Trainsity Kuala Lumpur Windows Phone app

Carry these high resolution vector maps of Kuala Lumpur's LRT, KTM, and other train lines in your Windows Mobile handset and find your way around Kuala Lumpur. The maps are small in file size and can be accessed offline without a data connection. The following lines are available:

• Monorail
• Ampang Line
• Sri Petaling Line
• Kelana Jaya Line
• KTM Lines
• KLIA Lines

Users can click the train station labels to open the external Bing Maps app where they can use all the functions of the external app to visualize the surrounding area including querying for directions. This app has its own directions function for finding the best path from one train station to another.

On a Windows Mobile handset,  the app will display tiles of train lines, which when tapped will open up a detail view of the metro transit map, as shown below.

Tapping the station labels will bring up an option menu where users can choose to display the station location in Bing Maps.

If you want to find how long it takes to travel from one station to another, and the best route to take, simply swipe to the Route page. Then type in the From station and To station. As you enter the values, a drop down list will appear and a station can be selected from the list.

Finally tap the Execute icon. 

Tapping the more details link will display the recommended route to take.

Click the badge below to download from the Windows Store.

Trainsity Hong Kong Windows Phone App

Find your way around Hong Kong city's subway using the high resolution vector maps of the train network. The following metro rail lines are available: East Rail, Kwun Tong, Tsuen Wan, Island, Tung Chung, Airport Express, Tseung Kwan O, West Rail, Ma On Shan, and Disneyland Resort lines.

The maps have small file size footprints but with many levels of zoom and can work offline without connecting to the Internet. Users can click the train station box labels to open Bing Maps, where they can use all the functions of the external app to visualise the surrounding area and/or perform routing for directions.

There is also an offline function to calculate the best way to travel from a station to another station with a direction breakdown and timings (which may vary from the actual travelling time).

On a Windows Mobile 8+ handset, the app will display tiles of train lines, which when tapped will open up a detail view of the metro transit map, as shown below.
 
Tapping the station labels will bring up an option menu where users can choose to display the station location in Bing Maps.


If you want to find out how long it takes to travel from one station to another, and the best route to take, simply swipe to the Route page. Then type in the From station and To station. As you enter the values, a drop down list will appear and a station can be selected from the list. Finally, tap the Execute icon.

Tapping the more details link will display the recommended route to take.

Click the button below to download the app from the Windows Store.

Use PDAL to merge multiple LiDAR las files

I found a useful tool, something that works along the lines of GDAL for vector data, but for point cloud data; it's the Point Data Abstraction Library (PDAL).  PDAL can be downloaded from http://www.pdal.io/. It has some useful commands, like merging LiDAR las files, which I tried to use, as an alternative to other tools like Lastools.

Using PDAL to merge a few las files is straightforward, as illustrated below. If there are hundreds of las files to zip, then another tool might be more suitable.


To use PDAL to merge las files, just type in the following command at the Command prompt.
C:> pdal merge --verbose=5 part_1.las part_2.las part_3.las output.las


Note I: all the input las files will be merged into the last file name in the command.
Note II: the --verbose option tells the command the amount of processing messages to display. 0 for none. 
The resultant merge file is shown below.

Trainsity Bangkok Windows Phone app

Use this Windows Mobile 8+ app to find your way around the city of Bangkok, Thailand using the high resolution vector maps of the Bangkok Sky Train (BTS), Metro (MRT) and the Airport Rail Link train network.
The maps are small in file size and sharp without pixelation, and can work offline without a connection to the Internet. Users can click the train station labels to open Bing Maps, where they can use all the functions of the app to visualise the surrounding area and/or perform routing for directions.
There is also an offline function to calculate the best way to travel from a station to another station with a direction breakdown and estimated timings (which may vary from the actual travelling time).

The following screenshots show how the app looks like on a Windows Mobile 8+ handset.

When a tile is tapped, a detail map view of the selected line will appear, as shown.

Tapping a labeled box on the map will display the train station on the external Maps application.


If you want to find out how long it takes to travel from one station to another station, and the best route to take, simply swipe to the Route page. Then type in the From station and To station. As you enter the values, a drop down list will appear and a station can be selected from the list. Finally, tap the Execute icon.

Tapping the more details link will display the recommended route to take.

Click the button below to download the app from the Windows Store.