FEATURE PARKING TECHNOLOGY
PARKING APPS ARE PROVING POPULAR WITH DRIVERS, BUT TELEMATICS IS STILL FINDING ITS WAY IN THE PARKING WORLD. AND, AS JOHN OSBORNE EXPLAINS, BLUE SCREEN MONITORING IS MAKING CCTV MORE EFFECTIVE
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elematics can be defi ned as information systems that link vehicles to systems providing real-time data about things like traffi c congestion, the best route and the locations of nearby car parks. For
Handy… apps are
proving popular with the parking public
32 AUGUST 2010
revolution is ’appening
many years, suppliers of telematics equipment have been looking for the so called ‘killer application’ or programme that is so great that people will go out and buy a particular piece of hardware or software just so that they can run that programme. T ey may have found it in the form of products
that enable a driver to fi nd a car park and locate his or her car in it, but like some satellite navigation systems (satnavs), they can be unreliable. Also, keeping mobile information systems up-to-date can be a challenge as many telematics products rely on infrastructure, which in some places is still being built. Praveen Chandrasekar is global programme
manager for Frost and Sullivan, an international fi rm that analyses technology trends. He said that generally, automotive manufacturers are off ering parking apps free and that they are becoming more popular. Chandrasekar pointed out that
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