[Talk-us] DOT construction updates

[Martijn van Exel]

Cool. I added simple CSV and JSON files with all the web site of the DOTs for the 50 states + DC. I verified all the web site links and they seem good. We can take it anywhere from here. 

For example if someone would care to check these web sites for a construction RSS feed or a twitter feed, or any other type of structured information regarding new road construction, that would be a great start. You can update this file directly with new columns: https://github.com/osmlab/dot-feed/blob/master/scripts/state_table.csv <https://github.com/osmlab/dot-feed/blob/master/scripts/state_table.csv> or submit it as a ticket.

Martijn

> On Mar 16, 2016, at 1:31 PM, Ian Dees <ian.dees at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> A few years ago I started collecting information about how DOTs announce major changes and construction and didn't get very far. In fact, I only found Minnesota's DOT RSS and Newsletter (http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadwork/current.html <http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadwork/current.html>) before getting distracted and mapping.
> 
> I would be happy to rekindle this and made a GitHub project for it here:
> 
> https://github.com/osmlab/dot-feed <https://github.com/osmlab/dot-feed>
> 
> Feel free to join in and help find this kind of information.
> 
> On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 6:20 PM, Martijn van Exel <m at rtijn.org <mailto:m at rtijn.org>> wrote:
> Hi all, 
> 
> I was thinking about a good way for the community to get a feed of construction updates from state DOTs. Has anyone ever attempted this? A good start should be a list of state DOTs (I found http://www.dot.state.ak.us/transpo_resources.shtml <http://www.dot.state.ak.us/transpo_resources.shtml>, not sure if it’s 100% current). But where to go from there? Every state DOT has its own mechanism / format to distribute updates. Do they all have an RSS feed? Or twitter?
> 
> At this point I am just curious to hear if anyone else has thought about this already and if so what you have come up with so far.
> 
> (What triggered this again for me: I heard someone mention that the work on the I-96/US-23 interchange in Michigan was complete, but could not find any confirmation. See this pretty cool video from MDOT for what they are doing there: https://youtu.be/K9wQoIc2cLc?t=75 <https://youtu.be/K9wQoIc2cLc?t=75>.) The situation on OSM reflects the pre-construction reality —> https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/359765#map=15/42.5227/-83.7526 <https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/359765#map=15/42.5227/-83.7526>)
> 
> Martijn
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