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The Weekly Round-Up: 28.08.09
Round-Up Yet, like his early musical inspiration Woodie Guthrie, Dylan did spend a long time travelling country roads and one imagines he's aware more than most about the importance of knowing where one is going and ensuring one... [28 Aug 2009]
'RFID in all new mobiles by next summer'
News Another example of leveraging location data is to create real-time road traffic maps generated by analysing the speed of mobile phone base station hand-off to ascertain how fast cars are travelling on roads. [24 Jun 2009]
Photos: Thirty years of technology on the buses
Photo More technology was added in 1997 in the form of CCTV feeds from major bus stations and roads, used to help manage the fleet. Today the centre is manned by 45 people and relies on GPS tracking to manage... [26 May 2009]
Speed-limiter tech trial coming this summer
News Councillor Jeff Hook, executive member for environment at Southwark Council, added in a statement: "This technology could revolutionise the way we keep our roads safer in Southwark, and that's why we're really interested... [11 May 2009]
Green-lighted drivers pay less to drive
News A spokesman told silicon.com: "The number of fatalities among young people on the roads are shocking. It's a way to cut the carnage on the roads while also cutting the cost of car insurance. The Safety... [10 Feb 2009]
Let the car do the thinking for you
News Under an action plan adopted yesterday, the Commission aims to introduce a single intelligent transport system governing driving, navigation and entertainment, which should be introduced across the European Union to help drivers dodge... [17 Dec 2008]
Photos: Nokia and Navteq tech keep an eye on the roads
Photo The GPS chip in this phone transmits speed and location data to researchers at the University of California at Berkeley who are using algorithms that will provide the driver with up-to-the-minute traffic information. [21 Nov 2008]
Getting to the meeting - without the journey
Comment Oil prices drive up transport costs whether on planes or roads. G is for GPS Costs, delays and green issues are all conspiring against business travel. Those factors are also coinciding with the growth... [30 Jun 2008]
Sat-nav back seat drivers on their way
News Photos: Satellites free the roads from snow and ice It will be the most comprehensive digital map in Britain and when finished will cover all roads within the Greater London Authority area. Drivers in... [15 May 2008]
Sat-nav tackles congested HGV 'rat runs'
News Digital road routing information from the Ordnance Survey (OS) is being used by sat-nav mapping company Tele Atlas on its map database to help prevent lorries getting stuck down small roads and villages. [21 Dec 2007]
How Norwich Union computes pay-as-you-drive
Case Study There is greater safety on the roads for all. G is for GPS Tony Lovick, pricing actuary at NU, said a trial, using GPS-based IVUs (in-vehicle units) provided by Trafficmaster, began in... [27 Nov 2007]
Photos: High tech vans map out Europe
Photo The Tele Atlas vans have between six and eight cameras mounted on them to take images of the passing roads and landmarks. It uses GPS information to show the location of the van geographically and the... [21 May 2007]
Photos: Germany's road charging tech
Photo All lorries on German roads over 12 tonnes must pay. The scheme is a mix of satellite technology - GPS, though a future move to Europe's Galileo system is likely - roadside cellular networks, wireless... [02 Feb 2007]
Photos: "Citizen cartographers" mapping the planet
Photo The "citizen cartographers" use GPS devices to record their movements as they drive, cycle or walk along all the roads in the selected area. Here on the Surrey Hills mapping weekend the volunteers gather... [13 Nov 2006]
Open source rival takes on Google Maps
News The OpenStreetMap (OSM) mapping data is collected by volunteers using GPS devices to record their movements as they drive, cycle or walk along all the roads in a particular area. OSM relies on volunteers... [13 Nov 2006]
