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Amtrak Train Tracker | Piero
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Lightweight and easy to use Amtrak Train Tracking for all.
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Piero Maddaleni
Amtrak Train Tracker | Piero — Lightweight and easy to use Amtrak Train Tracking for all.
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Piero Amtrak Train Tracker is an easy to use and lightweight train tracking app. Using less data and being more straightforward, the app is much more optimized for not only the mobile user, but anyone on a long distance train where data is few and far between.
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Piero Maddaleni
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This past August on my way to college via the Empire Builder, one thing which really stood out to me was that Amtrak's train tracker wasn't usable with limited 3g or even 2g along sections of their cross country trains in the middle of nowhere. Why is this? Well loading the map pulls down a few MB, which in these conditions is terrible, though is quite expected with any modern application (you can't blame them). I made this alternative with the idea it could use as little data as possible, which would then make it so much nicer to use with little or no cellular connection. One thing to note is that it is open source and I'm always open to suggestions/PRs, so if you have some free time to test and leave feedback, please let me know!