If you believe that Google Maps sending you on a five-minute detour for no reason is annoying, you'd better be happy because it can get a lot worse. A 16-member police team somehow decided to rely on ...

Crowdsourcing is a fantastic concept that works like a charm in navigation apps, and people running Waze know this best. Waze users contribute to the app's gigantic traffic data repository with ...

Drivers in Illinois will start seeing alerts from the State Police on their navigation apps. Notifications will warn drivers about crashes, traffic stops, and other conditions that could potentially ...

Interactive crime maps put public in the know... People will soon be able to see how well their local police forces are tackling crime with the help of online crime maps. The plan to roll out publicly ...

Google Maps and Waze both have features that allow users to report police activity along their route, and in a bid to use that for safety, the Illinois State Police has partnered with Google to show ...