Mapping apps on phones have already replaced dedicated
seafaring trick for lots drivers experimentation to find unfamiliar addresses.
Now, Google Maps will notify drivers approx more commerce
jams as well.
Google announced Tuesday that its mobile maps will now
include real-time updates approx accidents, structure and other potential
sources of trade snarls. The information testament come from the 50 million
users of Waze, the social-mapping app that Google bought in June for $1.1
billion.
Google Maps already had some real-time trade intelligence
from third-party providers and by pinpointing Android users' GPS signals to
conjecture congestion on highways. But now that intelligence evidence be
bolstered by reports from actual drivers on the roads.
Israeli startup Waze has built a vast network of motorists
who crowdsource such information as commuter routes and direction closures to
assistance each other outsmart commerce jams in more than a dozen countries.
Frequent exploiter can even earn badges and real-world prizes.
What's Waze, and why
did Google buy it?
Waze won an endowments for Best Overall Mobile App award at
the 2013 Mobile World Congress. Apple and Facebook were reportedly interested
in buying the company before Google snapped it up.
Starting Tuesday, Waze users' reports on road conditions
will appear on the Google Maps app for Android and iOS in the United States as
well as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, France, Germany, Mexico,
Panama, Peru, Switzerland and the UK.
Users of Waze apps evidence now right from Google services
as well. The Android and iOS rendering of Waze have been updated with Google
Search to help users find local businesses and landmarks. And Waze's
crowdsourced Map Editor now includes Google Street View and satellite imagery.
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