OpenTrafficMap

#1

Post by moooo99 » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC

OpenTrafficMap
opentrafficmap.org

Re: OpenTrafficMap

#2

Post by solarpunk » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 8:30 PM UTC

Cool, but it there's no links for more info, and it doesn't seem to work in the USA at all.

Re: OpenTrafficMap

#3

Post by xd1936 » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 8:31 PM UTC

I haven't seen a theme on OSM data look this modern and fresh before. Beautiful color palette and iconography!

Re: OpenTrafficMap

#4

Post by moooo99 » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 8:33 PM UTC

solarpunk wrote: post #2

Cool, but it there's no links for more info, and it doesn't seem to work in the USA at all.

The project was shared as part of a talk at Graz Linux Tage. You can find it here, unfortunately it is only available in German

https://media.ccc.de/v/glt26-688-c-its-mit-einem-esp32-ampel...

Re: OpenTrafficMap

#5

Post by stevenhubertron » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 8:36 PM UTC

xd1936 wrote: post #3

I haven't seen a theme on OSM data look this modern and fresh before. Beautiful color palette and iconography!

It's a Mapbox theme

Re: OpenTrafficMap

#6

Post by walrus01 » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 8:36 PM UTC

solarpunk wrote: post #2

Cool, but it there's no links for more info, and it doesn't seem to work in the USA at all.

If I had a dollar for every time I've seen an American on the Internet assume that anything published in the English language must be US-centric...

Re: OpenTrafficMap

#7

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 8:37 PM UTC

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Re: OpenTrafficMap

#8

Post by felixguendling » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 8:37 PM UTC

solarpunk wrote: post #2

Cool, but it there's no links for more info, and it doesn't seem to work in the USA at all.

It's based on Car2X/Vehicle2X data that's sent unencrypted and can be received with chips you can order from China.

Re: OpenTrafficMap

#9

Post by rootusrootus » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 8:38 PM UTC

walrus01 wrote: post #6

solarpunk wrote: post #2

Cool, but it there's no links for more info, and it doesn't seem to work in the USA at all.

If I had a dollar for every time I've seen an American on the Internet assume that anything published in the English language must be US-centric...

Conversely, if I had a penny for every time someone complained about Americans... ;-)

Re: OpenTrafficMap

#10

Post by exegete » Wed, Apr 29, 2026, 8:41 PM UTC

walrus01 wrote: post #6

solarpunk wrote: post #2

Cool, but it there's no links for more info, and it doesn't seem to work in the USA at all.

If I had a dollar for every time I've seen an American on the Internet assume that anything published in the English language must be US-centric...

I mean I don’t anyone thought this was in the US since the UI is not in English. Maybe it’s more of, this neat, wish we had it here?