Any interest in a Traffic Signal Boundary POI?
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  17 years
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All,
If you're like me and travel cross country. I find myself having to constantly look at the Traffic signal indicator to see if I am in range of the Real Time Traffic network. I was thinking that it would be nice to list the interstate boundary coordinates to alert you when you are going in/out of range (pending on direction) of the traffic signal area for the cities that have the broadcast. I will need the help of all POI factory members to compile this.
It will round out having the niceties of having the Rest Area and Time Zone POIs installed. The alert could be something as simple as "Approaching Traffic Signal Boundary."
What do you all think? If it is a crappy idea let me know. If you like it, send me the coordinates and I will create the project.
Thanks!
Hmmm....
I don't think that would be possible with any kind of decent accuracy since the signal is largely affected by terrain. If you live in a relatively flat area, if may work but here in an area like Los Angeles, the signal can be blocked by mountains & hills in various areas and is really fragmented and irregular at the fringes of the coverage area.
I know you're talking about FM Traffic but they don't have a -detailed- coverage image like MSN Direct has. I'm pretty sure approx the same coverage applies to FM Traffic in the example below and will show you what I'm talking about when I say the coverage is fragmented.
http://www.msndirect.com/coverage.aspx
Then type in Los Angeles
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RE: Hmmm...
I appreciate what you are saying. The intent is merely to give one a general idea that they are approaching or leaving a metro area; not intended for a dead lock.
I agree that it would be impossible given terrain, atmospheric conditions, or other factors that impact signal strength for any precision.
JRoz -- DriveSmart 55 & Traffic