Portable Navigation

Lower price points and innovative new features have unleashed demand for portable GPS navigation systems, turning them from niche devices into mainstream consumer products. But with this success comes competition – portable navigation systems now need to stand out in a crowded marketplace.

Target Audiences
  • Portable Navigation Device Makers
  • Navigation Software Platform Developers
  • INRIX’s traffic services can further differentiate your product by enabling advanced functionality such as dynamic routing based on real-time and predictive traffic flow, and real-time display of traffic speeds and incidents on city maps – and adding value by providing personalized, reliable and actionable traffic forecasts.

    Key features for personal navigation include:
    • High-quality, nationwide reporting of real-time traffic information, including proprietary error detection and correction of road sensor data, with coverage that is unmatched in the industry
    • Real-time reporting of traffic-related incidents, construction alerts and events from Clear Channel’s Total Traffic Network, with comprehensive nationwide coverage of more than 100 cities and towns in the United States.
    • Dynamic routing for navigation, based on average speeds, real-time and predictive traffic data – offering more useful guidance than speed limits alone.
    • Personalized traffic reports that offer congestion alerts and traffic status on the routes customers use
    • Total network independence, with support for communication methods from RDS and satellite radio to HD Radio and GSM/GPRS
    • Support for accurate routing based on historical nationwide average speeds, for embedded navigation systems without network connectivity
    • Compatibility with all major map databases and Traffic Message Channel (TMC) referencing
    • Optimized XML feeds for low bandwidth communication
    With INRIX’s solutions, personal navigation device manufacturers will benefit from:
    • Customer Confidence. Patented technology – initially developed by Microsoft Research and exclusively licensed to INRIX – enables traffic services of unparalleled accuracy and geographic coverage.
    • Customer Loyalty and New Revenue Streams. Using INRIX’s real-time data every day for commutes and routing opens up new, service-based after-market revenue models, driving increased revenue per customer.
    • Differentiation. INRIX’s sophisticated platform gives you both unique predictive data and high-quality, accurate real-time information, making your next-generation service applications stand apart and giving you an important competitive edge.

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