Olympics 2012

[xteejx]

Hey hey! Why am I so popular so suddenly? Oh right, you want something hehehhee
Umm, major Kent roads are pretty much done now, haven't had a chance to do much of London as yet but sounds like you guys have already been having a go on those roads.

Any specifics need looked at or double checked?

[dknight212]

Maybe read Richards post? Who said you were popular?

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[richardjeeves]

Theres just a few UR's south of the river. Once I have done most of what i know 1st I might have a bash at that area (woolwich / greenwich ect...) but, i thought i would defer to somebody who know's more about that side of the river

[dknight212]

Is the Blackwall tunnel OK these days?

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[dknight212]

More news in case you missed it http://www.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/int/news/-/ ... n-17355880

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[Joshden1991]

Heya guys,

The BBC have placed .pdf of the torch run thingy on its websites

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17358291

but many of the roads they run down will be closed to traffic (filled with media cars, trucks, vans, police, first aiders, Olympic organizers etc.) So will Waze add any features to use for the olympics at all.

I was thinking adding a button on its map editor to close a road for a certain day or time, so that the apps know that the road is closed to the public.

for example... Mote Rd in Maidstone is closed on 23rd July between 07:00 - 08:00 (this is a example). It will help everyone out including people from other countries coming to watch the special events.

[xteejx]

Bad idea. Could be abused too easily. Would be better if they could setup an automated schedule setting the required roads to 0 MPH when they're closed using this data. We know they can do this from Carmageddon but whether they think we're important enough to do this is another matter.

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[dknight212]

Heya guys,

The BBC have placed .pdf of the torch run thingy on its websites

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17358291

but many of the roads they run down will be closed to traffic (filled with media cars, trucks, vans, police, first aiders, Olympic organizers etc.) So will Waze add any features to use for the olympics at all.

I was thinking adding a button on its map editor to close a road for a certain day or time, so that the apps know that the road is closed to the public.

for example... Mote Rd in Maidstone is closed on 23rd July between 07:00 - 08:00 (this is a example). It will help everyone out including people from other countries coming to watch the special events.

In the absence of Waze doing anything for us for the Olympics then something like this might work (although open to abuse as Jim says). On the other hand, they would have to program it and we know any changes take them forever so it won't happen.

The competition is already doing something:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/44966/c ... n-olympics

[xteejx]

Actually the 0mph setting is part of the real-time road data so it's instant. They could setup a cron job that changes the required info at the right time. Basically they manually put in a traffic jam. They can do this.

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[dknight212]

Actually the 0mph setting is part of the real-time road data so it's instant. They could setup a cron job that changes the required info at the right time. Basically they manually put in a traffic jam. They can do this.

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They *can*, but whether they *will* is another matter