- Google Maps is testing the roll -out of multiple incident reports
- These are weather -related options such as ‘flooded road’ or ‘low visibility’
- The growing library for events is a source of irritation for some drivers
Google Maps introduces new incident reports, fresh additions relating to weather -related conditions.
The Android police discovered these new kinds of report, and they include ‘flooded road’, because when there has been a huge river of rain, or ‘low visibility’ when it becomes foggy. And actually ‘Uplowed Road’ for when, yes, you are likely to turn around and find a plowed road that is not wheel deep in snow.
The site noticed these new settings on Google Maps for Android Auto First Off and then in the iPhone app.
The non-sized news for those who are eager to be able to take advantage of a wider range of unfortunate events reported are that these new introductions have not yet reached the Android version of Google Maps .
However, it will certainly not be long before the ability to report a flooded or snowy road arrives at Android.
Is an ever -growing library with events a good thing?
This is a continued expansion of the reporting of events in Google Maps, on top of the clearly labeled WAZE reports that are linked to native reports since last year. There are already a large number of events that can be marked, such as road traffic accidents, stopped cars, lanes that are closed, speed traps and so on.
Sometimes, of course, these kinds of warnings can be very useful, and lots of people are grateful to have been warned of an in -depth topic on the road ahead.
However, not everyone is eager to be subject to more and more of these reports highlighted in Google Maps – with complaints that they are only too frequent, probably to multiply as Google further expands the library with events that can be reported .
The problem is aggravated by incorrect reports – events that are not there, or were resolved some time left – and there was no easy way to turn off the said reports.
It seems that this is a way Google insists on driving down, despite the ‘stop’ signs being waved by some of the drivers using its navigation app.
