They have lanes in one system which are almost certainly never used by anyone but the squids themselves. Have you seen the server pop lately? Nobody is going to waste time gallivanting around in Iota.
A Nomad scanner would be more useful. While what you proposed might make sense, @Durandal is quite right when he says that relatively few people actually travel Iota besides Nomads. Point and case: Give us a Nomad Scanner, rather.