Google maps on Android adds rerouting to their navigation

mkennedy

Rerouting based on traffic etc.
Given Google's omniscience (eg it gets data from number of phone users in a location apparently), should be interesting to see how this competes with traffic management efforts from traditional satnav software outfits.

Edit: original article here

Hogzy

Will this work in Ireland.

My gues would be no as our TMC services here are non existent. Id love to be proved wrong though

mkennedy

Hogzy wrote: »

Will this work in Ireland.

My gues would be no as our TMC services here are non existent. Id love to be proved wrong though

I don't think it uses TMC- it's just data over the phone network.
I've always felt there has been a dearth of options when it comes to Ireland in the area of satnav traffic management, both via TMC and phone data connection.
They always felt like an after thought.
I get the feeling this could shake things up a bit, given google's instinctive nosiness, i mean omniscience.

Squeeonline

To the best of my knowledge, google does not have traffic info for ireland.

BionicRasher

Squeeonline wrote: »

To the best of my knowledge, google does not have traffic info for ireland.

Looks like its not available in Ireland yet as this Map shows it in only a few European countries so far

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&om=1&layer=t&ie=UTF8&ll=42.811522,-45&spn=112.07375,315&z=2

heebusjeebus

There is traffic info for the greater Dublin area (typical).
When you use Navigator you can see certain sections of roads can be red or yellow or green.

Hogzy

heebusjeebus wrote: »

There is traffic info for the greater Dublin area (typical).
When you use Navigator you can see certain sections of roads can be red or yellow or green.

lol this is probably just a guy in the Google offices keeping an eye on the Dublin traffic cameras.