Rather than speed limit I think they use historical real data of drive times on that route (where available of course!)
They have massive amounts of actual logs of vehicles driving most roads. On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:25 AM, james pruett <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > Q: How does google maps create drive times? > > Does Google have a speed limit database they use to calculate route times? > > If this isn't the right group for this, I apologize.. > > Any information welcomed! > > Jim > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps API V2" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
