The Google-owned Waze app uses crowdsourced data to help you avoid traffic slowdowns. A community of Android and iOS users share information about accidents, road closures, and police traps, among other things, and Waze helps you plot the best route to avoid getting stuck on the road. But Google has also started utilizing Waze in a […]
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Lilbits (8-20-2013): Google Maps gets crowd-source traffic updates
It’s been a few months since Google acquired mobile mapping service Waze and promised to bring crowd-sourced data about traffic accidents and other conditions on the roads to Google Maps. Now it’s available. Waze incident reports about construction, road closures, and other conditions will start showing up in Google Maps for Mobile in the US, UK, […]
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Google acquires crowd-sourced map service Waze
Waze is a mobile mapping service that provides turn-by-turn directions, traffic information, and other details to users on a mobile device. Much of the company’s data comes from users. For instance, the free app it provides real-time traffic updates based on reports and other data from other users. We should start to see some of […]