New feature/plugin idea for RR

**juve021** · 10-17-2007, 11:57 AM

While pondering on my upcoming drive to upstate NY, I was thinking about how much tolls would cost and thought about implementing some type of toll calculator in RR. For instance, it could detect your location via GPS and figure out the cost of tolls on your current road or even better, calculate the totaly cost of tolls for your routed trip. Good idea, yay or nay? Anyone know if this is even possible?

**the_crooked_toe** · 10-17-2007, 02:00 PM

is there a website that lists how much each toll station is nationwide? i'm pretty sure that's your only hope

**ThunderStick** · 10-17-2007, 06:40 PM

This would be awsome, and I am sure someone could figure it out.
I tried a quick search for toll roads but got nothing. There has to be some type of listing out there for toll roads.
If not, this could be a great money maker for some webmaster / internet savvy entrepreneur.

**Blue ZX3** · 10-17-2007, 11:05 PM

Pencil + paper + Calc = Total...LOL

If there was a way to do it, it would be kind of a cool idea..

**guino** · 10-18-2007, 12:14 AM

you'd need a good list of tolls+locations unless you actually enter the information of where/how much the tolls are..

**Blue ZX3** · 10-18-2007, 12:15 AM

Then you'd have too make sure that you update the toll amout as they go up...

**sliturnek** · 10-18-2007, 01:15 AM

i am pretty sure microsoft streets and trips does this... i can disassemble it and see where the toll calculator gets pushed onto the stack

**Blue ZX3** · 10-18-2007, 01:16 AM

Dissambling software...and M$ at that...tisk tisk

**sliturnek** · 10-18-2007, 01:21 AM

meh someone has to do it and the more i make bill's a$$ chap the better only wish rr was coded for linux. not too fond of ICE or i would be running it

might be a future endeavor but i got too many projects on my plate atm