SA gets Google Maps Live Traffic

[jes]

SA gets Google Maps Live Traffic

Live Traffic information is now available in Google Maps

[Roadrunner]

Link in article not working.

Should it not be https://maps.google.co.za/ ?

Wonder how it compares to:

http://routes.tomtom.com/#

[Tim182]

OMG. This is the single biggest day and news all year, hell even century! Finally! I have been waiting for this day all my life

[ToxicBunny]

This is a great step forward.....

Now they need to add Durban

[W.Salie]

Great news for a great app. I think I will be using Google maps more often now

[WesleyR]

You guys should check the link to maps.google.com, it points to http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/maps.google.com

Sorry, see it was posted already.

[JStrike]

OMG. This is the single biggest day and news all year, hell even century! Finally! I have been waiting for this day all my life

Really???

EDIT : Whoops, my sarcasm detector clearly wasn't working there for a moment

[marine1]

Viva Google !!

[Jan]

Fixx0red the link. Relative linking bites me in the ass yet again. You'd think I'd learn.

It is going to be interesting to see how Google's traffic data compares against TomTom's use of TrafficNet and crowdsourced data. Right now TomTom seems to give far wider coverage, but if there are enough Android devices feeding the Google machine in SA that might change...

[PsyWulf]

Brilliaaaaaant!

[eshwar]

Awesome! Seems to work like Waze since they say keep using Maps on your devices ! Anybody who's tried Waze here on a busy road knows its benefits

[EtienneK]

FANTASTIC!

[Ockie]

Fixx0red the link. Relative linking bites me in the ass yet again. You'd think I'd learn.

It is going to be interesting to see how Google's traffic data compares against TomTom's use of TrafficNet and crowdsourced data. Right now TomTom seems to give far wider coverage, but if there are enough Android devices feeding the Google machine in SA that might change...

I say google must make it mandatory for for Android devices to have its GPS switched on...does not have to have maps open...but needs to be able to monitor your speed and location to feed data into live traffic system.

[PsyWulf]

I say google must make it mandatory for for Android devices to have its GPS switched on...does not have to have maps open...but needs to be able to monitor your speed and location to feed data into live traffic system.

Would need to use data link to upload this tho

[ndlovusn]

Just tried browsing it on my iPhone, the congested routes are marked in red and they are blinking...looks very cool on Satelite view