Finding a free parking space could soon become easier
Published January 24th, 2007In-car technology, or telematics, is a thriving business in the United States. At the recent CES technology show in Vegas they showed-off dashboard
TV screens to watch whilst you waited for a parking space.
But other technology aims to make sure that you don’t even have to wait.
Big city car parks are often full, so one US satellite radio station is
aiming to stream information about space availability directly into the
cockpit.
“There are hundreds of different parking garages spread across the United
States where the garage owner has computer technology to tell them which
spaces are empty or full,” said David Butler of XM Satellite Radio.
“We are tapping into that information and sending it to your navigation
system. The map will tell you where the parking garages are located, and how
many empty spaces they have.”
Source: BBC Website
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