GPS, Inrix announces "third generation" traffic routing system for GPS devices
By Donald Melanson 
posted May 21st 2008 4:34PM
posted May 21st 2008 4:34PM
It looks like those relying on GPS to find the quickest route possible could soon be getting a boost, with Inrix now touting its new "third generation" routing platform, which promises to bring with it all sorts of new traffic jam avoidance measures. One of the key components of that, it seems, is Inrix's so-called Total Fusion system, which the company claims to be the very first traffic data service that "intelligently combines real-time, predictive and historical traffic information for over 800,000 miles of roadways across the U.S." That gets backed up by Inrix's Connected Services platform, which'll let navigation companies integrate all sorts of other aggregated data, including weather information, fuel prices, and movie times, to name a few. There's no word as to when we'll actually see any of that in an actual product, however, although Inrix has apparently already signed up at least one automaker that'll apparently remain nameless until later this year.[Via Autoblog]
The Dash Express uses Inrix as a data provider
so, is dash express the only option for getting this data?
I think TeleNav shows some of this data.
"Warning - The following road has historically been narrow."
It appears that Google Maps already uses both realtime and historical traffic data for route planning. It'll also let you brouse aggregated historical data to see what traffic 'may be like' at any arbitrary time and day of the week.
Other then DASH and Government there isn't a lot of data out there. The GOV's sensor system are 20%-50% busted at any one time. Their long range data are wishful thinking quantified. Commerical trucking are one, but most of them don't pass through downtown. How many of us drives in a convoy anyway? Except for buses and Los Angeles, there's no surface street data either. What good is this if I can choose between the freeway and the surface street?
Sounds like a lot of hype for a new broom to move around the same old crappy data and hoping to see something different.
Sounds a lot like what Microsoft is already doing with Live Maps mobile. Or to be more specific, Live Search Mobile.
Inrix is a spooky company. their name comes from the latin "INRI" (jesus of nazereth, king of the jews for you latin scholars) on a cross ("X"). and what does this have to do with traffic?