App Detail » U.A.E.Traffic

Published by: Olivier TEYSSANDIER

+ Universal App - Designed for iPhone and iPad

Price: $1.99
Current Version: 2.0
Released: September 21, 2011

What's New

-Offline Traffic data management
While not under internet coverage (i.e no edge, 3G nor 4G...) your live traffic data are stored offline in the app until you recover any internet coverage ... Then your traffic data are automatically sent to the Web Service to the community of users!
Moreover, all traffic alerts data downloaded when under internet connection will remain available in the live app even if not connected to internet...The traffic alerts will keep working in a vicinity of 70 miles around the location where internet connection was lost!

App Description

Live real-time road traffic information within the United Arab Emirates!
UAETraffic© is a collaborative application based on a web-service for real time reporting of route congestion everywhere in the UAE, potentially at the scale of any route network used by its users!
UAETraffic© is the 1st application ever being totally independent from official information network which refreshing time is often not in adequacy with the required accuracy for route network congestion information and that don't provide any information for secondary routes subnetworks.
Very simple of use, you immediately get visual information depicting route networks congestion on the Map display.

While monitoring your app, you contribute to providing the community with your own real time data, even for only tens of seconds!

Free service without any subscription, broadcast data in a large scale perimeter based on your current location.

Main functionalities:
-Display of the route network congestion overlay, based on a color coding system related to the real-time average speed of user,
-Display of warning (accidents...), works and radar control notified by users,
-Tag of warning (accidents...), works and radar control locations.

Nota: an expanding community of users at Abu Dhabi, Al Ain, Jebel Ali, Dubai, Sharjah ... and even in Qatar, Oman or Koweit!

Note:
-"Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life."
-this app requires GPS activation and 3G internet connectivity (3G, Edge, Wifi...).