[TCN] Wednesday, May 14, 2008

 

Transportation Communications Newsletter

 

Wednesday, May 14, 2008 -- ISSN 1529-1057

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CARTOGRAPHY

 

1) Mars Mapping Tool Open Sourced

Link to story in Government Computer News:

http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/46260-1.html

 

GPS / NAVIGATION

 

2) Dash Navigator Gets Open API

Link to story on Webware:

http://www.webware.com/8301-1_109-9943796-2.html?tag=nefd.riv

 

3) MIT Students Show Power of Open Cell Phone Systems

Link to AP story:

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2008-05-13-locale-mit_N.htm

Link to news release from MIT:

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/google-android-0512.html

 

4) Nokia Sees Half of Cell Phones with GPS in 2010-12

Link to Reuters story:

http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNewsMolt/idUKL1442615920080514

 

MARITIME

 

5) US Coast Guard Takes US VISIT Mobile

Link to story on SecureIDNews:

http://www.secureidnews.com/library/2008/05/14/coast-guard-takes-us-visit-mobile/

 

OTHER

 

6) EC Approves TomTom Buy of Tele Atlas

Link to story in PC World:

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/145855/ec_approves_tomtom_buy_of_tele_atlas.html

 

7) Researchers Find Potential Path to Improve Radio Communications

Link to story in Government Computer News:

http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/46259-1.html

 

SAFETY / SECURITY

 

8) Federal Communications Commission Starts Over with Emergency Network Push

Link to CNET News story:

http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9944129-7.html

Link to news release from the FCC:

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-282151A1.pdf

 

9) Malaysian Road Safety Ads to be Given New Lease of Life

Ads to be reviewed for effectiveness.

Link to story in The Star:

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/5/13/nation/20080513173211&sec=nation

 

TRAVELER INFORMATION / TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT

 

10) Ideas to Improve Traffic Flow

Experts: Fine-tune signals to save fuel, cut tie-ups.

Link to McClatchy Newspapers story:

http://www.kentucky.com/216/story/404273.html

 

11) Traffic Lights to be Repaired Nationwide in Ghana

Signals to be linked to central locations in the cities for efficient traffic control.

Link to story in The Ghanaian Times:

http://www.newtimesonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15745&Itemid=181

 

12) Newcastle, UK Takes Traffic Monitoring Mobile

The Tyneside local authority is first UK organization to deploy a CCTV-to-mobile service for live monitoring of city traffic cameras.

Link to story on ITPro:

http://www.itpro.co.uk/news/197208/newcastle-takes-traffic-monitoring-mobile.html

 

 

News Releases

1) California High-Speed Rail Authority Announces New Web Site with Virtual Trips Throughout the State

2) Operation Lifesaver's New Safety Brochure Has Safety Tips for All Types of Passenger Trains

3) Urban Mapping Releases Mass Transit Database

4) Alert FM Platform Now Available in Florida - Broward and Miami-Dade Counties to Benefit from FM Radio-based Emergency Communications System

5) Nokia Signs Agreement to Sell Its Line Fit Automotive Business

 

 

Job Posting

 -  Director, Communications – Air Transport Association – Washington, DC

http://www.airlines.org/NR/rdonlyres/07A174FD-BE8F-4BC3-96DE-2457F2930848/0/0807WebJOA.doc

 

 

Upcoming Events

Low Cost Airlines World Americas 2008 – June 17-19 – Coral Gables, Florida

http://www.terrapinn.com/2008/americas/

 

 

Today in Transportation History

1988 **20^th anniversary** - A drunk driver, on the wrong side of the highway, hit a bus filled with children near Carrollton, Kentucky.  Twenty-seven people died.

http://www.ntsb.gov/publictn/1989/HAR8901.htm

 

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