spiritedpause@sh.itjust.works to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoMagic Earth: Privacy friendly maps with turn-by-turn navigation, OpenStreetMap, Crowd-Sourced Traffic, 3D maps, Satellite maps, Offline maps and Transit.www.magicearth.comexternal-linkmessage-square102fedilinkarrow-up1387arrow-down126
arrow-up1361arrow-down1external-linkMagic Earth: Privacy friendly maps with turn-by-turn navigation, OpenStreetMap, Crowd-Sourced Traffic, 3D maps, Satellite maps, Offline maps and Transit.www.magicearth.comspiritedpause@sh.itjust.works to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square102fedilink
minus-squareinfeeeee@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoIt seems you are right: https://www.magicearth.com/faq/#traffic-and-events-help > Where do you get the traffic and road closure info from? > > We get it from a third-party provider; it is not created by us. It’s limited to mostly first world countries: https://www.magicearth.com/feature-availablity/#hd_traffic But somehow, someone tracking it’s users, I can’t imagine other way to get data like this. Maybe some carsharing service, company fleet management or something like that.
It seems you are right: https://www.magicearth.com/faq/#traffic-and-events-help
> Where do you get the traffic and road closure info from? > > We get it from a third-party provider; it is not created by us.
It’s limited to mostly first world countries: https://www.magicearth.com/feature-availablity/#hd_traffic
But somehow, someone tracking it’s users, I can’t imagine other way to get data like this. Maybe some carsharing service, company fleet management or something like that.