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Are the Google maps or the DOTD maps more accurate
Posted on 8/16/16 at 10:16 am
Posted on 8/16/16 at 10:16 am
I am trying to find travel routes for staff that want to come to work and am finding that there are significant road closures on the Google routes as reported by DOTD.
Whom should I trust?
Whom should I trust?
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Posted on 8/16/16 at 10:18 am to ruzil
Google maps are based on cell phone data. Several roads were showing green because no one was traveling them however they were not passable. I would absolutely trust DOTD during emergencies like this.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 10:20 am to ruzil
DOTD website is showing that bluff Rd by my house is closed which is absolutely untrue, it couldn't be drier. So not all of their information is accurate either
Posted on 8/16/16 at 10:29 am to ruzil
Probably DOTD. It was showing 12 W was closed at Sherwood on Sunday but I was able to get on there.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 10:29 am to ferrell0208
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Google maps are based on cell phone data. Several roads were showing green because no one was traveling them however they were not passable. I would absolutely trust DOTD during emergencies like this.
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DOTD website is showing that bluff Rd by my house is closed which is absolutely untrue, it couldn't be drier. So not all of their information is accurate either
This is exactly what has me concerned.
I suppose first responders could be traveling routes that are not accessible to the public just yet skewing the cell phone data.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 10:48 am to ruzil
don't trust dotd. they are not update as frequently as waze or google maps.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 10:52 am to lsuCJ5
the DOTD stuff gives you a good idea of an entire area but the actual road closures are most likely a day lagged behind of what's actually closed.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 11:18 am to ferrell0208
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DOTD website is showing that bluff Rd by my house is closed which is absolutely untrue
In the last hour the have shut it down at C Braud Rd. We had to talk our way past the State Trooper at the intersection of C Braud and 73...
Posted on 8/16/16 at 11:38 am to wickowick
I'm trying to find a way from Livingston to Geismar and I am having a hard time trusting that portions of French Settlement and Port Vincent and St Amant are all open.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 11:51 am to shiftworker
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I am having a hard time trusting that portions of French Settlement and Port Vincent and St Amant are all open.
The problem is the areas between the non flooded areas. I have been told that Both French Settlement schools are dry and being used to run operations but as you can see from these photos that many areas of hwy 22 have problems
Posted on 8/16/16 at 12:13 pm to wickowick
Yeah I had given up on 22 already. I'll be hitting 42 to 16 towards Port Vincent and then decide either 42 or 431. Looks like if I am able to get there I may not be leaving for a while.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 12:14 pm to ruzil
511.org
I used this yesterday to travel from Biloxi to Houston.
I used this yesterday to travel from Biloxi to Houston.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 12:16 pm to Scooba
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Google maps are based on cell phone data.
Google maps uses a lot more than just cell phone data
They are likely using DOTD data too.
This post was edited on 8/16/16 at 12:20 pm
Posted on 8/16/16 at 6:35 pm to TigerBait1127
Honestly, in my travels Saturday night and Sunday day attempting to get family members out of Denham, Waze seemed to have the most up-to-date information on closures but it did let me down on my way back Saturday night by telling me I-12 was open from Hammond to Covington.
I used Waze and the 511la.org site the most and they both seemed up-to-date. Google maps seemed just as good also.
I think if you use those 3 in combination, you can't go wrong...
I used Waze and the 511la.org site the most and they both seemed up-to-date. Google maps seemed just as good also.
I think if you use those 3 in combination, you can't go wrong...
Posted on 8/16/16 at 6:47 pm to cdaniel76
Google owns Waze and uses the data for their Maps app.
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