Google maps now displays realtime traffic info in Lagos and Nairobi

Google maps just got a lot more useful in those cities. Good stuff.

http://techcabal.com/2015/11/20/google-maps-in-nigeria-now-displays-real-time-traffic-data/

“In other words, the traffic data is only as reliable as the amount of people using Google Maps at the time. Therefore, the fewer the number of users the lesser the quality of traffic prediction.”

In other words, it’s not very reliable

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:sob: Not yet in Ghana :sleepy:

Don’t be so pessimistic my friend.

Yeah that’s true…I saw the prompt on my phone yesterday …everywhere was just red(heavy traffic I presume) when I got to Maryland yesterday due to queue for fuel at total, but the app refuse to recalculate after passing total…