I have been developing such an application at
simplifyconnections.appspot.com and would greatly appreciate any help
or suggestions you could give. At present, no one is really using this
feature of this application so do not hesitate to experiment with it,
yourself.
At the homepage type in one of the following to demo the CB system.
(Only the three Interstates sampled here are actually implemented.)
I85N-Atlanta
I20W-Dallas-FortWorth
I75S-Charlotte
I85S-Atlanta
My appspot was originally designed mainly for low frequency
communication among local neighbors; a newly completed, two mile long,
walking and biking path in my neighborhood was the main inspiration
for this homepage at gae after I started by promoting carpooling and
ridesharing. But upon driving the Interstates, I thought a similar
system, informing Interstate rest area visitors and people starting
out a journey, might be handy if it caught on widely, so that people
could avoid problems by learning about options and details that would
not be available via the technology of Google maps' "traffic"
features. People caught in traffic jams might also benefit or be
benefactors for others, if they can connect to the web from their
cars.
What do you think?
Brian in Atlanta