Tom's Hardware Guide logo Tom's Hardware Guide 21 months ago

Nokia tracks traffic info with gang of GPS feeds

There are countless websites and subscription services that offer real-time traffic information based on accident reports and complicated calculations, but Nokia and UCB took that one step further by getting this data directly from traveling cars. Full Article at Tom's Hardware Guide

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  1. We're trying to give drivers enough information to make those decisions themselves ... If someone is commuting, they know all the alternatives. People aren't stupid.
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 21 months ago
  2. As a user you are not only contributing to the data, but you are benefiting from it by looking at it in real time on your phone
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 21 months ago
  3. Getting that information back to the drivers, that's the Holy Grail -- so drivers can make smart decisions about their commute
    SOURCE: Los Angeles Times 21 months ago
  4. It would be great if the phone, instead of saying go left or right, would say you're meeting so-and-so at 10 a.m. and because traffic is picking up, you should leave now and you should avoid [a particular] exit because traffic is backing up
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