Earlier today I poked around at the ArcGIS API they are calling from the flex app - is this what you're using?<p>For my particular location there is one dot that is likely the one I'm waiting to have fixed, but it could be one of several surrounding my house. What are you using for your determination of if I'm fixed? Simply finding the work orders within a distance of the point dominion says my house is at?<p>I'd have a lot more confidence that this app would do anything useful if it gave me info like the work order numbers in my area, the number affected per each, and the estimated resolution (although they all say "no estimate").<p>Still, it's a cool little project to throw together - I wish I'd had more brain-working time during the weekend to do something like this - the best I did was automatically querying the JSON for local parsing. Ultimately, though, my computers / thermostat coming back online is going to be the real indicator!<p>For others who are curious, the Dominion outage map is calling some ArcGIS services that take a bounding box and returns all work orders (in JSON) with their statuses (number affected, etc). It's a horrible web interface, but at least the data can be manipulated queried fairly easily.
This is definitely easier to use (and understand) that Dominion's maps. Some notes and questions:<p>"Severe" is spelled wrong. Some periods are missing at the end of sentences.<p>Why is the ZIP code required even if I enter a full address?<p>It also does not inspire confidence to enter your home address into a site that claims "no responsibility" when doing so proclaims that you are either at home without power or away from home. Sites like this need a privacy policy.
Even though this is obviously thrown together, it really provides a much easier UI experience than Dominion's Maps.<p>I signed up my email, and I'll definitely be recommending my friends. Thanks a lot for this.<p>It's little apps like this why I love Hacker News.