How Google Maps Gets Its Remarkably Accurate Real-Time Traffic Data – NDTV / / No Comments NDTV How Google Maps Gets Its Remarkably Accurate Real-Time Traffic DataNDTVGoogle Maps is one of the most popular apps in the world, with well over a billion users. Google collects its mapping data from a wide variety of sources including road sensors, user contributions via Map Maker, and local transport departments, among …and more » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Accurate, data, Gets, Google, maps, NDTV, realtime, Remarkably, Traffic
Open-source mapping company Mapbox acquires passive fitness app-maker Human for its anonymized data – MobiHealthNews / / No Comments MobiHealthNews Open-source mapping company Mapbox acquires passive fitness app-maker Human for its anonymized dataMobiHealthNewsSan Francisco-based Mapbox, an open-source mapping platform, has acquired fitness-tracking app Human, which allows users to track activity all day and aggregates the data anonymously to create information about cities. Human is a passive app with a … map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: acquires, anonymized, appmaker, Company, data, fitness, Human, MapBox, Mapping, MobiHealthNews, opensource, passive
Metro data now available via Apple’s Map app – MyNewsLA.com / / No Comments MyNewsLA.com Metro data now available via Apple's Map appMyNewsLA.comMetro announced Thursday that the Los Angeles County transit agency's bus and rail data is available on Apple's Maps application that comes installed on all new Apple devices, including phones, tablets and desktop computers. The app gives Apple users …and more » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: Apple's, available, data, Metro, MyNewsLA.com
Netflix builds JavaScript library to fetch data – InfoWorld / / No Comments InfoWorld Netflix builds JavaScript library to fetch dataInfoWorldWith its Falcor project, Netflix is offering a JavaScript library for efficient data-fetching, with developers able to represent remote data sources as a single domain model via the JSON Graph convention. Netflix, which uses Falcor for the company's …and more » JavaScript – Google News… more → Posted in: JavaScript Tagged with: builds, data, fetch, InfoWorld, JavaScript, library, Netflix