Kinmen e-Bus Information System is a Web-GIS integrated real-time bus information and tourism information. The basic GIS tools are provided in the system. More, the electronic maps of Kinmen area provided by Institute of Transportation, Ministry of Transportation, are adopted in the system as the main extent for query. As a result, before the public is to take the public transportation system, they can easily obtain the required information.

In respect of functions, Kinmen e-Bus Information System can be divided into two major functions: e-Bus Information Query and Tourism Guide and Transfer Service. The e-Bus Information Query allows the public to query the bus’ estimated arrival time to achieve the goals of saving time and convenience. The function provides three ways to query e- bus information: (1) query by the route name; (2) set one scenic spot as the condition to find out all of the bus routes that pass; (3) set the administration area as the condition to find out all of the bus routes that pass. When users find the required route in the way mentioned above, the result routes will be displayed on the electronic map, and users can query when the bus will arrive and departure by clicking the needed stop on the map.

The information of the public transportation and the scenic spots in Kinmen county is integrated into the tourism guide and the transfer service, which allows the tourists to refer with when scheduling the travel route. Two ways are provided for query with the tourism guide and transfer service: Query with Keywords and Query with Scenic Spots.

		Query with Keywords :
		The public can search with the various keywords, like landmarks, intersections or bus stops, to get the position information, and then set up the start, end points or the middle point in the popup windows to arrange the travel route in a convenient way.
		Query with Scenic Spots：
		The system collects many types of tourism information in Kinmen area, such as scenic spot, featured cuisine, transportation station and hotel accommodation information. Users can choose one type of tourism information and all of the landmarks in that type will be displayed on the map. Then users can click the landmark on the map, and a window that displays the text description and pictures of the landmark will show up. Furthermore, users can set the landmark as the start or end point or middle point of the route through the button on the window.

After setting up the start, end and middle points and clicking "Start to Plan," the system would offer users the various workable solutions, including the list of transfer frequency and route names, according to the combinations of all locations. Users can gain the detailed bus-taking schedule, the map and the descriptive text for all the scenic spots through the solutions.

Kinmen e-Bus Information System not only completely integrates Kinmen bus information and scenic spot information but also provides diverse and real-time information. Users and tourism are able to query bus routes and plan the best tourist routes in a convenient way.