Google has activated a very essential feature in Google Maps. From Friday it is showing real time traffic of Dhaka.
The feature is not new, but Bangladesh got the facility from yesterday. Last February the authorities announced their progress with the real time traffic feature in different countries.
This feature provides information about the actual traffic condition. The colour of the map will change according to the condition of traffic congestion. Red indicates traffic jam and a deep red indicates traffic gridlock.
Once the ‘traffic’ option from the Google Maps menu is activated, green, yellow, orange, or red lines are shown on the routes. The user will be notified time to time on the running vehicles while the feature is activated.
The service is not yet available for lanes and by-lanes as yet.
Locations such as residences, offices and regularly visited places can be entered in order to to get regular traffic updates. Cautions also appear for unexpected traffic jams.
You were probably unaware and did not feel the need to check the “Traffic” option in Google Maps. However, the option is now fully-functioning in Bangladesh.
Google Traffic is a feature on Google Maps that displays real time traffic status of major roads and highways. Users can find it in the drop-down menu on Google Maps.
With the help of this feature, one can understand the traffic conditions in the different routes. The roads on the map change colour depending on the movement of vehicles.
Green indicates no traffic; orange, medium traffic; red, traffic delays; and dark red, traffic gridlock.
To run this feature Google uses crowd sourced data. Hand-held devices which have Google Maps active and Android phones that have location service turned on can send data back to Google.
This allows the app to analyse the total number of cars, and how fast they are moving along the roads at any given time, reports Business Insider.
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