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Traffic: The application's traffic congestion map shows the route marks with different colours based on the current traffic along the route. The traffic is measured by data from local road services such as highway cameras, as well as speed and location information from other Android devices that are accessing Google Maps for Mobile.
Google Maps added that “anyone navigating to a specific place will still get routes and ETAs that take current traffic conditions into account.” Google acquired Israeli mapping service Waze in ...
Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions, and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bike, air (in beta) and public transportation.
Google Earth includes multiple features that allow the user to monitor current events. In 2007, Google began offering users the ability to monitor traffic data provided by Google Traffic in real-time, based on information crowdsourced from the GPS-identified locations of cell phone users. [51]
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In June 2013, Waze introduced a global localization project that enables future road closures and real-time traffic updates during major events in a given country, for example the Tour de France. [31] Google also acquired Waze in the same month. At the time of Google's acquisition, there were nearly 50 million Waze users. [32]
Google and Apple say they have turned off certain traffic data in Israel ahead of an anticipated ground invasion of Gaza.
INRIX, Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, US.It provides location-based data and software-as-a-service analytics—such as real-time and historical traffic conditions, road safety, and parking availability—to automakers, businesses, cities, and road authorities worldwide, as well as turn-by-turn navigation applications such as Google Waze. [1]