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Ghryphen
2007-02-28, 04:18 PM
For more than 30 major U.S. cities, you can now see up-to-date traffic conditions to help you plan your schedule and route.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/02/stuck-in-traffic.html

Nice, though I have my own solution :)

Jaged
2007-02-28, 04:28 PM
Sweet. That will come in handy.

Sooo
Red= Lots of traffic
Yellow= some
Green= smooth sailing
Gray= ...Profit?

What does gray mean.

Ghryphen
2007-02-28, 04:31 PM
Well on the WSDOT map, grey are roads that have sensors capable of displaying traffic conditions but is not displaying data. I would imagine the same of Google.

Hamma
2007-02-28, 06:52 PM
Sexy - whats that other screen some custom modules?

Ghryphen
2007-02-28, 07:13 PM
Yeah, I made modules that automatically refresh the cam and map images and made a wmp module that tunes to the local news station that has traffic updates every 10 minutes. With an hour drive to work, it really helps me decide if I should take back roads or the main highway, I can shave off 20 minutes depending on the traffic.

THrONeBeaST
2007-02-28, 07:54 PM
Thats pretty cool