New Google Maps feature: Traffic

[Boyd]

I just noticed this for the first time today. You'll now find a Traffic button on the upper righthand corner of a Google Map page. It can be combined with any of the other options, for example, try this link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=...,-74.963837&spn=0.339759,0.625534&t=h&layer=t

 

[Teegate]

Pretty cool! I wonder how updated it is?

guy

 

[Boyd]

On the help pages they say it's "real time"... whatever that means. The color code represents the following:

Green: traffic is moving at more than 50 mph
Yellow: 25-50 mph
Red: less than 25 mph
Gray: no data currently available

 

[bobpbx]

Eee Gads. Look how vulnerable Hampton Furnace is to civilization on that map.

 

[Teegate]

Eee Gads. Look how vulnerable Hampton Furnace is to civilization on that map.

No traffic problems though.


Guy