Where the f*** can I park?

Not as cool as finding a street spot in a neighborhood but I recently visited family in Columbus, OH where they had a parking garage that helped you find a spot. This was a very popular shopping area when the weather is nice and can be a madhouse finding a parking spot.

Prior to entering the garage: XX spots available sign

Upon entering the garage: X spots level 1, Y spots level 2, Z spots level 3, etc

Upon picking the floor of your choice: Signs above each row with # of spots available.

So essentially I drove to a floor with a decent amount of spots available then was guided to a row with 3 spots left and parked easily and efficiently, no more mindlessly driving up and down lanes/floors adding to congestion. I tried to find the company in charge of the tech but the wife had more pressing matters to attend :)

I'm sure its been around a while or in other places, but this was the first I have seen and experienced it

I'm part of a open data group project over here in Europe, specifically Germany. We use open data (or scrape it and make it open this way) to offer open source apps including real time data and do machine learning for forecasting of public parking spaces: http://parkendd.de/en/