Yahoo! Maps to Support Realtime Traffic

squidfrog writes "Yahoo is set to support realtime traffic overlays for its existing Yahoo! Maps program. 'Yahoo's dynamic maps draw on real-time traffic information from metropolitan transportation departments and private providers, including embedded road sensors, traffic cameras, police scanners, and traffic helicopters. Yahoo declined to identify the exact sources of its traffic data... Roadways are colored green, yellow and red, to highlight the normal movement of traffic, minor delays or severe road congestion. A user can hover over a stretch of road to view details of impediments.'"

Comments

Great...

[Icarus1919]

Fantastic, now we have to deal with people stopping to gawk at accidents on the road AND on the internet. JUST DRIVE BY IT! DON'T LOOK! What's wrong with you people!?

Re:Great...

[nizo]

Actually I seem to remember reading that the number one cause of accidents is people gawking at other accidents. What they need is some kind of temporary wall that can be erected quickly to hide the accident, possibly in addition to glaring spotlights to keep people from staring at it like sheep as they drive by. Either that or maybe put pictures of the goatse guy or tubgirl around the accident so people avert their eyes quickly.

Re:Great...

[timeOday]

Actually I seem to remember reading that the number one cause of accidents is people gawking at other accidents.

Oh yeah, right up there with all the other #1 causes of accidents such as aggressive driving, speeding, DUI, and talking on cellphones, which together account for 457% of all accidents on US roadways.

Re:Great...

[Anonymous Coward]

You forget that someone who caused an accident by agressively speeding under the influence while talking on a cellphone and gawking at another accident can be counted in many categories.

Damn

[chrisgeleven]

Apparently my area is not available yet...and I live in the biggest city in NH.

Re:Damn

[mordors9]

Man, not the largest ciy in NH...... I can't believe they missed that one ;-)

Re:Damn

[jpmkm]

The Taco Bell down the road from me is utterly useless to the 99% of the world's population who doesn't live in my city. They might as well close down since there are so many people who can't use it. How dare they provide a service for some people without taking the entire planet's population into consideration? Those arrogant pricks!

Re:Damn

[93 Escort Wagon]

"The Taco Bell down the road from me is utterly useless to the 99% of the world's population who doesn't live in my city."

1% of the world's population lives in your city? Why on earth would there be a Taco Bell in Mexico City?

Just like Simcity 2!

[OccidentalSlashy]

I hope they tie into emergency services too and show lazily rendered orange flames coming from the windows of any burning buildings.

Come to think about it, how about a Average Income Overlay while we're at it so I know where to look for cheap girls. Er, for cheap monitors.

old habbits are hard to break...

[ccbutler]

Yahoo's chat'n'maps applet draws on the win32 clients real-time web-surfing information from metropolitan users and private sectors, including embedded mouse sensors, usb cameras, sniffers, and packet helicopters. Yahoo declined to identify the exact sources of its dll's... and will prove to be a pain in the ass to remove even with a sophisticated spyware removal program. A user can stand over the burnt and charred remains of his CPU after he installs Yahoo's chat'n'maps to view details of impediments.

"SimCopter One Reporting Heavy Traffic"

[dcollins]

TRAFFIC WARNING -
Traffic in this city is expanding.
The commuters are getting militant.
Highway shootings are on the rise.
Either build more roads and rails or get a bulletproof limo.

Could it get any longer?

[Anonymous Coward]

Wonderfully readable URLs these people use:

http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?csz=Pittsburgh %2 C+PA+15217-3040&state=PA&uzip=15217&ds=n&name=&des c=&ed=T0qRZep_0Tr4Np7V.TbRpftsXKUsg.181R_6HssRgbH4 .yRRzOjaX0DeuaWWJS56AXckQ40QmpAModdDHtclDakA.aSV.z FfQG0V3OHy5Mk_pwdSUUJlFw--&zoomin=yes&BFKey=&mag=2 &resize=s&cat=trav&trf=1#mapcontent

Re:Could it get any longer?

[prockcore]

http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?csz=Pittsburgh%2 C+PA+15217-3040&state=PA&uzip=15217&ds=n&name=&des c=&ed=T0qRZep_0Tr4Np7V.TbRpftsXKUsg.181R_6HssRgbH4 .yRRzOjaX0DeuaWWJS56AXckQ40QmpAModdDHtclDakA.aSV.z FfQG0V3OHy5Mk_pwdSUUJlFw--&zoomin=yes&BFKey=&mag=2 &resize=s&cat=trav&trf=1#mapcontent


Hey, that looks just like some of the posts on the old BBS's I used to frequent. It just needs ++ATH0 NO CARRIER at the end to make it complete.

Something Awful

[Fancia]

This is nice, but the good people over at Something Awful beat them to it four years ago!