Traffic Alerts on Google Maps

During this year‟s floods in Victoria, Australia almost 400 roads were closed across the state. A number of road bridges were also washed away. This experience has encouraged the state to invest $924,000 in a new real-time traffic alert system.

At the heart of the new system, VicRoads - Road Closures and Traffic Alerts, is a real-time Google Map of road closures, crashes and breakdowns.

During major emergencies such as fires or floods the map will include information about all road closures. It also provides traffic alert information during non-emergency times for incidents such as crashes and breakdowns.

Via: All Things Spatial

Live Traffic for 13 European Countries

Google Maps has added live traffic information for 13 new European countries.

The live traffic layer on Google Maps shows traffic conditions from the last 5-10 minutes. It is also possible to view the predicted traffic conditions for any day and time, based on past traffic conditions.

The new countries with traffic information coverage are Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and Switzerland.

Via: Google LatLong

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