[OSM-newbies] Navigation with Online Maps

[Philip Barnes]

On Thu, 2014-05-01 at 20:21 +0200, Esben Stien wrote:
> Philip Barnes <phil at trigpoint.me.uk> writes:
> 
> > Apps could be developed to use TMC, or other traffic databases in real
> > time.
> 
> Do we have any traffic databases that is under community control?
> 
TMC in many countries is a free service transmitted alongside broadcast
radio, the wiki page I believe give details of the open standards which
we could use.

Gathering traffic details is a huge real-time logistical, and expensive,
operation. It is not something that the community could hope to match.

Phil (trigpoint)