More Additions To Google maps

Google maps feature can now predict how crowded your train will be and bud delays.

Reports of crowdedness from Google Maps users from October 2018 to June 2019 during peak commuting hours (6am – 10am), was analyzed  and identified which lines had the highest number of crowdedness reports. Here’s what they found:

•  Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo dominate the rankings–each city has 3 lines in the top 10.
• New York’s L train–which, until recently, was on the verge of closing for repair– is the only U.S. transit line to make it into the top 10.

More cities 

 

Traffic delays for buses

Google Maps can now tell you about your bus travel times based on live traffic. This uses the power of Google’s live traffic data and public bus schedules to calculate delays and provide accurate travel times. This is the first product of its kind — launching first in India; Will soon expand to other cities.

Google maps will also let you know when your train will be arriving.

Google Maps & Waze

According to an Android Police tipster, some users in the United States are seeing speed trap icons show up to alert them to hidden speed cameras.

The camera icons are visible when driving along the route, according to the Android Police tipster, who also noted vocal shoutouts when approaching the speed traps.

Google’s Augmented Reality Maps For Pedestrians

Husband Divorces Wife After Seeing Her On Google maps With Another man

 

The man was planning a route ahead of a drive when he spotted an image of his wife sat on a bench stroking the hair of another man with his head in her lap.

Taken by a Google camera car in the Peruvian capital city of Lima, the shocked husband said the photo caught his attention after the woman pictured appeared to be wearing the exact same clothes his wife owned. The wife was photographed with her lover on a bench by the city’s Puente de los Suspiros de Barranco (Bridge of Sighs of the Ravine).

It dates back to 2013, but the man angrily confronted his wife with the evidence of her past infidelity. And the couple, whose names have not been revealed, later divorced after the woman admitted to having had an affair.

The man recently shared the photographs on Facebook where they made a big impression on users.

The husband was planning a route on Google Maps when he spotted a familiar face (Image: CEN/GoogleMaps)

The couple divorced after she admitted to having an affair (Image: CEN/GoogleMaps)

 

 

Resident Upset Because Google Maps Renames Some Neighborhoods

 

The Detroit neighborhood is now called Fishkorn (pronounced FISH-korn), but was previously known as Fiskhorn (pronounced FISK-horn). That was because of Google Maps. Manhattan was given Midtown South central because of Google Maps. Some of the residents have been baffled by Google’s map of their city, which is blanketed with neighborhood monikers like NW Goldberg, Fishkorn and the Eye. Those names have been on Google Maps since at least 2012.

For many years, the district south of downtown San Francisco and alongside the bay was known as Rincon Hill, South Beach or South of Market. This spring, it was suddenly renamed on Google Maps to the: the East Cut.

Residents fell it’s degrading their neighborhood. Google Maps, which debuted in 2005, is updated continuously and delivered to more than 1 billion people on their devices. Google also feeds map data to thousands of websites and apps, magnifying its influence.

Google says people can submit changes, which are reviewed by Google employees. A Google spokeswoman declined further comment.

Enabling Google Maps In Any Country

 

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