See before you drive

January 20, 2007 4:45 PM

Tripcheck : Is an online service of the Oregon Department of Transportation. Zoom in on the map and click on a camera icon, and you can see a current image taken by a camera at that location.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste (17 comments total)

The stand-alone Google Earth program shows the locations of those cameras as icons. You can click them for pictures from the Google program. Like as not there's something similar in other states.
posted by Steven C. Den Beste at 4:47 PM on January 20, 2007

Don't live in Oregon, but neat.
posted by Atreides at 4:58 PM on January 20, 2007

California: Caltrans Live Traffic Cameras.
posted by RichardP at 5:29 PM on January 20, 2007

North Carolina's version (slick interface)
posted by knave at 5:41 PM on January 20, 2007

San Antonio
posted by IronLizard at 6:10 PM on January 20, 2007

More in Texas
posted by IronLizard at 6:12 PM on January 20, 2007

Rhode Island
posted by knave at 6:13 PM on January 20, 2007

Utah commuter link (Wasatch Front and Park City only)
posted by mr_crash_davis at 6:24 PM on January 20, 2007

Washington State.
posted by owhydididoit at 6:37 PM on January 20, 2007

southern ontario
posted by sergeant sandwich at 7:38 PM on January 20, 2007

Delaware
posted by mmahaffie at 7:53 PM on January 20, 2007

Washington DC metro area
posted by matty at 8:02 PM on January 20, 2007

Looks dark out.
posted by delmoi at 8:25 PM on January 20, 2007

I can see my house from here!
posted by adamgreenfield at 8:52 PM on January 20, 2007

That one isn't nearly as cool as Beat the Traffic's version.

Florida has a good one that shows you the output of their many traffic counters, broken down by time of day.
posted by Laen at 10:13 PM on January 20, 2007

Wow. There are webcams on the Internets! Rockin' my world. Best. F. P. P. Ev. Ah.
posted by stevil at 11:32 AM on January 21, 2007

I've been known to have Tripcheck's Portland cams auto-refreshing all morning. It's fun to watch the sun rise 2500 miles away.
posted by pernoctalian at 12:04 PM on January 21, 2007