Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Integrated Videos and Maps for Driving Directions - Summary

This article is about increasing the effectiveness of GPS navigation. By using streaming video of the path you are taking the creator ha shown that the effectiveness is increased. By showing the video familiarity of the area is increased making a driver more comfortable. The creator also syncs the speed of the vehicle with the video so as a user stops so does the video. The videos are automatically generated and can be changed to better suit the driver. The user can change the aspect ratio and view.

This new GPS technology sounds like a great improvement. Some people are more visually oriented so this would greatly enhance the "driving to a new place" experience. When the driver is more confident about where they are going thwn they are less likely to make traffic errors.

1 comment:

  1. It would be really cool if this technology was integrated into a GPS system, but right now it's just for an application that a user has to watch before they go on the trip. Maybe they could put in into new GPS devices for the car.

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