Since 2023, we have shared information that helps folks that travel the western US. We learned about this site that has live cameras and warnings of road conditions, travel information, traffic cams, weather warnings, incidents, and much more from a colleague (thank you Doug Galarus!), and have used it on our many road trips to and around the west coast. Well, they just updated the map to include more central northern content covering almost to Kansas City and Chicago!
Are you traveling the western US?? Do you live there? Want to see these traffic cams and more?
They are calling this the One-Stop-Shop for Rural Traveler Information. OSS works best with 4G or 5G cellular, or high-speed wi-fi.
Please wait while we download up-to-date traveler information to your device. Here is a list of what information it loads:
- Initializing Map …
- Retrieving Data …
- Retrieving CCTV Data …
- Retrieving Incident Data …
- Retrieving CMS Data …
- Retrieving Chain Data …
- Retrieving Weather Forecast Data …
- Retrieving RWIS Data …
- Done Downloading Chain Data …
- Done Downloading RWIS Data …
- Done Downloading CCTV Data …
- Done Downloading Incident Data …
- Done Downloading CMS Data …
- Done Downloading Weather Forecast Data …
- Adding Map Content …
All this is loaded and then the following icons keys are used:
And here is the visual result:
You can select/deselect what information is shown on the map when you click on the layers icons on the top left:
On the top right you can change from Map view to Satellite view, etc.
Now zoom into an area you are going to be traveling through, select one of the icons:
You can now enlarge post/share or get weather for that location. Quality of the images will vary. Some cameras will pan showing multiple directions. Some are still images and some are live moving views.
Clicking on warnings will present you with a brief description of what is happening:
Anyone traveling on surface roads to the western US should use this tool before they travel, and as they travel.
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