Just when you thought ‘there’s an app for that’ for everything you could have possibly dreamed of, Google is now working on an app for Android that will help you find an open parking space! Now not only can you get directions to a destination by using a phone, but you can find a parking spot there as well!

It is called, ‘Open Spot,’ but don’t get too excited yet. It relies on other people to mark the spot after they leave – it turns red automatically, then orange after five minutes, then yellow after 10 minutes, and then it loses its status after 20 minutes. To  be truly useful, the app requires a ton of users to utilize it. The app will award ‘karma points’ to encourage people to mark the free spots when they leave and will apparently handle what they call ‘grievers’ or people that mark fake spots.

I’m not Paul the Psychic Octopus, but I think in the long run this could be a really useful and successful app. I could definitely see myself using it while trying to park at something like Thunder Over Louisville next year. Well, that is if they make a similar app for iPhone and I can actually get service during major event…