How Google Traffic Works? How Google Maps finds the traffic Areas? || From where google maps gets traffic data?

 

How Google Maps finds the traffic Areas? || From where google maps gets traffic data?

There was a time when we randomly ask people for routes or carry paper maps to reach at certain places. Now, this responsibility has taken by Google Maps in electronic manner. Today, everyone has smartphones with internet facility on it. If we want to reach somewhere to unknown place, we just open Google Maps and after putting the Source & destination points, we navigate according to the way what map shows us. This is so exact and we can reach easily. Google Map has also many features like: Earth View, Satellite View, Traffic Indications, Shortest & multiple route finders etc.

Today we will share knowledge about: How Google Maps find the Traffic Areas? From where google gets the data that there is traffic in certain areas?

Answer Is: Google Map track the Android Devices of Users to get the traffic data on the roads. If the users of android devices are scattered in different places then the Map will show that there is no crowed but if Google find out that Lots of Android Smartphones are Freezed still in certain places and moving slowly from its position then Google Map will gets the Idea that in that area, there is heavy Traffic and show that area with Red. Mainly its tracks the Speed of Android Smartphone movement in the areas and its algorithms do the calculations then it shows the result in the form of Traffic Areas or non-Traffic areas. Not just the Smartphones, in now days Every vehicle has its own GPS device through which Google Map track the locations and shows the result on Google Maps

Smartphones have inbuild Radar or Sensor technology installed by the company or by the government which tracks the location of user with the help of google technology

What is the Drawback of Google Map’s Traffic Tracking System?

Suppose you have 100 smartphones and you bring them all in the road where there is not a single vehicle is available and turned on the Internet & GPS of the smartphones. What will happen in this situation that Google Map will show that area as Trafficked area.

Also, it may possible that there is heavy crowed in your street but no one has smartphone. Then Google will show that the area is clear but in actual the area is filled with public.

So, how can we depend on the data of google. Although everyone has smartphones in this era and we are not telling that Data of Google is incorrect but its just the exceptional case which we thought we should share with you

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