filtered by category.
- Added in-app purchase feature of additional cities and unlimited cities
- Merged city data to include York Regional Transit with Toronto data.
Updated
- Updated favorites to store and display merged data entries.
- Updated stop and route search to display multiple search results.
- Updated search result display to display user selection when there are multiple results.
- Updated stop and route view to display agency names when available.
- Updated arrival time views to display agency names when available.
- Fixed bug in file archiving.
- Updated stop view to hide keyboard whenever auto search activates.
- App icon updated.
Route 411 App Revenue to be Donated to Canadian Red Cross for Haiti Earthquake Relief
Jan 14th
The owner of Route 411, fusedlogic, will be donating all revenue (less Apple’s commission) for 24 hours, midnight to midnight on friday January 15, 2010, to the Canadian Red Cross for Haiti Earthquake relief.
Download the App here. Stay informed via @route411 on Twitter, or check back here for updates.
Find out more information about the Haiti Earthquake on the Canadian Red Cross website here. Or if you wish to make a donation to the Canadian Red Cross for Haiti Earthquake relief, do so here. If you are not from Canada, please locate a Red Cross in your area in which to donate.
Update 1.3.475 Notes
Jan 13th
- Added city selection in preference menu. It prompts user to confirm city changes.
- Updated preference to record city selection changes.
- Resolved keychain error issue
- Added view updates in stop and route view when city selection changes.
- Favorite storage by city.
The Maximum number of city changes is 2 in the preference menu. It alerts the users for the last change with addition messages in confirmation prompt.
Priority city selection
Jan 9th
Although Route 411 operates in Edmonton, Vancouver and Toronto, it’s critical to understand that this version does not allow you to purchase more than one city.
Pick your home city or the city you require the service in most – FIRST.
Upon installation of Route 411 you will be asked to select a city, it is recommended that you select the city that is your highest priority.
In the next version we intend to have additional cities be available as an in app purchase. If you do happen to select the wrong city by mistake, unfortunately uninstalling the application DOES NOT fix this issue, Apple will not allow you to change the city.
We understood that this may happen which is another reason why we have Route 411 currently priced at the introductory price of $0.99…regular price is $1.99.
Sorry if this has caused our customers any inconvenience….
Additional cities
Jan 8th
In building Route411 we needed to make decisions on the list of functionalities to be included. This is typical for any software development cycle. As part of that process we looked at how many people would want to download more than one city right out of the gate. We found through our research in Edmonton, Toronto and Vancouver that even though it’s nice to have more than one city, the overwhelming majority of public transit users just wanted their home city.
So as a result, we’ve deferred the ability for a purchase by a Route411 customer of more than one city. This has been added to the wish-list for the next version. Let us know what you think, is this capability important to you?
Offline Caching
Jan 8th
Quality assurance is extremely important to us. Before the launch of Route 411 there was something not quite working so we decided to disable Offline caching for the iPod Touch but not hold back the release of the app. We promised to launch this week, and we are. We are working on ensuring that Offline caching will work to our high standard of functionality in the next update.
Route 411 will still function for iPod Touch users, but they must be connected by wifi for the time being.
We apologize for any inconvenience in the short term.
As always, any Route 411 experience and feature suggestions you have are welcome.
Why Route 411 over Google Maps?
Jan 8th
Here’s a quick rundown of Route 411′s functionality vs the built-in maps application running on the Google Maps platform.
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Features |
 |
 |
|---|---|---|
| Location Aware | X | X |
| New cities without app update | X | X |
| Trip Planning | X | |
| Stop/Route Lookup by Address | X | |
| Realtime Stops Browsing via Map | X | |
| Complete Route Viewing | X | |
| Route/Stop Cross-checking | X | |
| Route Favorites | X | |
| Stop Favorites | X | |
| Custom Favorite naming | X | |
| Nearest Stops Map | X |
Welcome!
Dec 29th
Welcome to Route411App.com!
This is your source for info on the transit application: Route 411.
Route411 is a mobile application designed to put transit info at your fingertips when and where you need it. You can click the link on the right to visit the iTunes App store and purchase Route 411 for only $1.99.
And please feel free to leave comments or suggestions. We’re always looking for ways to improve Route 411.
