the little airplane slider in google now..does that really work?

Google knows departure and arrival times, so it's likely just a percentage bar.

I would assume this applies:

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How is this related to the Travel or Flight Status search information that is already available on Google? Does ITA Software power those already?
Google currently offers two travel search features. First, our flight tracker search feature enables users to see flight status for arriving and departing US flights. When users type the name of the airline and the flight number (e.g. “united 741”) into the search box, Google will return updated flight information from flightstats.com. Second, we offer a travel search feature to help users looking to book travel. For example, search for [New York to SFO] and Google offers you the option to specify a date range and choose from a variety of online travel services to see results. Both features are aimed at improving search quality and neither is based on any financial compensation to or from Google. Neither feature relies on data from ITA Software.

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Really cool. Just looked at it today on my flight thanks to this thread.

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just as a follow up. i was waiting for my friend yesterday in the cell phone parking lot and watching the slider.

within probably a minute of it saying the plane was 100% done, he texted me & said "taxi-ing"

shite is legit.

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Yeah, Google tends to let projects bake until they are dead-on-balls accurate before releasing to a wide audience.

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Is that an industry term?

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Another feature concerning flights I just noticed. Look at the airport on Maps and it will show your departure/arrival time.

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when i think back only 5-10 years ago..and trying to find out if a flight was on-time..and getting a busy signal trying to call the airline or airport..and where we are today..wow.

i remember the panic in getting to a large airport and looking at all the different screens trying to locate the correct 'incoming' flights ..the correct airline's listing...and figuring out gate numbers, etc.

its kinda how i felt about traffic jams a few years ago. i didnt see how it would ever be possible without an extensive network of cameras, speed radars and satellites to ever predict a traffic jam before you got there.

i would have NEVER thought like waze and crowd-sourced a solution FAR AND AWAY more simple & effective than a $$$ intrastructure overhaul...just turn a GPS app on everyone's phone into a game.

fricking genius. now not only do i know before i leave my office wtf is going on with interstates..but more than likely i also know on backroads way ahead of time too thanks to the fact other people already STUCK are turning waze on to see wtf is going on, hence i'm warned and i'm not even there yet. ..oh and they let me know the cops are out too.

the things we take for granted....

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i would have NEVER thought like waze and crowd-sourced a solution FAR AND AWAY more simple & effective than a $$$ intrastructure overhaul...just turn a GPS app on everyone's phone into a game.

fricking genius.

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I will never get over the genius behind the way Google made their voice recognition and speech to text so good... they just operated a free 411 service for a few years.

And now they have people walking around playing Ingress to help them map out better walking directions.

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Cool, but none of that has anything to do with Waze.

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so what's that crazy app i'm using to try to become a 'warrior level' driver and hear magical sounds when i drive over 'road candy' and get points for reporting cops in the bushes and debris on the road?


...oh yeah, waze.

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and hear magical sounds when i drive over 'road candy'

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speaking of, anyway to turn just that sound off and keep the navigation. been slaying soccer balls lately and its annoying as frick