Quote: Originally Posted by neon_eddy
in Minnesota here we have xml Traffic data updated every 30 seconds.. along with accidents reports, and all the sensors have lat/lng cords. They measure over all speed, density, and who knows what else..
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/tmc/traff...ata/index.html
I did some searching and found a few other places that do this..
anyone have any ideas for an app that could interpit this data (the site has detailed specs on the data and everything, nice to see our tax dollars at work)
I ws thinking a fash app that had a vecor map of major roads (4/6 lane) and then have animations of density and colors based on average speed (green = very fast, red = stop and go)
basicly much like simcity :-)
I have an idea about the app, and I can figure out how to pull the data.. I just don't know enough about xml and parsing it and all ..
somewhere amongst all my files I have the coordinates of every traffic cam out there. MNDOT is pretty cool when you email them asking for info, I just asked if they had a file that had all of the camera locations so I could make an app to display the upcoming cameras based on your location & direction. They were intrigued and sent me the data file. Although seen as I'm moving to Colorado in a week I probably won't ever finish (read that start) the project.
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Here is the file, I think that it is in UTM decimal? Can't remember and can't find the email that I got from them.
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