SatNav on US phones with real-time and predictive congestion information

Date: 4/3/2010

Source: ‘INRIX launches Traffic! Pro Navigation Tool’, www.roadtraffic-technology.com

The US-based INRIX (known in the UK as ITIS Holdings) has released a navigation application for iPhone and iPod Touch users.  It provides information about the optimal routes to take, estimated arrival times and an estimate of the best times to leave to arrive at a destination on time. It allows users to save favourite routes and popular destinations as well as to be informed about current and forecasted traffic, incidents and events. It claims to offer accurate, real-time information that covers over 260,000 miles of US and Canadian roads.

Keywords: Communications, Geographic Information