Google Maps Meets Yahoo Traffic

[hevnsnt]

Use Google Maps with Yahoo traffic to display traffic in your area. Google's Better mapping with Yahoo's Traffic data

Very cool

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[audi]

this post sucks!

 

[hevnsnt]

lol

 

[Scarpozzi]

Does it actually show you traffic conditions or what?

 

[hevnsnt]

Yeah, I think it is getting hammered right now

 

[ironcrotch]

Doesn't work.

 

[1Cheap2Crazy]

I always end up in Waconda Lake, Kansas

 

[OulOat]

Awesome site.

 

[Aharami]

pretty cool

 

[gopunk]

neat idea, but doesn't seem to work for seattle?

 

[cliftonite]

only shows lane closures due to predetermined factors like construction? Is it real time traffic?

Nevermind shows accidents also.

 

[Freejack2]

Not all too accurate, the peg lists an accident 5 miles away from where the text says it is.

 

[hevnsnt]

blame Yahoo

 

[akubi]

sort of works

 

[bondboy]

is this the same guy that did google maps + craigslist?

 

[777php]

why not just use yahoo! maps and traffic?

 

[hevnsnt]

cause google is better?

 

[scorpmatt]

Originally posted by: hevnsnt
Google is God

fixed that for ya

 

[Toasthead]

the map is WAY off in my neck of the woods...sacramento CA

 

[dman]

Originally posted by: Toasthead
the map is WAY off in my neck of the woods...sacramento CA

Yeah, It's thumbtacking issues on the map in Palm Beach County that are supposed to be down in Miami Dade. That's about 60miles off +/-.

At least it's still S.FL

 

[Injury]

Cool idea, but clearly poor execution. Will be neat to follow this or see if google comes up with their own traffic information in response.

 

[Parrotheader]

Yahoo's had the traffic information up for months now. Very cool stuff.

But it's totally dependent upon the local traffic reporting systems for various cities. So if the data is inaccurate to begin with at the city level, Yahoo has no way of knowing. They're simply relaying the information. Google would/will be in the same boat if they ever copy this.

 

[aplefka]

Originally posted by: 1Cheap2Crazy
I always end up in Waconda Lake, Kansas

 

[777php]

Originally posted by: Parrotheader
Yahoo's had the traffic information up for months now. Very cool stuff.

But it's totally dependent upon the local traffic reporting systems for various cities. So if the data is inaccurate to begin with at the city level, Yahoo has no way of knowing. They're simply relaying the information. Google would/will be in the same boat if they ever copy this.

I've heard that the traffic information is gathered by the drivers who have the fast-track or similar devices in their cars. Stations along the highway track the movement from point to point therefore relaying the information back to the servers.

 

[FrustratedUser]

Originally posted by: ironcrotch
Doesn't work.