About DriveData

A map for looking at roads the way a traffic control room does — cameras, incidents, surface conditions, weather and fire all in one view — and for wandering off to roads you may never drive.

What it is for

Check a highway before you leave. Flip through the cameras on a mountain pass. See which segments are snow covered. Roll a random road and end up on the Icefields Parkway or a hairpin in the Alps. Everything comes from public sources and each item tells you where it came from and when it was last updated.

What it is not

It is not a navigation app and it does not predict crashes or grade roads as dangerous. Cameras are still images refreshed by their operators, not live video. Where a source has no data for a region, the map says so rather than guessing.

Coverage

Alberta, Canada is the first region, with provincial and municipal cameras, incidents and winter road conditions from 511 Alberta. Wildfire detections cover all of Canada, and weather works anywhere. More provinces and countries will be added as their open data allows.

Built in Edmonton by The Big Head. Questions or a data source we should add: info@thebighead.ca.