Bing Maps is updated to improve driving with colors to determine the intensity of traffic

Talking about maps is almost inexcusably Google Maps. Google's mapping service has reached a high level after years of experience and work in the market. Competitors try to stand up and thus both Apple and Microsoft try to reinforce their proposals

If Apple may be preparing an alternative to Google Street View (I recently came across one of their cars in my city), Microsoft does the same with Bing Maps , Microsoft's alternative to Google Maps now updated with improvements to make driving easier.

And now, Bing Maps allows you to distinguish the state of traffic on a road thanks to the use of colors. As reported on the Bing Maps Blog, this is a measure that seeks to make it easier for Bing Maps users to know traffic conditions in advance and change their course accordingly if there is heavy traffic.

A function similar to what Google Maps already offers. If there is light traffic on a road, it will appear green, while yellow remains for moderate traffic and red is reserved for heavy traffic.

To achieve this improvement, Microsoft claims to make combined use of real-time traffic updates and forecast, based on the historical data.With both metrics already combined, they elaborate the traffic situation in real time.

With this help, the driver can be aware of the existence of heavy traffic before making his route and, depending on the results, change the road before running into a traffic jam. In parallel, Bing Maps now lets you assign labels to routes to indicate distance and travel time.

New features are now available on the Bing Maps website, but I just tried it and can't find it that offers the traffic intensity represented by colors.

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