Cell Phones to Report Real Time Traffic Information
Posted by voidunknown on 07 November 2006 - 16:36 · 4 comments & 3493 views
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#2 Posted by Deathray on 07 Nov 2006 - 19:35
- Agreed... brilliant idea, one of those ideas you feel like saying "why didn't we think of that earlier."
Privacy issues shouldn't be too hard to overcome.
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#3 Posted by coolkat007 on 07 Nov 2006 - 20:01
- submitted the idea 2 weeks back to my professor as course work
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#4 Posted by 2xSilverKnight on 07 Nov 2006 - 20:11
- rofl .. yeah right no privacy issues you guys have watch too much tv.
they can monitor your every movements if they wants. We even starting to have rfid chips in the products we buy, how great hey .. dumb society.
IntelliOne and AirSage rely on data provided by wireless companies from their respective cellular towers that calculate the position of each phone about twice a second when it's being used and once every 30 seconds when it's not. Of course, there are some nuances to each system that sets them apart, but the basic concept is the same.
The services are currently being used in a number of markets with more to come in the next year. Certainly a number of wireless providers will look to offer a service to customers that would allow them to get alternate route data sent to them in case of heavy traffic for a monthly fee, but there are privacy advocates who say that cellular providers should not be allowed to track their customers while on the road or anywhere else.