Google traffic data
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Where does Android google traffic data come from? in particular non motorway traffic data? Is it everyones android devices in the traffic? I'm just surprised at the accuracy of both motorway and non-motorway accuracy.
Today on the way home i came home via the motorway and there was an accident and it was near pixel perfect where the traffic went from red to green. At other times it seems to pick up congestion where i swear there aren't any traffic cameras about.
Today on the way home i came home via the motorway and there was an accident and it was near pixel perfect where the traffic went from red to green. At other times it seems to pick up congestion where i swear there aren't any traffic cameras about.
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Google is pulling traffic data from the traditional sources (everything from cameras to news helicopters), but the really real-time data is coming from Android users who’ve switched on the My Location feature in the Google Maps app.
http://support.google.com/maps/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2549020&topic=1687356&ctx=topic
http://support.google.com/maps/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=61455&topic=1687356&ctx=topic
It is odd sometimes I don't get traffic on what are main roads but get it for minor roads sometimes.