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At least from this announcement, it's not merely a defensive acquisition. Google is looking forward to integrate the user-based realtime traffic system from Waz
by kailuowang 13y ago
At least from this announcement, it's not merely a defensive acquisition. Google is looking forward to integrate the user-based realtime traffic system from Waze into Google Map. I am a little surprised that whatever Waze provides now wasn't a complete overlap with what Google Map is also offering in its trafic related functionalities.
- dabeeeenster 13y agoI was under the impression that Google Maps already used crowdsourced data for its traffic? I use it in the UK and it's incredibly accurate - scarily so!
- aroch 13y agoFor its traffic updates (Green/Yellow/Red) is does use some user collected data