Google Maps Added to 12 More Indian Cites

Google Maps: Starting from today i.e., Tuesday, people will be allowed to see real-time traffic information for 12 new cities on Google Maps, Google statement said.

The 12 cities are Kolkata, Thiruvananthapuram, Bhopal, Coimbatore, Lucknow, Surat, Indore, Ludhiana, Visakhapatnam, Nagpur, Kochi, and Madurai.

The company statement also added that this latest update to Google Maps also makes traffic information available for all national highways and expressways in India.

Google Maps in 12 more cities in India:

Google Maps Added to 12 More Indian Cites

“We are constantly working on making Google Maps a more comprehensive, daily tool for Indians and we hope that this new real-time traffic information for 12 cities and all national highways will help drivers across the country find the best routes to their destinations with the fewest delays,” Suren Ruhela, director, program management at Google said.
This new traffic feature is rolled out on both mobile as well as desktop versions of Google Maps. With this, a person will be able to see real-time traffic conditions across a total of 34 cities in the country. By turning on the traffic layer in Google Maps, commuters will be able to see routes which are mapped out in different colours. Different speed of traffic on those roads will be indicated.

“Green means there are no traffic delays on the road, orange indicates a medium amount of traffic and red means heavier traffic congestion,” the statement said.

Google Maps will also use real-time traffic information in navigation mode so that the time of arrival can be estimated more accurately to provide faster options with alternate routes.