Brno

F. Kadlec sent data for the tram & trolleybus network of Brno, the second largest city in the Czech Republic.

Paris (works)

Works on line T4 in Paris (France) have ended. Lines RER A to/from Poissy and Cergy and RER C between Choisy & Savigny will be affected by works on weekday evenings.

Use our online update services or download the "temporary" files here:

• Paris-travaux (complete rail network)
  
• Paris-full-travaux (inner city subway, bus and RER networks).

Next update planned on (or around) March 2.

Moscow, Ulaanbaatar

N. Hawkins provided data for a few places of interest (POIs) to add to our database for Moscow (Russia).

He also pointed out that the Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia) subway is a joke and just does not exist! We will remove it from our future deliveries, although we could consider the file as a continuation of the joke...

New York (works)

Our special "works" database for New York (USA) has been updated with the latest advisories from the MTA. Download the new database here or with our online update services.

Next update planned on or around Friday, March 6.

Žilina

P. Absolon reports the opening of a new bus route in Žilina (Slovakia).

Porto

There has been some confusion (for which I am to blame, mostly) last December over the addition of the bus network to our database for Porto (Portugal), by F.D. Duarte & G. Martins-Coelho. It was completed (except we had to leave out a few less-frequent routes because the file became too big) before our latest release but I kind of forgot to add the new file in our package...

This will be fixed in our next delivery, of course.

Beijing

L. Freund reports that our trip times on the Airport Express in Beijing (China) are overly optimistic and we adjusted them to more realistic values. I hope nobody missed a plane because of that...

Saarbrücken

E. Descheres spotted a pair of mistakes in our data for the tram routes in Saarbrücken (Germany).

As for Mainz before, I think the data for the bus network also requires an update, although probably not as extensive... Any volunteer for a check?

Paris (works)

Works at subway station "Louvre-Rivoli" in Paris (France) have ended. Use our online update services or download the "temporary" files here:

• Paris-travaux (complete rail network)
  
• Paris-full-travaux (inner city subway, bus and RER networks).

Next update planned on (or around) February 27.

MetrO for Blackberry 0.4.1

I have just released a new version of MetrO for the BlackBerry which adds new features and fixes a few bugs. Hopefully this will be the last "beta" and we expect to deliver a general release in the coming weeks, if no major problem arises.

New features include:

• Contacts management: you can set MetrO stop(s) on your contacts and access them from the program interface. This feature may be slow if you have a lot of contacts on your BlackBerry.
• Stop history: you can quickly retrieve the 10 latest stops you used. As for the assisted text entry, this may interfere with the "SureType" feature available on recent devices.
• Memory card support: city databases may be installed on a memory card, if available, including by directly copying our pdb files to the card.
• An option to update all installed cities at once.
  
• Improved icon, although not perfect on every system.
  

Bug fixes include:

• Better route display, with explicit icon for one-way start or end stops.
• Error in the POIs details (some connections were missing).
• Error in the city list after a database has been deleted.
• Improvement on the file management.
• Better handling of empty routes (e.g. when a line is closed).

Important! Some of the new features apply only to recent devices. For this reason, 2 versions of the program are provided, 1 for older systems (from OS 3.6.0) and 1 for newer ones (OS 4.2.0 or greater). Be sure to select the right one for your BlackBerry!

Complete information and downloads are available here.

Since I consider this release to be feature-complete, I am now ready to add new language versions. If you want to help, you may translate the strings in this file and send it back to me.

Please note that this is beta software. If you don't want to take any risk with your data, please don't install it on your BlackBerry yet. If you do want to participate in the beta phase, please report any issue you may encounter, providing as much detail as possible (and accept our apologies).

Mainz

After the recent update on the tram & railway routes, I have entirely rewritten the bus routes for our Mainz (Germany) database, adding operating times in the process.

Basel

After receiving a hint, I updated our database for Basel (Switzerland), where some changes recently affected the tram & bus network.

Folder 1.0.6

A. Lottem discovered a (stupid) bug in Folder, the PalmOS utility that automatically moves the MetrO files, among others, to the right place on your memory card after a hotsync.

The problem -- which affected only older devices (running PalmOS before 5.0) -- has been fixed in version 1.0.6, available from here.

New York (works)

Our special "works" database for New York (USA) has been updated with the latest advisories from the MTA. Download the new database here or with our online update services.

Next update planned on or around Friday, February 27.

Paris (works)

Some works on the Transilien network in Paris (France) ended today. Use our online update services or download the "temporary" files here:

• Paris-travaux (complete rail network)
  
• Paris-full-travaux (inner city subway, bus and RER networks).

Next update planned on (or around) February 23.

Rhein-Main

E. Descheres noticed that our data for Frankfurt am Main and Mainz (Germany) required a few changes. We took care of the railway and tram routes but there may be some need for an extensive check on the bus routes as well, especially in Mainz...

Paris (works)

Next week-end, station "Louvre-Rivoli" (subway line 1) in Paris (France) will be closed. Use our online update services or download the "temporary" files here:

• Paris-travaux (complete rail network)
  
• Paris-full-travaux (inner city subway, bus and RER networks).

Next update planned on (or around) February 20.

i-MetrO

I tweaked the way i-MetrO handles queries for routes from or to a street address, for more realistic results.

I also plan on adding an option to minimize walk in the suggested route, but for this I need translations (in the languages supported by the service) for the text "I don't like to walk" (or something similar). Thanks in advance for your help!

Istanbul

According to L. Freund, the change we made recently on our Istanbul (Turkey) database was probably premature. For the sake of simplicity, we will keep the M2 as a single route, however.

I also received some data from Martin, which led me to add a MetroBus route to our data, map coordinates for its contents (soon to be delivered on i-MetrO) and fix a few errors in the process.

Buenos Aires

In addition to the LGR system, F. Cingolani sent some data for the LSM & LBS suburban railway routes for our Buenos Aires (Argentina) database.

Paris (works)

Works on the RER A in Paris (France) have now ended. Use our online update services or download the "temporary" files here:

• Paris-travaux (complete rail network)
  
• Paris-full-travaux (inner city subway, bus and RER networks).

Next update planned on (or around) February 16.

New York (works)

Our special "works" database for New York (USA) has been updated with the latest advisories from the MTA. It also takes into account the special services for President's day (on Feb. 16th).

Download the new database here or with our online update services.

Next update planned on or around Friday, February 20.

Berlin (works)

Works on subway line U6 in Berlin (Germany) apparently ended early. Download the new "works" database here or with our usual online update services.

Next update planned on (or around) April 30.

Essen

E. Descheres spotted 2 minor errors in our file for Essen (Germany): one tram stop missing and one typo on a station name.

Buenos Aires

M. Cingolani sent data for the LGR railway network in Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Manila

P. Pantaleon sent an additional Jeepney route for our database for Manila (Philippines).

Bratislava

P. Absolon sent an additional bus line for our Bratislava (Slovakia) database.

Paris (works)

Works at station "Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre" in Paris (France) have now ended. Use our online update services or download the "temporary" files here:

• Paris-travaux (complete rail network)
  
• Paris-full-travaux (inner city subway, bus and RER networks).

Next update planned on (or around) February 13.

Delhi

One of the subway lines in Delhi (India) has its route extended since last Wednesday.

New York (works)

Our special "works" database for New York (USA) has been updated with the latest advisories from the MTA. Download the new database here or with our online update services.

Next update planned on or around Friday, February 13.

London

D. Futcher reports a small but annoying bug in our database for London (United Kingdom), with a missing connection at Shepherd's Bush between the tube and one "Overground London" route.

MetrO 5.7.4

The new release of MetrO is out, with one new city, major changes on 10 databases and minor updates on the software for Windows Mobile and Symbian.

Check the details here and download the new version from our home page.

Prague

F. Kadlec sent an update for the tram network of Prague (Czech Repuclic) with changes due to road works that will last for a few months.

Bonn

The tram network in Bonn (Germany) has changed significantly since our last update (on the Köln-Bonn database).

Paris (works)

Next week-end in Paris (France), station "Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre" will be closed on subway line 1. Use our online update services or download the "temporary" files here:

• Paris-travaux (complete rail network)
  
• Paris-full-travaux (inner city subway, bus and RER networks).

Next update planned on (or around) February 8.

Kyoto

I have updated our database for the bus network in Kyoto (Japan), which was quite outdated after the subway extension last year.

Toulouse

E. Osei Acquah sent an update for the bus network in Toulouse (France), with major changes affecting a few lines and other temporary - but at least 3 months long - disruptions due to engineering works.