More and more detailed Google Maps, will soon also provide information on the number of seats on trains and meters, thanks to the help of users. According to some reports collected by the Android Police site, in fact, the Mountain View company would have asked for help from its community by starting to start a notification, type test, which allows you to specify the degree of crowding of a given section. Then, crossing the data, he makes it available to everyone.
At the moment the notification has arrived to users of the Android operating system in Sweden and according to various reports has already been operating for several months for Apple's iOS users traveling by metro or train to San Francisco, New York, Washington, Tokyo and Paris. The notification asks users to indicate the level of attendance on the means of public transport giving a series of options: many places available, few places available, only standing places, only standing places with narrow spaces, insecure.
Recently, Google Maps has introduced two new useful features for motorists: speed camera reporting and augmented reality to view routes.