Here Maps teams up with car giants to display live traffic updates
Here is to introduce a new range of live traffic services to its suite of map products this week, the first fruits of a collaboration with car makers which enables individual vehicles to relay live information on road conditions.
This data will enable drivers to build an up-to-date picture of traffic conditions on their route such as traffic jams, accidents, weather hazards and even temporary speed limits after competing manufacturers were convinced to collaborate for the first time.
Here Maps is currently owned by BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen with other manufacturers expected to come on board once the system gains traction with such data being an invaluable resource for new connected car services which rely on dynamic maps to optimise their performance.
Drivers should be able to use the technology from the first half of 2017, giving Here a significant head start on rival services from Google, Apple, Tesla and TomTom which must make do with feedback from far fewer vehicles.