I have been working hard on my latest project, please check it out:
http://primospot.com or http://beta.primospot.com

The idea history:
In a congested urban environment, parking can be a pain. I have been putting up with the alternate side of the street parking in NYC for some time now.
I heard rumor of people drawing maps of their neighborhood to know where best to park. Being the programmer that I am, instead of drawing a map, I decided to craft a google maps mash-up instead using my favorite language, rails. A few weeks later, primospot was born.

How it works:
Put in an address and search for the best FREE parking spot. The map markers are color coded for the best results. This means the green marked spots have the longest time remaining on them, red spots are about to run out, etc. This is not, currently, a way to find paid garages - it is for anyone to input and use an online map of the no-parking information for their ‘hood. If you run a search and the map is empty, then please add some parking spot information. You will need the times and days you -cannot- park. You click ‘Add Location’, input the days and times on the form and click ‘Validate’. After this, you can drag and drop the map marker to the correct location (fine tune) or click ‘edit’ to edit the title or day/time info. After you are happy with this, click ‘Save’. Next time you search for that address the new entry will show up for you — and everyone else using the site!

There is a ‘feedback’ button in the main navigation at the top. Use this to report an issues you have or good suggestions for the site. Please let me know if the site seems slow as this is my first experience with this web host and I am unsure of the load capabilities.

Thanks! and please don’t forget to digg the site or better yet blog about it to get the word out.
-Mike