Usage

Accidents

Accidents can be fetched in JSON form from the following URL.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elazar/lfttraffic-data/master/accidents.json

The file contains an array of objects, each with the following properties:

• address
• city
• time
• due_to
• latitude
• longitude

Traffic cameras

Traffic cameras can be fetched in JSON form from the following URL.

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/elazar/lfttraffic-data/master/cameras.json

The file contains an array of objects, each with the following properties:

• main_road
• cross_road
• latitude
• longitude
• ptzid

The current image for a specific camera is accessible at a URL of the following form, where the value of the ptzid parameter corresponds to the object property by the same name referenced in the list above.

http://www.lafayettela.gov/tcams/getTCamera.aspx?ptzid=###

Credits

Traffic camera feeds

• Sourced from http://www.lafayettela.gov/trafficcameras/traffic_cameras.aspx
• Provided by Lafayette Consolidated Government

Accident reports

• Sourced from lafayette911.org
• Provided by Lafayette Parish Communication District
• Accessed with the request library
• Processed with the cheerio library

GPS coordinates

• Provided by Here
• Accessed with the node-geocoder library

Data hosting

• Provided by GitHub