Chicago, USA, 10 April 2006: NAVTEQ, a provider of digital map data for vehicle navigation and location-based solutions, and CBS RADIO, one of the market operators in the U S, have teamed up to begin offering a new traffic information service via the Radio Data System (RDS) protocol. Through the use of CBS RADIO’s transmission facilities in major metropolitan markets across the country, NAVTEQ Traffic RDS is displayed on Portable Navigation Devices (PND) and Personal Digital Assistants (PDA). RDS traffic information enables navigation systems to display personalized, real-time traffic information for a driver’s chosen route and adjacent alternative routes.
The new service, NAVTEQ Traffic RDS, links up-to-the minute traffic information to map data and enables wireless transmission directly to a navigation device. NAVTEQ Traffic RDS includes data from multiple sources across the nation, including commercial traffic data from Westwood One’s Metro/Shadow, government departments of transportation, police and emergency services, road sensors, cameras and airborne reports.
