Location based systems

The move towards shared telematics platforms Is the end for dedicated, in-vehicle telematics systems now in sight? Some seemed to think so at the recent Telematics Munich 2012 conference Geoff Hadwick reports. Forget smartphone apps leave that sort of thing to Apple and Google, Roger Lanctot, associate director of the global automotive practice at consultancy Strategy Analytics told more than 700 delegates in Munich last month at the...

The benefits of combining enforcement and traffic management Jason Barnes considers how combining enforcement equipment with other traffic management technologies might benefit our future if only the will were really in place to do so. During the ITS World Congress in Vienna in October last year, Navtech Radar and Vysionics ITS announced a strategic partnership that would combine the expertise of Navtech in millimetre-wave wide-area surveillance...

Internet-connected cars their functionality and safety challenges Internet-connected cars are poised to flood the market in the near future. Pete Goldin considers the functionality they offer, the technology they use and the challenge they represent in terms of driver safety. Many vehicles on the road today offer some sort of internet connectivity and experts agree that this capability will become a competitive differentiator in the automotive industry in...