Johns Creek wants to make it easier for drivers to get around in the city.
In August 2015 it became the eighth city in the country — and the first in Georgia — to partner with navigation app Waze by sharing real-time road closure and construction information.
That partnership has expanded, making Johns Creek the first municipality in the world to share real-time business location data with the tech company, the city announced Monday.
"If you search for a place to eat or shop in an app on your phone, you're most likely searching by the name of the business and not a specific address," said Nick O'Day, Johns Creek's senior GIS manager and architect of the city's Open Data Portal.
“By sharing business information to Waze with the business name tied to a latitude and longitude, it makes the experience faster and easier.”
The process comes at no cost to the city because Waze pulls information automatically, according to the news release. The data is derived from business license applications and renewals.