Traffic Widget

Written by Luke Shuck | Oct 10, 2025 1:58:27 PM

Purpose

To display traffic according to Google Maps for the users location or the designated location.

- Utilizes Google Maps API for traffic data (free Google Developer account required)
- Location display can be preset or detected based on user city attribute
- Mobile-ready via Responsive Web Design
- Dependencies: Google Maps

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NOTE: The use of the Traffic widget requires a Google Maps license and API key

Following is a link to the pricing information for setting up an account:
- https://cloud.google.com/maps-platform/pricing/
- Setting up an account includes $200 free usage per month, which Google says will cover most uses.
This is a link to the process for creating your own API key:
- https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/maps-static/get-api-key

displaytemplateurl	N/A for this use.
City	City of designated traffic area
State	State of designated traffic area
postalcode	Postal Code is used to communicate with the Google Maps API to retrieve the traffic data. If not using targeting (user location attribute) then the location displayed is this postal code location. If using targeting, the current user’s postal code (if it exists) will override this value.
callbackmethod	Value = GetTrafficLocation

View Name: Traffic

View Description: Displays the traffic in either the users location or the designated area.

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