Winner of RISE Urban Mobility Resilience Challenge, FloodMapp, joins its forces with Waze to help drivers avoid roads that are flooded. FloodMap is a startup concentrated on climate technologies, supported by RISE funds. The company collaborates with the Waze navigation app to add the technology that forecasts floods.
The new feature helps drivers to see all flooded roads in real-time and avoid them. The program is to be tested in Norfolk, Virginia. Any user of Waze will be able to join the procedure and find out whether all the flooded roads are revealed properly.
What is FloodMapp?
FloodMapp offers unique technology for the modern market. It gathers and reveals tidal, rainfall, and riverine information. You receive the model of the flood in real-time. This information is layered with the road network of the place you are in. For now, it is only Norfolk. The driver receives a notification of possible danger. To get them, you need to use Waze. Once you enter the app you can enable pop-up messages and receive updates and audio alerts that will help you to avoid danger in advance. If the driver noticed flooding but did not receive notification, it is possible to send an update to the app and warn other drivers through Waze. In case of a flood, Waze will help you to change the route and plan how to get to your original point without extra delays.
CEO of FloodMapp Juliette Murphy says that the company is happy to work with RISE and Norfolk officials to create a helpful project. The feature may save many drivers from dangerous situations. The main goal of the company is to protect people around the world from flooding dangers. FloodMapp won the RISE Urban Mobility Resilience Challenge for its project.
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