On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 5:19 AM, Lauris Bukšis-Haberkorns <[email protected] > wrote:
> Free version of such data would be great and as I allways have data on on > my phone I won't have problem with that. I was thinking on implementing > something like that but at least for me, main problem is server(s) where > that data would go and that would aggregate them as that would be quite > much data if it's used by many people (and we would need many people to use > it, if we want to get good qualitty data out of it)... > > > > 2013/9/12 Lester Caine <[email protected]> > >> Jean-Marc Liotier wrote: >> >>> Since the majority of sat nav's are now smart devices, why can't they >>>> all be >>>> reporting back the average speed where they are so we can automatically >>>> map >>>> the current traffic hot spots? >>>> >>> >>> That data is already available for sale from mobile network operators - >>> that is >>> why you don't see much interest in having navigation devices provide >>> feedback: >>> every mobile device is already providing ample sampling. Of course that >>> doesn't >>> help the free world very much... >>> >> >> That is why what I'm thinking is the 'free' version ;) >> A sort of agreed standard linked to the various OSM routing options? >> >> Maarten - I can understand your reluctance on always on data, currently I >> do get gaps in the mapping on the motorways here were there simply isn't >> any cover, but moving forward I think that particular problem will >> eventually be fixed. >> >> Telenav has been working on an open standard for traffic data based on OSM for a couple of years. See their presentation at SOTM-US: http://vimeopro.com/openstreetmapus/state-of-the-map-us-2013/video/68096028 Might be nice for someone at Telenav to write up a quick wiki page about the TTL standard :) Toby
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