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Re: GPS

By: weco in FFFT | Recommend this post (0)
Fri, 14 Dec 12 12:46 AM | 44 view(s)
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On the iPhone, take a look at Waze, up to date traffic from other users wherever you may be, forget if it costs or not.. handy alternate source..


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Re: GPS
By: oldCADuser
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Fri, 14 Dec 12 12:25 AM
Msg. 48479 of 65535

The other feature that both of these new units have that's nice is the lifetime free traffic alerts, which indicate when there are problems in the area and will even highlight the routes where problems are being experienced. And if you're actually using the trip routing to a destination, it will automatically give you instant updates as to how many additional minutes that you can expect to add to your travel time if you remain on the designated route. And if things get really bogged-down it'll offer you alternate routes or detours to get around whatever is causing the delay. Now this feature is not available everywhere but seems to work pretty well in most larger metropolitan areas. What it uses are digitally encoded signals which are being broadcast on the FM band in many parts of the country with status reports of average speeds on major roads, areas where road construction is taking place and traffic accidents where emergency vehicles have been dispatched.


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