Re: electronic traffic avoidance, dynamic route guiding

From: Larry Chisum (larrychisum_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 11/28/04 

Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 21:42:51 GMT

"Andreas van Hooijdonk" <ahooijdZ@piZ.beZ (NOZ)> wrote in message
news:6JidnRGA8efDuTfcRVnysA@scarlet.biz...
> Robert Solomon wrote:
>> I read about Toyota offering GPS w/ the ability to route around
>> traffic problems, availabe in England. Does anyone know anything
>> about this being available in the US?
>>
>> Thanks
>
> The problem in the US is that every state and even every big city has
> its own traffic information system. It is probably rather complicated to
> incorporate all this in one navigation product.
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> Andreas van Hooijdonk
> http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com
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XM satellite radio is providing weather and traffic data (for a price -
about $40 a month last I heard). I believe some new car manufacturer has
already incorporated it into it's OEM Navi, and would bet that it will
become more commonly integrated in other GPSRs as it becomes cheaper.

Larry