Navteq to crowd source traffic data from Nokia phones
Sep 4, 2009 gps navigation, nokia, phones
One of the biggest digital map makers, Navteq, is going to be using data from Nokia to enhance its traffic reports.
Nokia, which purchase Navteq last July gathers data anonymously from millions of Nokia phones to enhance its map and traffic data.
The data will expand Navteq’s real-time traffic service to include secondary roads in addition to the primary roads it covers now. It will also improve arrival times and route planning on navigation devices using Navteq maps.
TeleAtlas, Navteq’s main map competitor already does something very similar by collecting data from TomTom GPS devices.
In addition Google just started with the crowdsourcing of traffic data, now providing traffic information on side streets as well as freeways… via
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