From: noemail@none.com   
      
   On 11/2/2025 7:48 PM, Marion wrote:   
   > Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >> AJL wrote:   
      
   >>> It's been a few years since I took a trip so things may be   
   >>> different now. But what I really liked about Google was the road   
   >>> warnings. Speed traps, real time traffic conditions ahead, etc.   
   >>> And it takes a lot of regular people on the road ahead to enter   
   >>> those warnings into Google. I've never used the competition but   
   >>> wonder if there is enough folks using them to provide adequate   
   >>> warnings. Or do they even have the capability?   
      
   >> TomTom does, to some extent. Depends on the city. You have to pay   
   >> for this service, maybe (not sure). And agree to share your own   
   >> data, otherwise you do not receive the aggregate information they   
   >> generate. But the information they collect stays solely inside   
   >> TomTom.   
      
   > I concur with Carlos and AJL & Jim Jackson even as I haven't tested   
   > car driving map routing apps in a while, as I use mainly Google &   
   > OSMAnd~.   
      
   > Specifically to AJL's point though, here, in California,   
      
   Interestingly my above comments were for between here (Phoenix) and   
   Coronado Island (not actually an island) in southern California using   
   mostly Interstate 8. I vacationed there for many years. Stayed at the   
   Del. Nice place. But I digress.   
      
   > there are plenty of sites which will give you *far better* road   
   > conditions than Google Maps.   
      
   My THEORY was that Google might be BEST to use since MORE people were   
   likely using it and thus MORE PEOPLE were likely ENTERING the CURRENT   
   road conditions into Google. Road construction would likely be on all   
   the competing maps since it's there for days/weeks/months. But a Highway   
   Patrol speed trap would be there for just a short time. I was always on   
   my best behavior when one of those civilian entered warnings was ahead   
   and breathed a sigh of relief when I passed the trap unscathed. Thanks   
   fellow drivers and Google. Another time an accident closed the freeway   
   ahead and because of the warning I was able to detour through a nearby   
   town and could see all the stopped freeway traffic as I cruised by on a   
   parallel street.   
      
   Again my theory only works if considerably MORE folks use Google than   
   the competition. It's just a chance thing: more eyeballs, more warnings.   
   (assuming of course that the competition has the civilian warning   
   capability)...   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)