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| Thread ID: 125110 | 2012-06-07 02:23:00 | An App for reliable road conditions? | stuffed (1469) | PC World Chat |
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| 1280267 | 2012-06-09 06:53:00 | Android: NZRoadInfo -- play.google.com I bet thats not going to be up to date enough for stuffed ;) Anywyas how do these phone apps work when you on a piece of Highway where there is sweet FA phone coverage? |
coldfront (15814) | ||
| 1280268 | 2012-06-09 07:22:00 | I bet thats not going to be up to date enough for stuffed ;) Anywyas how do these phone apps work when you on a piece of Highway where there is sweet FA phone coverage? Good point squire. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1280269 | 2012-06-09 07:24:00 | I bet thats not going to be up to date enough for stuffed ;) Anywyas how do these phone apps work when you on a piece of Highway where there is sweet FA phone coverage? My understanding that the OP wanted something that provided options a couple of hour ahead of time. Not in the middle of nowhere... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1280270 | 2012-06-09 23:16:00 | My understanding that the OP wanted something that provided options a couple of hour ahead of time. Not in the middle of nowhere... Most places that get closed are in the middle of nowhere!!! Predicting if a road is going to be closed 2 hours in advance by weather or Incident is simply not possible no matter how good your technology is. Think I will expand on that! For example say you left Auckland to head down to Wellington and the forecast said snow forecast to 600 metres which way would you go? Its forecast and until the road reaches a point where the road contractors/police decide it is not possible to navigate safely still open! Will it or wont it need to close! alternative thats closed |
coldfront (15814) | ||
| 1280271 | 2012-06-09 23:26:00 | Most places that get closed are in the middle of nowhere!!! Predicting if a road is going to be closed 2 hours in advance by weather or Incident is simply not possible no matter how good your technology is.True, but the OP may not want an app that claims to predict road conditions in the future. All that may be required is to know the condition "now" to help plan movements later in the day. And being on XT might mitigate connection problems otherwise encountered on other networks... | johcar (6283) | ||
| 1280272 | 2012-06-09 23:36:00 | . . . And being on XT might mitigate connection problems otherwise encountered on other networks . . . A good thought to have timely and relevant reports pop-up on the screen . But isn't an inability to read a prerequisite for being on XT? ;) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1280273 | 2012-06-09 23:45:00 | True, but the OP may not want an app that claims to predict road conditions in the future . All that may be required is to know the condition "now" to help plan movements later in the day . Which is precisely the point I was making! |
coldfront (15814) | ||
| 1280274 | 2012-06-10 01:56:00 | Most places that get closed are in the middle of nowhere!!! Predicting if a road is going to be closed 2 hours in advance by weather or Incident is simply not possible no matter how good your technology is. Think I will expand on that! For example say you left Auckland to head down to Wellington and the forecast said snow forecast to 600 metres which way would you go? Its forecast and until the road reaches a point where the road contractors/police decide it is not possible to navigate safely still open! Will it or wont it need to close! alternative thats closed Like if a cold front comes in? |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1280275 | 2012-06-10 03:11:00 | Like if a cold front comes in? Yeah - those coldfronts can cause havoc!! :D |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1280276 | 2012-06-10 03:54:00 | Yeah - those coldfronts can cause havoc!! :D Yep and unpredicatable buggers as well ;) |
coldfront (15814) | ||
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