[OSM-talk] Cool uses of OSM

[Maarten Deen]

I was using a train from the Erzgebirgsbahn in Germany yesterday 
(Annaberg-Buchholz - Chemnitz) when I noticed the information display. 
This was an OSM background on which the trains from the Erzgebirgsbahn 
were overlayed. I took a few photos but I now also see that they have an 
internet version of it on <http://www.vms.de/egb/index.html>. The 
version in the train had as default view the train you were sitting in 
and that trains timetable was shown on the left (just as a train that 
you click on wil show its timetable on the right).
And as a bonus: it's Openstreetmap so it also allows you to see a map 
of the surroundings before you disembark the train.
The only thing missing from the trainversion (which I now see on the 
internetversion) is the possibility to see a departuretable when you 
click on a station.

I don't see it on the internetversion, but the trainversion had a logo 
from Funkwerk <http://www.funkwerk.com/funkwerk_de/> on it. I assume 
they developed it.

Really really cool feature. I spent a lot of time playing with it.

Regards,
Maarten