Navigon today announced a new live dealings capabilities for its iPhone navigation app. The Traffic Live will be available in October for the North American version of the MobileNavigator for the iPhone. It utilizes real number-time traffic information as well as historic data to calculate bettor routes that avoid over-crowding and get drivers to their destination faster.
“By including real-time speed information from drivers on the route, we are adding a next multiplication dealings service to our app that goes beyond traditional traffic functions which work with radio transmitted messages only. This is clearly nurture the prevention for iPhone GPS applications,” said Gerhard Mayr, Vice-President Worldwide Mobile Phones & New Markets at NAVIGON. “Providing the number one wood instantaneous traffic conditions, and oblation efficient, option routes to the congestion, saves meter, fuel and money. The power to know and navigate around gridlock is a crucial function and we are thrilled to be the first base major GPS troupe to announce this critical, and sought after service for an iPhone navigation app at a flat fee.”
The Traffic Live uses real number-time speeding information from over one 1000000 drivers across northland America including commercial fleets such as trucks and taxis but also habitue drivers with a GPS system. It also uses an intelligent fusion of selective information from traffic cameras, speeding sensors and conventional traffic messages coming through a radio network. In summation, the system includes historic traffic information to aid with the anticipation of road conditions when calculating a route. This includes selective information about dealings conditions on certain holidays or yearly events, allowing the driver to avoid taking routes that traditionally ar congested on a habitue basis.
NAVIGON Traffic Live will be available as an In App Purchase for $24.99. Users can add the overhaul directly within the MobileNavigator app. For the first quadruplet weeks, it will be available for an introductory monetary value of $19.99. The NAVIGON MobileNavigator for the iPhone is available for $89.99 in the Apple App Store and is equipped with maps of North USA from NAVTEQ.
[via engadget]
