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GPS-Derived Traffic Data from TeleAtlas Reveals Seattle the Most Congested U.S. City
In the past I’ve had New York City friends pooh-pooh me when I would contend that traffic on the West Coast — the San Francisco Bay Area or Los Angeles, take your pick — was worse than it was in New York City. They would contend that even traffic congestion was superior in the Big Apple, just like everything else (‘cept sushi and weather; I had them there). But now data from TomTom’s mapping company, Tele Atlas has data to back me up. In fact, NYC only ranks sixth on its list of most congested U.S. cities, behind both San Francisco and L.A.
Telmap Unveils Android Version of its Navigation App
Is this a sign of the times? Yet another mobile navigation app, announced on Black Friday of all days, but this one is for the Android operating system. Navigation software and location-based services provider Telmap, makers of the appropriately if not particularly inspired named Telmap Navigator for Android, noted that Android is the “fastest growing smartphone operating system in 2009,” citing diviners at market research firm Current Analysis.
Magellan Makes it Official: iPhone App Available Now, Related GPS Car Kit on the Way
Here’s an interesting thing: while Garmin is pushing its Nuvifone, rival Magellan has just announced a navigation app for the iPhone, along with a forthcoming car kit. The RoadMate app with turn-by-turn navigation and spoken street names is available now for a cool $79.99; the vehicle mounting cradle — which includes its own GPS reciever — for the iPhone and iPod touch will be available in December for $129.99, Magellan says. The car kit cradle also features its own speaker and Bluetooth.
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Apps Alert: Google Maps Navigation Hack for G1 … Waze Goes Worldwide … WinMo Sto’ Gets a Nav App … Navigon iPhone App Gets Traffic
Today seems to be a day for mobile navigation app news — WinMo, iPhone, and some Android related app-hacking news, even. Where to begin? Let’s talk about crowd-sourced traffic app Waze. The startup, which up until now was only available in Israel and the United States, has expanded to include the entire world. Now no matter if you live in North Piddle, United Kingdom or Timbuktu, Mali, you can report on and check out the local traffic conditions (although I’m guessing traffic in North Piddle may not be as problematic as it is in, say, London or Berlin).
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