Taking a bus in Latin America can be a disorienting experience. While the light rail systems in places like Mexico City, Buenos Aires, and Rio de Janeiro have system maps that are fairly easy to understand, most cities lack a comprehensive bus map. Several factors have kept bus maps from taking root in much of Latin America. One reason is that bus lines running through cities tend to be operated by a collection of private…
Nicaraguans use crowdsourcing technology to create good maps
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