Three major automakers plan to join an initiative to create online road traffic maps in preparation for future disasters, according to a nonprofit organization.
In the Great East Japan Earthquake last year, widespread confusion resulted after road networks were seriously disrupted.
ITS Japan, an NPO that promotes research and development for road transportation systems, will create online road maps based on information collected from the carmakers’ members-only services and other companies. The road maps would carry integrated data from different sources, it said.
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