Tracking Cell Phones for Real-Time Traffic Data

stillgoogling writes to tell us the Associated Press is reporting that the Missouri Department of Transportation is stepping up a project to track the mass movements of cellular phones. This project is designed to use the movements of cell phones to map real-time traffic conditions statewide on more than 5,500 miles of road. From the article: "Officials say there's no Big Brother agenda in the Missouri project -- the data will remain anonymous, leaving no possibility to track specific people from their driveway to their destination."

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Re:Uh..

[pha95mlb]

Here you go. I particularly like the phrase "Even though its anonymous, it's still ominous". Try saying that 20 times after a couple of beers.

Airplane interference?

[bhmit1]

So what happens when someone forgets to turn off their phone on an airplane?

"Wow, traffic is really flying on the I-95 corridor"