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Adding Speed Limit, and Speedometer Feature in Google Maps

Have you ever been driving down a road and just can't remember the speed limit? Then you worry if you are going to see the sheriff or a speed limit sign first forcing you to slow down. A feature that was first exposed to me from a now Google-owned app Waze can solve that issue. Google Maps needs an integrated speed limit and a speedometer widget to their app.

 

Why we should have it

It's an odd thing to most of us that if you want to have these features in your Google Maps you have to download 3rd party apps. Apple Maps has it, and so should Google Maps! It's a big reason why most Apple users stick to their Apple Maps. I believe that integrating this feature would send a surge of Apple users over to Google Maps. A lot of people who I have talked to have mentioned the Speed limit feature in Apple Maps is the reason they use it. I also believe that it would make us users who already love Google Maps, love it more!

 

The research has already been done

Apple maps, as well as other companies, have already integrated said feature. Many of the kinks and the legalities have also already been sorted, integrating this feature should be swift, and would greatly benefit the user base.

 

Thank for Reading!

Raymond Riter

 

The United States of America (USA), Ohio

119 Comments
Level 7

We need to add the speed limit to Google Maps. 

There is also a GPS company and my dad's car that shows me the speed limit.I think we as a team can keep this information updated better than those companies. 

Level 7

We should be able to do a live review about a place. A short 3 or 10 minute video would be cool to see a live person review.

Level 6

I completely agree, it'd be invaluable and is a totally feasible idea that would benefit pretty much every user. Contributors could input the limit for any given road and then the given value would not be applied until a predetermined number of trusted users reviewed and confirmed its accuracy. The only problem I see arise is if a speed limit changes and the value Google knows has not been updated but I feel that Google could just throw in some legal writing about how how the company is not responsible for tickets if you get pulled over and state that it is obviously not perfect and errors will occur. Even if it's not perfect, if I'm driving down an unknown road and haven't seen a speed sign I'd take what maps has to say as a reference in comparison to completely guessing. And after all speed limits rarely change so it shouldn't be too much of a problem.   

-Adam DeStafeno
Level 8

This idea is a duplicate of the following thread:
https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/All-Ideas/Adding-Speed-Limit-and-Speedometer-Feature-in-Google...

Perhaps a moderator would like to merge this idea. @sonnyNg if you don't like me to tag you for this, please don't hesitate to let me know 😉

Former Google Contributor

Thank you for sharing your idea, @Brunson24680. It has already been considered and discussed in Adding Speed Limit, and Speedometer Feature in Google Maps. Your post is getting merged there to avoid unwanted clutter.

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Former Google Contributor

Hi @JeroenM,

 

Your proactiveness is much apreciated. 

 

If you see something that you may want us to take a look at, please mark it as innapropriate.

 

Then the team would be notified, as action can be taken.

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Thank you!
Level 8

Navigation mode including android auto

Please add speed warning for each road, just like normal gps navigators.

Former Google Contributor

Thanks for sharing this suggestion, @MyEyes. Your Idea is geeting merged with Adding Speed Limit, and Speedometer Feature in Google Maps to avoid clutter as it is similar. You can keep up with its progress there.

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Level 7

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Totally agree with adding a speed limit announcement.