“Compared to other providers,Real Time is able to offer map-based Web information at a much lower cost because DOT is providing GIS maps,? DiRuggiero said. ?The maps are not tied to Google Earth or the like,and they can be changed as needed. There are no server fees or hit fees to access maps.”
-John DiRuggiero,New Mexico (corrected from Arizona,thanks sharp eyed Andy!) DOT?s Web master and information technology expert for ITS Operations describing how its website contractor Real Time Sites saves money on traffic mapping in New Mexico Business Weekly. DOT paid Real Time $50,000 to design the original site,which launched in October 2007 and $80,000 for an update which launched December 19 “to offer motorists user-friendly access to real-time information on road conditions throughout New Mexico.”