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Asked: 2026-05-14T01:42:26+00:00

I am creating a databse containing the names and coordinates of all bus stops

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I am creating a databse containing the names and coordinates of all bus stops in my local area. I have all the names stored in my database, and now I need to add the coordinates. I am trying to get these of a website that contains them all as placemarks on a Google Map. It seems to me like they are being generated from a local server, and then added to the map. However I am unable to find exactly where the server is queried for the coordinates.

I am hoping to collect these coordinates through the use of a screen scraper. However unless I am able to find where in the source code the coordinates are created this seems to be impossible. I can of course search and collect all these placemarks manually, but that will be very time consuming. So I am hoping that someone in here can help me.

This is the website I am trying to scrape. The placemarks are marked by the blue bus sign:

http://reiseplanlegger.skyss.no/scripts/travelmagic/TravelMagicWE.dll/?from=Brimnes+ferjekai+%28Eidfjord%29&to=

You can also get the coordinates of a single placemark by writing the name of the stop in the search field and pushing the “Vis i kart” button.

I hope someone can help me with this.

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  1. Editorial Team

    On checking with Firebug, it appears that the site you mentioned is getting the data in XML format with simple AJAX requests such as:

    http://reiseplanlegger.skyss.no/scripts/travelmagic/TravelMagicWE.dll/mapxml?x1=4.85321044921875&x2=5.8282470703125&y1=60.150391714056326&y2=60.524184817591276&loc=1

    The (x1, y1), (x2, y2) parameters define the (longitude, latitude) parameters of the viewport. Everytime the map is dragged, a new AJAX request is issued, which returns fresh data.

    This is a sample response from the AJAX request:

    <stages>
  <i n="Arna Stasjon Togstopp (Bergen)" sn="" v="12019888" t="2" i="0" x="5,465809" y="60,420116" sp="" st="Tog.GIF"/>
  <i n="Arna Terminal (Bergen)" sn="" v="12014200" t="2" i="0" x="5,464333" y="60,420319" sp="" st="Buss.GIF"/>
  <i n="Bjørkheim Ved Senter (Samnanger)" sn="" v="12426607" t="2" i="0" x="5,730484" y="60,402178" sp="" st="Buss.GIF"/>
  <i n="Bjørkheim Ved Senter (Samnanger)" sn="" v="12426608" t="2" i="0" x="5,731842" y="60,401312" sp="" st="Buss.GIF"/>
  <i n="Breistein Ferjekai (Bergen)" sn="" v="12017399" t="2" i="0" x="5,399175" y="60,490519" sp="" st="Ferge.GIF"/>
  <i n="Eikelandsosen Terminal (Fusa)" sn="" v="12410510" t="2" i="0" x="5,747773" y="60,241479" sp="" st="Buss.GIF"/>
</stages>

    Note that the x attribute is defining the longitude, while the y attribute is defining the latitude.

    Apart from the technical answer, I would suggest seeking permission before scraping such data.

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