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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:35 am Post subject: Free (UK) Traffic Map Site - Good For Display Screen? |
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Hi folks,
At work we have a TV that displays traffic and weather, alternating between two PC's. Only problem is the are too cheap to stump up for a Trafficmaster subscription, so instead I've been using the Traffic England site. Unfortunately although the site has recently been changed for the better graphically speaking, they have also removed the autoupdate feature.
This leaves me looking for another site that is (a) suited to display on a TV screen and (b) automatically updates. Others I have looked at include TrafficMap.co.uk which isn't a fantastically pretty site, TomTom's HD Traffic which is a bit busy, and plain old Google Maps' Traffic overlay.
The latter is probably the best in terms of maximum usage of the display along with easy-to-read information, but I'm curious to know if anyone knows other sites that display UK traffic in the M25 area, and do a better job visually speaking?
(Here's hoping that Traffic England bring back the automatic update feature)
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SpikeyMikey Lifetime Member
Joined: Mar 21, 2006 Posts: 855 Location: Hertfordshire. Forever blowing bubbles
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:43 am Post subject: |
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Hi,
Have you tried this?
http://www.highways.gov.uk/traffic/ _________________ Mike
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:49 am Post subject: |
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Yep. I believe it routes to the same site as Traffic England. |
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SpikeyMikey Lifetime Member
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 10:59 am Post subject: |
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I literally just came back to post the same thing, sorry
I didn't realise until I went a bit further, I use it every now and again, I didn't realise they had stopped the auto update! _________________ Mike
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:23 am Post subject: |
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I wonder if they did it on purpose to reduce the load on the server, but it's a shame now that the site is a lot better - particularly with the dedicated map window that opens. |
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SpikeyMikey Lifetime Member
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 11:39 am Post subject: |
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Just a thought, and I don't know if you've tried it, but I registered for the Tom Tom route planner. This allows you to select an area you're interested in, plan a route and also updates traffic info re-routing you if necessary. This cuts down on the amount of clutter. I don't know if you have to register.
http://www.route.tomtom.com/t/#/ _________________ Mike
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:14 pm Post subject: |
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Ah, that's pretty good! Don't seem to need to register either. |
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Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2009 3:20 pm Post subject: |
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You could also create a web page that loads a source page and auto-refreshes it, not hard to do? _________________ Darren Griffin |
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