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Google Offering Live Traffic Maps via Cell Phones

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the live-sat-feeds-would-be-cooler dept.

Kranfer writes "Reuters is covering the newest offering from Google: real-time traffic mapping on your cell phone. Now you can check how the traffic is ahead of you, of course as long as you don't cause the traffic incident yourself by checking the local issues on your cell phone while driving. Point your cell phone browser to http://google.com/gmm to get your local traffic maps if you live within one of the 30 U.S. cities where this is available."

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  1. Re:I don't like this by Skreems · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Personally, I would use this to check out my route BEFORE getting in the car, as that's when I'd need to know which route to take. Putting it on a cell phone is just handy because terminals aren't always available.

    I am curious why they don't have a "show traffic" option on their normal web-based interface, though... you'd think it would be pretty wildly popular with people about to leave to/from work.

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  2. CRASH! by stormi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait... is that my car? Hey look! I can see myself crashing!

    Sorry.

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