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(Coming Soon!) LRT Visualizer
Published: 6/22/2025
🥞Tech Stack: Next.js, Three.js
💡Features:
- Real-time 3D model of active LRT lines via Metro Transit API
- 3D map of Minneapolis to move through
- Hover or click for station information
🗓️Current Progress: Coming soon! Working on the back-end.
✨Data Source: Metro Transit GTFS
As an avid 3D modeler, I cannot stress enough how much fun I find the thought of combining Three.js with real-time data such as this. Interpolating the positions of these trains based on the updates will be challenging, but ultimately very rewarding.
I'll be exporting OpenStreetMap 3D data into Blender to customize and export the final city file to a 3js-friendly file, as well as some fun recreations of the trains themselves. More to come!