NYC Subway Restaurant Guide

Usage

How to update the static JSON files.

1. python getjson.py http://www.nydailynews.com/json/cmlink/eating-b-line-1.3377799
2. mv eating-b-line-1.3377799 www/data/
3. re-deploy.

How to update a subway route

Get the current MTA route data from CUNY.

Convert it into something usable with https://ogre.adc4gis.com/ on the web or the ogr2ogr command-line client.

1. Edit data/mta.geojson and add / update the route for the desired line. This file controls the direction of the line's line.
2. If you have stations to add / remove / change location, edit the data/subway_geo.geojson file. Each line in it corresponds with a station, and records the station name and lat/long. This file controls the location of the station markers.
3. If you're just adding or removing stations, also update the data/stops.json file.

How to figure out what's wrong when an article that should appear on a particular subway line is not appearing

1. Make sure the line is in the array assigned to the stop in data/stops.json
2. Make sure the article is tagged with "eating along the X line"

How to activate a subway line

Most all of this is done in js/scripts.js.

1. In the var rss = [... array, add an object that looks like this with the line number and URL to that line's RSS feed, {"line":"2", "link":"http://www.nydailynews.com/json/cmlink/eating-2-line-1.2734246"},, somewhere inside the array.
2. Add a "cover" photo that's representative of the line into the img directory. Name it like img/A_Train-min.jpg except well you know. The image should be horizontal and at least 400px wide.
3. In the var cover = [... array in scripts.js add an object that looks like {"line":"2", "image":"img/2_Train-min.jpg","text":""}, except for the line you're adding.
4. If there are any subway line labels that need to be angled up, add an object for that particular line to the var labels = [... array like this {"line":"Q", "upper":["57th St", "Ocean Pkwy", "Coney Island - Stillwell Av"]},.
5. Remove the line from the var lines_no = [... array.

How to remove stops along a subway route

Edit the data/subway_geo.geojson file.

What if a stop isn't showing up on a line?

1. Make sure the stop name is in data/subway_geo.geojson file.
2. Make sure there's a record for the line in the labels array in js/app.js near line 50.

How to remove a subway route

If the line hasn't been activated

1. Remove the line image from splash.html
2. Remove the letter / number of the line from these two arrays in js/scripts.js:

    var lines = ['1','2','3',...
    var lines_no = ['1',....

If the line is active on the site

Shortcuts

Updating the json for the B line routes: python getjson.py http://www.nydailynews.com/json/cmlink/eating-b-line-1.3377799; mv eating-b-line-1.3377799 www/data/; git commit -m "Update json" .;