- Google Maps tests the deployment of more incident reports
- These are options related to weather conditions such as “flooded road” or “low visibility”
- The growing incident library is a source of discomfort for certain drivers
Google Maps introduces new incident reporting options, costs that relate to the conditions related to weather conditions.
The Android police have spotted these new types of reports, and they include tastes of “Road flooded” for when there was a huge rain of rain, or “low visibility” for when it becomes misty. And indeed, a “disconnected road” for when, well, you should probably turn around and find a plowed road which is not to the wheels in the snow.
The site noticed these new options in Google Maps for Android Auto first, then in the iPhone application.
The new step so great for those who wish to be able to benefit from a greater variety of unfortunate events reported is that these new introductions have not yet reached the Android version of Google Maps.
However, it will certainly not take long before the ability to report a flooded or snowy road arrives on Android.
Is a constant growth library a good thing?
This is a continuous expansion of the declaration of incidents in Google Maps, in addition to Waze reports clearly labeled by the sides of the native reports since last year. There is already a wide range of incidents that can be reported, such as traffic accidents, standing cars, closed tracks, speed traps, etc.
Sometimes, this type of alerts can be very useful, of course, and many people are grateful to have been warned of a thorny problem entering the road to come.
However, everyone does not want to be subject to more and more these reports highlighted in Google Maps – complaints about them too frequent are only likely to multiply, because Google also extends the library D ‘Incidents that can be reported.
The problem is aggravated by stray reports – incidents that are not there, or that were resolved some time ago – and there is no easy way to extinguish these reports.
It seems that it is a road that Google insists on driving, however, despite the “stop” panels which are agitated by some of the pilots who use its navigation application.
