Israeli police have endorsed crowdsourced traffic-mapping application, Waze, in attempt to minimise disruption on roads during a visit from President Obama.
Issuing concerns about the levels of congestion during March's presidential visit the federal constabulary has taken a leap of faith and assured drivers can rely on Waze to offer them suitable alternative routes should jams be an issue.
Working on the crowdsourcing principle, Waze -- a startup founded in Tel Aviv during 2008 -- relies on its members to feed data into the mobile application, reporting on a car's driving speed, petrol prices and other irregularities, such as roadworks.
By: Cat Dow, Edited by: Nate Lanxon
Continue reading...Source: http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-03/23/traffic-mapping-app-israel
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