Speaking of gas…

In case you’re traveling by car any time soon, the AAA auto club this week added a cool new feature to its online trip planning application, Triptik. The free online mapping tool now lets you mouse-over specific locations on a map (you need to zoom in to a locale as close as possible) to find gas stations and that station’s gas price. The system contains gas station and pricing information for some 100,000 stations across the U.S. Fuel price information comes from the Oil Price Information Service, which regularly updates prices at gas stations nationwide. The locations are updated weekly and multiple-grade fuel prices are updated four times daily, according to AAA. The Triptik system also shows hotels and local attractions.