Speaking to the media at an awareness programme of entering transport data to the Google Maps App , the Chairman of the National Transport Commission (NTC), M. A. P. Hemachandra said that the NTC would launch a Google Map facility to facilitate day-to-day public transportation by the year end.
Hemachandra underscored that while the Google navigation app is already available to the public, Google did not possess local public transport data. Therefore, the feature does not work on the app at present, he said adding that data would be uploaded and the feature is expected to be activated by the end of this year.
“With the use of this facility people can find the shortest and best route to their destinations while using public or private transportation. The updated Google Map app would be downloadable on all smartphones at the end the year,” he said.
The facility would contain information on Inter-Provincial bus routes, railway lines and provincial bus routes.
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