As lifehacker reports Similar to Windows Live Maps’ traffic-based directions, Google Maps releases its own traffic predictions!
The interface is pretty similar to what is being developed in TNT, i.e., providing a slider to produce future travel times probably based on historic information.
The predictions are based on past traffic at those times, similar to Windows Live [...]
Microsoft introduces traffic jam notification in maps.live.com as reported by the NT Times.
From what is understood, machine learning algorithms were applied to GPS tracking data (our years of data and 16,500 discrete trips covering over 125,000 miles) to come up with a decent model!
Would be interesting to use those algorithms on the TNT approach!
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