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Google adds incident reports to Maps app following Waze purchase

article published on 20 August, 2013

Two months ago, Google purchased Israeli startup Waze for over $1 billion. The service, which offered high-end mapping with social/real-time updates, has now been integrated (in part) with Google's market leading Maps app. Google says they have added real-time incident reports to Maps, sourced from the Waze community. This includes accidents, construction zones, road closures and more, ... [ read the full article ]

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20. August 2013 @ 22:44 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
And yet another distraction for drivers. LOL I can see it now...Man sees accident ahead. Posts accident on G Maps while driving, causing yet another accident. Someone behind him sees two accidents, posts, and causes third accident... Like dominoes!
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21. August 2013 @ 01:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Well if it is like Waze, the driver can't report stuff with their hands. I believe you can do it with your voice, but if you try to press things while driving it gives you a warning that you must be a passenger to do it.
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21. August 2013 @ 12:39 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I honestly don't see the point of using Google Nav and not Waze, at the moment. Google Nav is just SO damn buggy =p .
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