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> MWC 2010: Two thirds of mobile users want driving AND walking navigation > by Stuart Dredge | Email a friend | PrintAdd a comment > > Two legs good, four tyres not necessarily better > > A survey conducted by Nokia's mapping division Navteq claims that at least > two thirds of mobile users want their mobile navigation services to offer > both driving and walking directions. > The study also appears to show that mobile navigation is picking up steam > fast. Two thirds or more of people currently using maps or directions on > their phones have been doing it for less than a year, while a third have only > been doing it for six months. > Meanwhile, the proportion of people making daily or weekly use of mobile > navigation apps was between 33% and 40% across the nine countries surveyed. > Getting back to those walkers, though. Navteq says it's identified four > features requested by large numbers of users when they're on foot. > They are: public transport information including real-time data; “logical > guidance” which can provide specific pedestrian routing and shortcuts; visual > cues during guidance such as landmarks; and micro maps of destinations such > as airports and shopping malls -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
