May 03, 2005
Google Maps + Traffic Conditions
A few weeks ago I was completely blown away at this awesome combination of technology, Housing Maps. It takes RSS feeds from the Craigslist apartment rentals and overlayas it in real-time onto Google Maps using the Google API. it reminded me of the map I built in 2003 when I was looking for an apartment in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Today, I ran across this news that Yahoo is offering traffic conditions as an RSS feed. I immediately thought that it would be a cool idea to overlay this data with a mapping service like Google Maps. How cool would it be to have a live mapping service in your vehicle via Google Maps with overlaid data: apartments, traffic conditions, restaurants, etc. The opportunities are endless.
Posted by Cameron Barrett at May 3, 2005 01:17 PMGoogle recently purchased zipdash.com, which provides real-time traffic info on maps. So it's fair to say we'll see Google Traffic soon.
Posted by: Kevin Kubushevky at May 4, 2005 12:24 AM
For another cool real estate related google maps hack check out http://www.cytadia.us where you can map your search results on a google map.
Posted by: Nick at May 26, 2005 03:35 PM
F-ing awesome. We need green/red/yellow dots over all the freeways in satellite view though!
Posted by: Anonymous at May 31, 2005 05:14 PM
