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G.P.S. Units With More to Say Monty Solomon 11-04-2007
Posted by Monty Solomon on November 4, 2007, 1:32 am
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G.P.S. Units With More to Say

By ROY FURCHGOTT
The New York Times
October 24, 2007

MANUFACTURERS of global positioning system receivers have seen the
future, and it has little to do with maps.

"Most people know where they are going," said Julie Ask, a wireless
analyst for Jupiter Research. "They spend 95 percent of their time
driving around their towns. What do you add on so people use G.P.S.
driving around their hometowns? Directions just aren't enough."

One answer from manufacturers is "dynamic content," a fancy way of
saying that future G.P.S. units will get up-to-the-minute information
by Wi-Fi or a cellphone data service. That means drivers will be
warned of traffic slowdowns as they happen and can get detailed
information about "points of interest" - not just where to find a gas
station, but which has the cheapest fuel.

The most advanced attempt at dynamic content is currently being made
by Dash Navigation, whose portable G.P.S. device not only receives
positioning signals from satellites, but also collects driving speed
and road data from cars that use it and anonymously report this
information to a database.

That data would let Dash know the actual speed at which traffic
travels at different times of the day, so that it could route cars
more effectively than current systems can. The Dash will be available
in the first quarter of 2008.

But for the Dash to build the database, it needs many drivers to buy
the things and use them.

...

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/24/automobiles/autospecial/24gps.html


Pure Networks
Posted by Sam Spade on November 5, 2007, 12:13 am
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Monty Solomon wrote:

>
> The most advanced attempt at dynamic content is currently being made
> by Dash Navigation, whose portable G.P.S. device not only receives
> positioning signals from satellites, but also collects driving speed
> and road data from cars that use it and anonymously report this
> information to a database.

1. I wouldn't trust anyone these days to not misuse those position data.

2. This require a lot of uplink bandwidth to some entity other than the
Global Positioning System. Who pays for what would essentially be a
constant uplink?


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