There is a site out there called Gasbuddy.com that is a good example of participatory GIS. People submit the local price of gasoline to the site. The website then maps the station and displays it for all comers. You can zoom and pan on the map to wherever you want.
However, as you zoom out you eventually get to this "heat map" (sort of like the one for Zillow on housing prices). Prices only stay posted for 12 hours, so you know you're always seeing the latest. Members get points towards prizes for submitting more prices.
Personally, I wondered about the high prices in the Midwest. It turns out this site also has a page for gas taxes, and those are 15-20 cents higher per gallon in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan than in surrounding states. So, Representative Stupak of Michigan can just kiss our a**.
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Here it's still $3.22 in my 'hood (it was $3.39 when I put in a few gallons on Sunday as I was running on fumes). And odd. . .the increased gas tax got vetoed on Sunday without enough votes to pass it through anyways on by Monday here. It pissed me off to see prices comparable to Southern Cal and get told "it's because we don't have enough summer mix yet!" (funky summer vs winter ethanol content)
Um is it supposed to be a surprise that summer is coming? *rolls eyes*
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