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I took the attached picture of v8's map yesterday while waiting at a stoplight. If you look closely, the road I'm taking (Sunnyvale-Saratoga Rd) is missing traffic data for the stretch that I'm currently on. The traffic data doesn't resume until Fremont Avenue, and that section seemed to be fairly busy.
Looking further, there is also no data for highway 82 (El Camino), or for Wolfe Road, a major surface street running N-S. Normally these would show data, and they can be routes to avoid at peak traffic times.
The underlying problem is something that's become a more common occurrence in the Bay Area recently: my car is failing to obtain an Internet connection. Notice the empty bars with the line through it at the top. However, because the icon is drawn over the top of the map and has no real visual weight, I didn't notice it until after I had taken the picture.
Now imagine this was happening on v9, where no green lines are drawn to show you where data exists. This map would still show some orange and red lines, but highway 82 would appear clear (even if it wasn't). It would be much harder to see that some sections are missing data entirely. Losing that visual information seems like a bad thing.
Looking further, there is also no data for highway 82 (El Camino), or for Wolfe Road, a major surface street running N-S. Normally these would show data, and they can be routes to avoid at peak traffic times.
The underlying problem is something that's become a more common occurrence in the Bay Area recently: my car is failing to obtain an Internet connection. Notice the empty bars with the line through it at the top. However, because the icon is drawn over the top of the map and has no real visual weight, I didn't notice it until after I had taken the picture.
Now imagine this was happening on v9, where no green lines are drawn to show you where data exists. This map would still show some orange and red lines, but highway 82 would appear clear (even if it wasn't). It would be much harder to see that some sections are missing data entirely. Losing that visual information seems like a bad thing.