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Photos: Nokia and Navteq tech keep an eye on the roads
Mobile phones hunt out jams
By Marguerite Reardon
Published: Friday 21 November 2008
Dmitry Sharlot, New York team leader for Navteq, stands by the Navteq vehicle that is used to collect data for Navteq's mapping, navigation and traffic service. This is the car that was used in New York City on Tuesday to demonstrate a new application being developed by Nokia and Navteq that uses mobile phones as "probes" to collect data about traffic conditions.
Photo credit: Marguerite Reardon/CNET News
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