Anybody can take a good guess that the surf club carpark is going to be over 80% full on a sunny Saturday in summer. What is the point of this app if it doesn’t show the individual parking spaces? When I looked at the map it is showing exactly as I would assume. Surf club car park will be full. At the haven by reef restaurant will be busy. It needs to show individual spaces like other people have said otherwise why bother.
Developer replied on Feb 01, 2019
Hi there,
We don’t provide individual space availability because spaces in high demand areas like the Surf Club car park get taken very quickly. If only three spaces are available on a Saturday morning, you can be quite sure they won’t stay available for long. For this reason, publishing live individual parking space data on the internet can actually makes things worse by giving drivers false hope. It’s far more useful to provide an indication of occupancy levels in clusters or small groups of parking spaces. Drivers are better assisted this way. Thank you for taking time to share your views- if you have further concerns please share them with us at parkspot@vmsys.com.
- Charlie (VMS Australia)