<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">The Georgia DOT just got their GA-511 system upgraded and back online, and they provide an RSS feed for incidents on Georgia roads. Since it's RSS, it's really XML, and uses standard fields for various data items. Here's a sample:</div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><div class="collapsible" id="collapsible8"><div class="expanded"><div class="line"><span class="webkit-html-tag"><item></span></div><div class="collapsible-content" style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="text"></span><div class="collapsible" id="collapsible9"><div class="expanded"><div class="line"><span class="button collapse-button" style="-webkit-user-select: none; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-left: -10px; width: 10px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: -webkit-canvas(arrowDown); height: 10px; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"></span><span class="webkit-html-tag"><title></span></div><div class="collapsible-content" style="margin-left: 1em;"><div class="line"><span class="text"><![CDATA[ GA 400 Southbound<br>N OF KEITH BRIDGE RD ]]></span></div></div><div class="line"><span class="webkit-html-tag"></title></span></div></div></div><span class="text"></span><div class="collapsible" id="collapsible10"><div class="expanded"><div class="line"><span class="button collapse-button" style="-webkit-user-select: none; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-left: -10px; width: 10px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: -webkit-canvas(arrowDown); height: 10px; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"></span><span class="webkit-html-tag"><link></span></div><div class="collapsible-content" style="margin-left: 1em;"><div class="collapsible" id="collapsible11"><div class="expanded"><div class="line"><span class="button collapse-button" style="-webkit-user-select: none; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-left: -10px; width: 10px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: -webkit-canvas(arrowDown); height: 10px; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"></span><span class="text"><![CDATA[</span></div><div class="collapsible-content" style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="text">http://www.511ga.org?lon1=-84.076928&lat1=34.279860&lon2=-84.076928&lat2=34.279860</span></div><div class="line"><span class="text">]]></span></div></div></div></div><div class="line"><span class="webkit-html-tag"></link></span></div></div></div><span class="text"></span><div class="collapsible" id="collapsible12"><div class="expanded"><div class="line"><span class="button collapse-button" style="-webkit-user-select: none; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-left: -10px; width: 10px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: -webkit-canvas(arrowDown); height: 10px; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"></span><span class="webkit-html-tag"><description></span></div><div class="collapsible-content" style="margin-left: 1em;"><div class="collapsible" id="collapsible13"><div class="expanded"><div class="line"><span class="button collapse-button" style="-webkit-user-select: none; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-left: -10px; width: 10px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: -webkit-canvas(arrowDown); height: 10px; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"></span><span class="text"><![CDATA[</span></div><div class="collapsible-content" style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="text">Vehicle Fire.<br>All lanes blocked.<br>Forsyth Co.<br>Expected clear: today 10:00 AM.<br>Last update: today 7:31 AM.<br></span></div><div class="line"><span class="text">]]></span></div></div></div></div><div class="line"><span class="webkit-html-tag"></description></span></div></div></div><span class="text"></span><div class="line"><span class="webkit-html-tag"><guid<span class="webkit-html-attribute"> <span class="webkit-html-attribute-name">isPermaLink</span>="<span class="webkit-html-attribute-value">false</span>"</span>></span><span class="text">event_361037</span><span class="webkit-html-tag"></guid></span></div><span class="text"></span></div><div class="line"><span class="webkit-html-tag"></item></span></div></div></div><span class="text"></span><div class="collapsible" id="collapsible14"><div class="expanded"><div class="line"><span class="button collapse-button" style="-webkit-user-select: none; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-left: -10px; width: 10px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: -webkit-canvas(arrowDown); height: 10px; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "></span><span class="webkit-html-tag" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; "></span></div></div></div></div><br><div><font face="Courier"><span style="font-size: 13px;">Our good buddies in New Jersey do something similar:</span></font></div><div><div class="collapsible" id="collapsible21"><div class="expanded"><div class="line"><span class="webkit-html-tag"><item></span></div><div class="collapsible-content" style="margin-left: 1em;"><div class="line"><span class="webkit-html-tag"><title></span><span class="text">I-278 eastbound : Accident</span><span class="webkit-html-tag"></title></span></div><div class="collapsible" id="collapsible22"><div class="expanded"><div class="line"><span class="button collapse-button" style="-webkit-user-select: none; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-left: -10px; width: 10px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: -webkit-canvas(arrowDown); height: 10px; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;"></span><span class="webkit-html-tag"><description></span></div><div class="collapsible-content" style="margin-left: 1em;"><span class="text">NYSDOT - Region 11: Accident on I-278 eastbound area of Exit 28B - Brooklyn Bridge (New York) center lane blocked</span></div><div class="line"><span class="webkit-html-tag"></description></span></div></div></div><div class="line"><span class="webkit-html-tag"><link></span><span class="text">http://rss.511nj.org/eventDetails/ORI47923407</span><span class="webkit-html-tag"></link></span></div><div class="line"><span class="webkit-html-tag"><pubDate></span><span class="text">Fri, 15 Mar 2013 09:33:59 -0400</span><span class="webkit-html-tag"></pubDate></span></div><div class="line"><span class="webkit-html-tag"><guid></span><span class="text">http://rss.511nj.org/eventDetails/ORI47923407</span><span class="webkit-html-tag"></guid></span></div><div class="line"><span class="webkit-html-tag"><georss:point></span><span class="text">40.7015991210938 -73.9908981323242</span><span class="webkit-html-tag"></georss:point></span></div></div><div class="line"><span class="webkit-html-tag"></item></span></div><div><span class="webkit-html-tag"><br></span></div><div><span class="webkit-html-tag">Actually, NJ is even better, because they include an XML field called georss:point…</span></div><div><span class="webkit-html-tag">Can anyone think of a reason I shouldn't write up some code to pull the RSS feed every few minutes, and create local (RF only) objects to indicate traffic incidents, accidents, maybe major construction, etc? Georgia provides an "Expected clear" time. NJ doesn't, but their format is better. Tennessee REALLY has it going on, with a great looking XML format you can see here:</span></div><div><span class="webkit-html-tag"><a href="http://ww2.tdot.state.tn.us/tsw/GeoRSS/TDOTIncidentGeoRSS.xml">http://ww2.tdot.state.tn.us/tsw/GeoRSS/TDOTIncidentGeoRSS.xml</a></span></div><div> </div><div>Of course, a "real programer" could do this in three lines of Perl. I'll probably do it in 10, but I like to add comments. :) Does this seem like a worthwhile addition to a "tactical information network"?</div><div><br></div><div>John Gorkos</div></div></div><div class="collapsible" id="collapsible23"><div class="expanded"><div class="line"><span class="button collapse-button" style="-webkit-user-select: none; cursor: pointer; display: inline-block; margin-left: -10px; width: 10px; vertical-align: bottom; background-image: -webkit-canvas(arrowDown); height: 10px; font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; "></span><span class="webkit-html-tag" style="font-family: monospace; font-size: 13px; "></span></div></div></div></div></body></html>