Thursday, May 15, 2003
Marking Time With Digital Maps
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "SOFTWARE" @ 05:00 AM
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2986655.stm
"Say that you have to be at the train station at 3 o'clock. The software draws a bubble around you showing everywhere that you could walk to and still get to your destination on time," said researcher Brendan Donovan. "The bubble is not a perfect circle as the software is taking account of actual street patterns and the physical features of the city."
This would be great in an unfamiliar city. I often know where I am going but usually wind up getting there way to early because I don't know how long it will take to get from point A to point B. This seems to be a research project so don't look for this software at Handango anytime soon. The research is being done with Pocket PCs.
"Say that you have to be at the train station at 3 o'clock. The software draws a bubble around you showing everywhere that you could walk to and still get to your destination on time," said researcher Brendan Donovan. "The bubble is not a perfect circle as the software is taking account of actual street patterns and the physical features of the city."
This would be great in an unfamiliar city. I often know where I am going but usually wind up getting there way to early because I don't know how long it will take to get from point A to point B. This seems to be a research project so don't look for this software at Handango anytime soon. The research is being done with Pocket PCs.
