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Monday, October 24, 2011

#WIRELESS: "Smart Navigation Mates Cars to Signage"

Crowd-sourced consumer GPS navigation units are feeding a new array of smart transportation services, such as smart signage that recommends detour routes with specific times-to-destination.


Dashboard-mounted GPS units are almost as common as iPods, and now this network of location sensors is crowd-sourcing its resources by feeding into smart transportation systems that improve traffic management and planning.
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