Nokia launched its previously announced Mobile Millenium project, which aims to collect realtime traffic information from phones with a GPS receiver like Nokia N95, N96 or E71. Through the open and innovative model Nokia Research Center, in cooperation with Berkeley Center for Innovative Transportation (CCIT) and the acquired NAVTEQ, they are working on a solution that could process these raw GPS signals in order to reproduce and analyse the current traffic. Nokia says that with the help of data provided by the community they can decrease the number of traffic jams and by choosing appropriate alternative routes the time of travel can also be decreased. Mobile Millenium is open for everyone who has a phone with a GPS receiver, Java support and an unlimited data package. During the four-six months of test period they are expecting about ten thousand users, who will anonymously and periodically provide data realeted to speed and position. With the help of data received by the servers realtime traffic models will be created. The advantage of this solution is that there is no need for complex traffic monitoring devices, thus creating the final solutions will be made easier in the future.
Translated by Szaszati
