Hoosiers are encouraged to download the Indiana Travel Advisory app for their mobile devices. It’s a free mobile app to provide citizens with county travel status updates and alerts directly to their mobile devices. The Indiana Office of Technology and Indiana Department of Homeland Security collaborated on the project. The Indiana Travel Advisory app is available to download for iPhone (https://appsto.re/us/QHVw4.i) in the App Store, and Android (https://play.google/store/apps/details?id=gov.in.traveladvisory) in the Google Play Store. Features include: Ability for users to set alerts for any county or counties they choose, up to every county in the state. When the travel status in a selected county is changed, the user will receive an alert notification. Weather conditions for each county. Tapping on a county will display the temperature and an icon with the current conditions. Contact information for county emergency management agencies, which are responsible for the status updates. In addition to weather, the app will also include notifications with regard to flooding, hazardous materials spills and other events that could affect travel. The app is meant to be used as part of a system to stay aware of changing travel conditions. Other sources include local news, travel, weather and social media sites and apps. Indiana Travel Advisory is part of the IN.gov family of apps. The state has developed 12 different mobile apps to help serve citizens, including the IN.gov app (Apple and Android), which is a hub to access all the apps from the State.
Posted on: Tue, 06 Jan 2015 15:00:41 +0000