iPhone railfan app

[iceman977th]

If this goes elsewhere, feel free to move it as necessary...this was the best place I could think of...

I know railroading is still old-fashioned luck and skill, and most may not be in trend, but has anyone ever thought about an application for railfans that can display a map of railroads according to your current location, what the nearby signals are (what type) and what the aspects of signals are. I doubt i could make it, but would anyone be interested in something like this, for perhaps the iPhone or maybe another place?

[Otto Vondrak]

Sort of already exists...

http://www.atcsmon.com/

ATCS Monitor allows you to graphically monitor train traffic on railroads that use the Association of American Railroad's Advanced Train Control System (ATCS) Specification 200 protocol, Wabtec (ex-Rockwell Collins) Advanced Railroad Electronics System (ARES) protocol, Union Switch and Signal Genisys protocol, and Safetran Supervisory Control System (SCS-128) protocol. To use this program to receive traffic over-the-air, you'll need a scanner with discriminator output, and a Windows PC (running 95, 98, ME, NT 4.0, 2000, XP or Vista) with a sound card.

[iceman977th]

Sort of already exists...

http://www.atcsmon.com/

I already know about ATCS, but not every line in the US can be monitored on ATCS (I know the two lines nearby aren't). Plus, I was hoping it could also be more of an informational app that displays signal aspects and such for different lines. Maybe even combine with a police-scanner-like app to broadcast local rail frequencies.