[News] Dash, the internet-connected gps

[Dean Collins]

Yep, coding easy to do however issues are-

Mapping of roads and associated speed limits, almost non existent in the
commercial space let alone in the open source space.

Penetration, with only a few thousand Neo's in the USA by the end of 07
(if that) and maybe 20-30,000 by the end of 08 there will not be enough
penetration to deliver the accuracy you need.

It's a good idea but as we come closer to the commercial launch I think
it's time for us to get a little more realistic about what is and isn't
possible (at least in the first 3-5 years).

Put it into your ideas drawer and bring it out later (or go and code a
blackberry/windows mobile 5/symbian alternative to get the numbers you
require)



BTW feel free to ignore all of the above advice and go for it :)

 

Regards,

Dean Collins
Cognation Pty Ltd
dean at cognation.net
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+61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial).


> -----Original Message-----
> From: community-bounces at lists.openmoko.org [mailto:community-
> bounces at lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of Florent THIERY
> Sent: Tuesday, 10 April 2007 8:06 AM
> To: OpenMoko Community List
> Subject: Re: [News] Dash, the internet-connected gps
> 
> > The issue with traffic movements is you really need the cell tower
> > movement information from carriers, without this these traffic flows
are
> > at best an estimation.
> 
> As for openmoko:
> 
> What about, in car GPS mode, reporting unusual speed fluctuations?
> 
> Ex: you're on a 130 km/h road, and your gps reports 40 km/h = traffic
> jam. gprs link up, upload info + timestamp to community server
> 
> When you query a car travel planning (i.e. ask your gps app to show
> you the way somewhere), do a simple query to the community traffic jam
> server; if the chosen path shows quite recent alerts, it would
> calculate an alternate ununcombered road.
> This could also be used periodically...
> 
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