Android users get to experience firsthand Google Maps' newest feature that allows them to know how bad parking can get to their desired destination. Its aspects are the same with Google's Popular Times and Visit Duration information where the giant tech company "show information including popular times, live visit information, and typical visit duration."
By entering the location on the maps, Google will tell you whether the parking space near you if it's easy or limited. Google Product Manager Jeff Albertson wrote on the company's blog, "Factoring in time for parking can make or break a night out, let alone making it to that big meeting on time."
"So in 25 metro areas throughout the U.S., we've introduced a new parking difficulty icon in Google Maps for Android that'll give you a heads up on what kind of parking crunch to prepare for when you're on the go."
These 25 cities Albertson mentioned are San Francisco, Seattle, Miami, Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York City, Orlando, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, San Diego, St. Louis, Tampa, Washington, DC, Cleveland, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Houston, Phoenix, Portland, and Sacramento.
The app makes use of popular times graph where it tells you how busy or jam packed the parking lot is during 'different times of the day.' The data they used are based on the number of visits over the last few days.
Moreover, the data is shown and correlates to when is the usual peak hours of the business. Google maps features how active your destination is right now with real live visit data updated at certain times and "overlaid on the popular times graph."
If a new restaurant is coming up in town, Google shows how much time customers typically spend at it as well. And since it's fairly new, the tech company will let you know how many cars are already parked in the area.
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