TMC RDS support

Petekk · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 06, 2004 Posts: 137

Copilot looks a very interesting program, but for me it is missing one major item!

It would be extremly useful if the software supported TMC over rds (like Navigon)

I have used TT3 (and like it), but this does not support TMC/RDS. I have tried Navigon, but the user interface does not come close to TT3 or CoPilot.

It it all very well using GPRS, but a) this incurs an additional cost for data and (more importantly) b) not all of us can get access to the data from out mobile networks. Using a TMC mouse would be a lot simplier than requiring a mobile connection.

lbendlin · Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2005 10:22 pm Post subject:

As far as we know there are no plans to support RDS TMC. The current CoPilot Live feature assumes an existing internet connection, read: GPRS
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Petekk · Regular Visitor Joined: Mar 06, 2004 Posts: 137

You are quite right - the software requires an internet connection, however unfortunaly not all of us have one!

The posting was hopefully to catch the eye of ALK who may consider adding this functionality, as navigon and alturion both have.

lbendlin · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 3:01 pm Post subject:

I am voicing my personal opinion here: TMC is a thing of the past, a regional relic.

Future solutions will rely on Internet connections, either via mobile networks, WiMAX, or even satellite connections. (The GPS sats fly around doing mostly nothing - they could quite well also transmit traffic and weather and LBS stuff etc.
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Dave · Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2005 5:36 pm Post subject:

Currently there are no plans for a TRUE TMC based system (OTA - Over The Air), but Traffic will be released soon using Internet GPRS (Honest!) and this will provide traffic news and the ability to re-route.

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