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New GPS Navigator Relies On 'Wisdom of the Crowds'

Posted by Zonk on from the you're-always-guided-using-renraku-gridguide-system dept.

Hugh Pickens writes "The New York Times is running an article on Dash Express, a new navigation system for automobiles that not only receives GPS location data, but broadcasts information about its travels. Information is passed back to Dash over a cellular data network, where it is shared with other users to let them know if there are slowdowns or traffic jams on the road ahead. The real benefit of the system isn't apparent until enough units are collecting data in a given area - so Dash distributed over 2,000 prototype units to test drivers in 25 large cities."

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  1. Re:not wisdom of crowds by cp.tar · · Score: 3, Funny

    That's right.

    This is more like... GPS Torrent?

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  2. Re:Grossly inacurate headline! by stranger_to_himself · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe a wisdom-of-crowds GPS system would help you follow all the traffic if you get lost, under the assumption that everybody else probably knows where they're going.

  3. Re:not wisdom of crowds by Divebus · · Score: 2, Funny

    As long as nobody is following my Dad around...

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  4. Tech already exists.. by B5_geek · · Score: 3, Funny

    Speaking as a truck driver I can tell you that CB-Radios already do this.

    "Hey North-bound, you better get your ass off that road and find a detour, there's a 3 mile parking lot ahead of you."

    "10-4 South-bound, thank-you. There's a Bear with a radar-gun at mile-marker 127."

    Just add more profanity and you get the general idea.

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