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September 23, 2016

Waze mobile maps try to fix ‘tunnel blindness'

  • Waze is trying to persuade all tunnel operators to buy and install beacons that it designed to keep GPS signals working in tunnels.
    • By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
    AP Technology Writer

    SAN FRANCISCO — The popular navigation app Waze is putting a new twist on the phrase “tunnel vision.” It's trying to ensure drivers relying on digital maps don't lose their way when their GPS signal disappears in tunnels.

    Waze plans to keep drivers connected in those GPS-less situations by installing low-cost, battery-powered beacons that will transmit to smartphones and tablets in tunnels that the company has it its database, covering about 7,500 miles (12,000 kilometers) around the world. The beacons can maintain map connections, as long as the drivers turn on their Bluetooth signal.


     
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