Navtech has thier user support and IT HQ in Fargo ND. I have a friend there that works helpdesk. He said that people driving around checking the roads in each city must be able to drive the speed limit while typing in information. The employees are gauged on how quickly they can accoumplish these tasks. I would assume typing with one hand wile driving with the other and trying to concentrate on both the road and the laptop would be quite difficult. These drivers record on ramps/off ramps. distance measurements based off the tripometer, and in some cases other important signs. Nav tech's goal is to have every major city(top three largest) in every state to be 100% correct in street locations. For smaller cities Nav Tech uses satellite imagery combined with USGS surveys to create all other roads. Nav Tech is the only mapping company that does this. All other companies just use USGS surveys/databases and put all those numbers into a nice graphical package for people.
The bottom line is Nav Tech should be significantly more accurate then any other mapping company.
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This is my very first post on slashdot. I'll try make it informative.
www.Dialpad.com has offered a VIOP service that(I believe) is still free for about two years now. I haven't used the service in a year but I remember it being really quite good, even on a 56k modem connection.
As I see it these new services saw a bandwagon to jump on and so they did. Kazaa was just another bandwagon jumper and technically so was the MP3.com website although they expanded their services to give relatively unknown bands a portal for thier music.
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Navtech has thier user support and IT HQ in Fargo ND. I have a friend there that works helpdesk. He said that people driving around checking the roads in each city must be able to drive the speed limit while typing in information. The employees are gauged on how quickly they can accoumplish these tasks. I would assume typing with one hand wile driving with the other and trying to concentrate on both the road and the laptop would be quite difficult. These drivers record on ramps/off ramps. distance measurements based off the tripometer, and in some cases other important signs.
Nav tech's goal is to have every major city(top three largest) in every state to be 100% correct in street locations. For smaller cities Nav Tech uses satellite imagery combined with USGS surveys to create all other roads.
Nav Tech is the only mapping company that does this. All other companies just use USGS surveys/databases and put all those numbers into a nice graphical package for people.
The bottom line is Nav Tech should be significantly more accurate then any other mapping company.
I was to Atlanta a few years ago. I never once saw a single can/bottle of pepsi in the entire city!
Greetings all, This is my very first post on slashdot. I'll try make it informative. www.Dialpad.com has offered a VIOP service that(I believe) is still free for about two years now. I haven't used the service in a year but I remember it being really quite good, even on a 56k modem connection. As I see it these new services saw a bandwagon to jump on and so they did. Kazaa was just another bandwagon jumper and technically so was the MP3.com website although they expanded their services to give relatively unknown bands a portal for thier music.