Will there be changes to Louisiana's contraflow maps this year? Yep!
Amber Hebert, Public Information Officer for the LA Department of Transportation and Development, says that they are "extending the maps further into Mississippi."
THIS IS GREAT NEWS! Working with Mississippi Department of Transportation should alleviate some of the evacuation bottlenecks we saw during Gustav's evacuation. We'll update contraflowmaps.com as soon as the maps are published.
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Busy Few Days
I heard horror stories of the contraflow disaster at the I-59/I-10/I-12 interchange. Jindal has got to fix this, or people will not evacuate.
We also got a few emails from visitors who wanted help planning their route. The most common question was "Can I take I-10 East at the I-59/10/12 interchange?"
Thanks go out to The Wall Street Journal Storm Tracker blog for the link love, but WWLTV's link from their home page sent in the most traffic.
We also got a few emails from visitors who wanted help planning their route. The most common question was "Can I take I-10 East at the I-59/10/12 interchange?"
Thanks go out to The Wall Street Journal Storm Tracker blog for the link love, but WWLTV's link from their home page sent in the most traffic.
Saturday, August 30, 2008
Third Anniversary
Today is the third anniversary of Katrina and traffic to contraflowmaps.com is heavy. Thanks for all the link love.Special thanks to wwltv.com for the home page link. Check out their video exlplaining New Orleans Contraflow.
Saturday, May 24, 2008
One Week Until Hurricane Season 2008
Are you ready for hurricane season 2008? It starts June 1st.
The Colorado State University Forecast team "upgraded its early season forecast today from the Bahamas Weather Conference, saying the U.S. Atlantic basin will likely experience a well above-average hurricane season."
The Colorado State University Forecast team "upgraded its early season forecast today from the Bahamas Weather Conference, saying the U.S. Atlantic basin will likely experience a well above-average hurricane season."
- 15 named tropical storms gathering between June 1 and November 30
- 8 storms are expected to intensify into hurricanes (winds > 74 mph)
Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Blog suspended? What the #@$! ?
The folks at Blogger suspended the Contraflow Maps blog for a few hours Monday on suspicion of SPAM. Their detection bots look for
"irrelevant, repetitive, or nonsensical text, along with a large number of links, usually all pointing to a single site."My English professors would have been seriously disappointed.
We pushed out another [very small] update today.
- About 10% of our visits are coming from small monitors at 800x600 resolution, so we decreased the size of those route labels for them.
- Prevented the possibility of browser memory leaks.
- Added some additional helpful links including Meghan Gordon's TP article on contraflow from May 2007 and a great repository of Google Map applications at Google Maps Mania.
Sunday, August 19, 2007
LTC Newsletter and Weekend Updates
The Louisiana Technology Council featured contraflowmaps.com in its newsletter this week.
Here are this weekend's updates:
Here are this weekend's updates:
- Added a Bookmark Route Feature
- Fixed the issue with the browser back button
- General user interface and code cleanup
Thursday, August 16, 2007
contraflowmaps.com is live
New Orleans is buzzing about Dean. We cut the pilot short. Thanks for all of the emails and blog love.
Today we are trying to route the three missing contraflow routes and publish the printable versions of each route. Then we'll start on the rest of the list:
25. Add Alternate / Submitted Routes
26. Add Arrows after initial crossover to help show direction
27. Full Browser Test
28. Reduce Arrow Size
29. Load Test
30. Bookmark This Route
31. Dampen Scroll Mouse
32. Make Arrows Clickable
33. I55 Cross Arial Views are 79KB
34. Add Tabbed InfoWindows to show alternate aerial or Ground Level View
35. Replace I-55 Crossover Poly
36. Encode Polylines for faster rendering
37. Message Board for Each Route
38. Verify Info with LSU/LSP
39. Route Survey or Show Results using Analytics Data as Source
40. Show full evacuation map with marching ants
41. Map of Gas Stations, Welcome Centers and Hospitals that are accessible on Contraflow Routes
42. Hotel List Generator
43. Estimate Drivetimes (City of NO has this done)
44. Clean Code
Check out contraflowmaps.comHere is what we've added:
- Google AdSense (all proceeds will go to New Orleans recovery organizations)
- Added a Help / About Us page
- Routed Jackson via I-55 and added some route tips (Please comment on this Route UI)
- Upgraded our host (1&1 Internet)
- Changed our destination cities to Jackson and Hattiesburg
- Started laying out the printable versions
Today we are trying to route the three missing contraflow routes and publish the printable versions of each route. Then we'll start on the rest of the list:
25. Add Alternate / Submitted Routes
26. Add Arrows after initial crossover to help show direction
27. Full Browser Test
28. Reduce Arrow Size
29. Load Test
30. Bookmark This Route
31. Dampen Scroll Mouse
32. Make Arrows Clickable
33. I55 Cross Arial Views are 79KB
34. Add Tabbed InfoWindows to show alternate aerial or Ground Level View
35. Replace I-55 Crossover Poly
36. Encode Polylines for faster rendering
37. Message Board for Each Route
38. Verify Info with LSU/LSP
39. Route Survey or Show Results using Analytics Data as Source
40. Show full evacuation map with marching ants
41. Map of Gas Stations, Welcome Centers and Hospitals that are accessible on Contraflow Routes
42. Hotel List Generator
43. Estimate Drivetimes (City of NO has this done)
44. Clean Code
- Check for Browser Memory Leaks
- Split Pages
- Standardize Variables
- XML Data for Easier Cloning
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