> > Waze on Android on the otherhand has has a makeover and is looking > fantastic. It knew where I was right away with no delay whatsoever, plotted > the route in a flash and all the things I need to be paying attention to > such as speed cameras are nicely highlighted on screen. It now even tells > you how long a traffic jam is and how far through it you are. It handles > getting disconnected from the internet seamlessly and all you have to worry > about is the driving. > > I would be intrigued to know how this free app is funded. I'm a firm > believer though that anything that can be done, can be done better open > source. This certainly sets the bar. Does anyone know if there are any > outstanding gps issues either with touch or with unav itself right now? >
Waze was bought by Google for $1.3 billion. They crowdsource the traffic data, and it works quite well because they have so many users. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waze
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