On 9/12/2013 5:09 AM, Lester Caine wrote:
Jean-Marc Liotier wrote:
Since the majority of sat nav's are now smart devices, why can't
they all be
reporting back the average speed where they are so we can
automatically map
the current traffic hot spots?
That data is already available for sale from mobile network operators
- that is
why you don't see much interest in having navigation devices provide
feedback:
every mobile device is already providing ample sampling. Of course
that doesn't
help the free world very much...
That is why what I'm thinking is the 'free' version ;)
I don't know how open their data is, but have you heard of waze? I just
stumbled onto it yesterday.
http://www.waze.com/
Lynn (D) - KJ4ERJ - Interested in all things GPS and tracking
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