Wednesday, September 24, 2008

GPS with Lifetime Traffic, Lane Assistant

Inrix, Nokia Here

Traffic Services
1. Total Traffic & Weather Networks Coverage (using INRIX) by Clear Channel Broadcasting (iHeartMedia) with RDS-TMC and HD-Radio (Pioneer AVIC-6100NEX iGo Navigation with Total Traffic), (Kenwood DNX572BH Garmin use INRIX iOS/Android App with subscription)
2. HERE/Navtfeq Real Time Traffic 60 seconds Sirius/XM (Kenwood DNX571TR $60 Garmin Navteq Traffic activation)

Crutchfield
Alpine HERE Maps (old naviextra/Navteq), free HERE traffic
Clarion naviextras (old Navteq) with free Total Traffic, INRIX
Kenwood DNX-571HD Garmin HERE $60
Kenwood DNX-572BH Garmin INRIX App 2-year free
Pioneer naviextras (old Navteq) with free Total Traffic, INRIX

Taiwan: Garmin, Mio, Papago

Garmin 1390T 755T 765T
Garmin Nuvi 7x5 Garmin Nuvi 755T 765T 775T Lane Assist, Advertising supported Lifetime Traffic, 3-D building view, Bluetooth, no Voice Command, Speaks street names. (755T $500, 765T $600 has bluetooth, 775T $800 has europe map, 785T $700 has MSN direct) Lifetime MSN $130
ClearChannel on older models
Navteq traffic on newer models with Advertising Supported Real-Time Traffic
Navteq Traffic RDS

Navigon 7200T Navigon 5100 7100 Lane Assistant, Lifetime Traffic, Reality View, (5100 $330, 7100 $450 has bluetooth) MyRoutes
Clear Channel (HD radio) Tele Atlas Total Traffic Network, Inrix, Speedinfo

TomTom Go 930T external Traffic receiver
TomTom Go 730T $500, Advanced Lane Guidance, Voice address input, 1 year TMC subscription, Tele Atlas ClearChannel Total Traffic Network
TomTom LIVE to use INRIX older models use TrafficCast

Traffic Message Channel Radio Data Systems

Map Makers
Tele Atlas (TomTom) - INRIX - TomTom, Navigon
Navteq (Nokia) - Traffic.com - Garmin
DeLorme

Traffic Companies

Inrix Looks for Express Lane
INRIX (Microsoft, MSN, Clear Channel, Tele Atlas, Beat The Traffic, Mapquest, Alerts.com)
Traffic.com Traffic Pulse (MSN Direct, Accuweather, Weather Channel, XM, Air America Radio, NAVTEQ)
SpeedInfo (Sigalert, 511, TrafficCast)
TrafficCast (Yahoo, Sigalert)
Metro Networks (Westwood One)

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