Huge performance issues for me trying to use it on Chrome. But I like the idea.
OpenTrafficMap
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#63Cool, 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 did scroll across to the UK and was disappointed that there's none for here.
But I'll probably add my own receiver soon!
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#64I recently learned that with smart traffic lights cyclists can change traffic lights -https://nltimes.nl/2026/04/28/new-app-turns-traffic-lights-g...
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#65Cool, but it there's no links for more info, and it doesn't seem to work in the USA at all.
The site is definitely lacking. It's half in German, half in English. The concept is that there is this protocol called ITS-G5, which is a European profile of 802.11p. Vehicles and traffic infrastructure can transmit telemetry on 5 GHz. Other vehicles and traffic infrastructure can use it for situational awareness. This website collects that data using local receivers and aggregates it onto a map, similar to what web…
> What is concerning is that vehicles appear to broadcast a MAC address.
Somewhat related: 'Your car’s tire sensors could be used to track you': https://networks.imdea.org/your-cars-tire-sensors-could-be-u...
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#66Earlier quoted context omitted.
Isn't that the point of the project? I'm seeing a bunch of tracked vehicles, although they all seem parked at the moment. Does Graz not have night bus service?
The night bus service only runs the nights "before" Saturday and Sunday[1]. It's a small university city with 300k population (600k greater metropolitan area). [1] https://www.verbundlinie.at/en/customer-service/arriving-in-...
> It's a small university city with 300k population
Made me smile, I'm from outside a city we used to call "big city" when I was growing up, it had ~110K population and is the 9th largest in the country or something :P Anyways, that city still has night service, so not sure why a city with three times the population wouldn't, especially if it's a university city.
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Personally I assumed the site would be global The only reason you would assume a site would be global is if your definition of "global" is "works in the US" & you never bother to check for support of other countries. I live in the anglosphere outside of the US & I encounter more than enough US-only web projects for that not be to a default assumption I hold. Most sites are not global - it's very odd to assume they…
Another reason could be that calling this OpenTrafficMap gives an impression that it is similar to OpenStreetMap, which is global.
OSM launched as a London / UK project. Even today, it's a lot more comprehensive in some parts of the world than others.
If I got the impression that it was like OSM, that would give me the impression that it is only as global as my contributions to it (which is what lead to OSM becoming global).
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#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
The night bus service only runs the nights "before" Saturday and Sunday[1]. It's a small university city with 300k population (600k greater metropolitan area). [1] https://www.verbundlinie.at/en/customer-service/arriving-in-...
> It's a small university city with 300k population Made me smile, I'm from outside a city we used to call "big city" when I was growing up, it had ~110K population and is the 9th largest in the country or something :P Anyways, that city still has night service, so not sure why a city with three times the population wouldn't, especially if it's a university city.
If it's not able to support a robust bus system, it's not a city, just a really big town.
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#69I don't get this at all. Is this a live view of the traffic lights, buses, and more? How do they get the data?
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#70We need global open congestion data. At least on the european scale.
It's important so that alternatives to Google Maps and Waze (Google) can emerge.
To create congestion data, one needs to own an OS with location tracking, or be an international mobile network. Won't happen.
[disclaimer : I work on an open source alternative to big tech's maps]