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posted by Satri
on Monday December 05, @12:13PM
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Very Spatial points to this interesting project named TrafficView [detailled pdf]. From Very Spatial's summary: "The University of Maryland has an interesting concept for traffic monitoring and mapping - peer-to-peer traffic monitoring! The idea is that cars will be equipied with devices which can communicate with nearby cars to report traffic conditions and the like. It’s an interesting use of peer-to-peer technologies and potentially GIS." Note that the project doesn't seem under development anymore.
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