I’m specifically meaning the traffic mapping and collaborative reporting side of Waze and Gmaps, I know navigation via Comaps is possible but I haven’t seen anything that I can contribute to, to help others with time estimates etc.

  • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
    13·
    1 day ago

    No.

    I use herewego when I need traffic data. afaict, it’s from the company tomtom and uses the data they are gathering from thier truck logistics business. Based in Germany.

        • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip
          1·
          13 hours ago

          it might probably depend on your location, but where i live trucks have one lane and they they are forbidden by law to block the other ones (not that they respect that to the letter). but the trucks may be standing still while the other lanes are fine (or at least not standing still). then the information from truck navigation means nothing for me in passenger car.

          another point is that trucks run some specific routes, they drive from a factory to some warehouse, but they don’t randomly drive aroud the city center. they also just can’t physically take some routes (sharp turns, narrow roads, low bridges, etc.)

          so the data from trucks only cover small part of the road network and on top of that some of them is not relevant for passenger cars.

          • rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            11 hours ago

            OK fine. I was giving advice based on my personal situation.

            On another note, how does the bread get from the bakery to the restaurant where you are if not for trucks?

            • 14th_cylon@lemmy.zip
              2·
              8 hours ago

              On another note, how does the bread get from the bakery to the restaurant where you are if not for trucks?

              ok, lets define the terms.

              this is the truck (the one they make special navigation for. the one that is basically just a van does not need special navigation, it uses the same one as passenger cars.):

              so what kind of restaurants are you visiting and how much bread do they use there? 😂