[IP] more on with editor commentmore on Vint Cerf muses about Google role, broadband
I just bought a TomTom 700. It is CAPABLE of daily updates to its
data base (or some other period of time. ) While that is not yet
automatic it is capable of doing so. As of now it can direct me to
hostpitals etc like most GPSs. Dave
Begin forwarded message:
From: Nick Laflamme <nick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: September 19, 2005 9:37:14 AM EDT
To: dave@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Vint Cerf muses about Google role, broadband
I'm guessing Ray's car, like mine, has an automotive GPS that uses a
database of "points of interest" that gets updated once a year if we
pay our GPS vendor for the update and is three months out of date
before we even see it.
Maybe hospitals and ATMs don't open, move, or close that often, but
there will be a few cases in which case a live feed from a provider
like Google will do better than my GPS's database.
Just a thought,
Nick
At 07:27 PM 9/18/2005 -0400, Raymcfarld@xxxxxxx wrote:
From: Raymcfarld@xxxxxxx
Date: September 18, 2005 7:20:05 PM EDT
I've had this in my car since 1998!
Ray
In a message dated 9/18/05 3:48:15 PM, dave@xxxxxxxxxx writes:
the capability to locate, say, the nearest hospital or ATM from
mobile devices--as a critically important venture.
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