Improving GPS Systems with Traffic Flow Data

An anonymous reader writes "According to a story in Technology Review, some GPS companies are factoring in traffic flow and time of day. From the article: 'Tele Atlas, a Boston-based company that provides digital maps and navigational content, has integrated new trafficking software into its map database so that drivers can find the most optimal route based on speed rather than distance — for any stretch of road at any hour of any day of the week.'"

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It's going to be great when everyone is using this

[Richard McBeef]

Then everyone is going to be on the fastest route. Those old slow, traffic infested roads will be like ghost towns.