British insurance company Direct Line carried out the survey for the newspaper The Mirror about satnavs and accidents. Highlights:
300,000 motorists have crashed because of a device
1.5 million drivers have suddenly veered in busy traffic while following a device’s directions.
Five million have been sent the wrong way down a one-way street.
One in 10 drivers with a satnav says following its instructions made them take a dangerous or illegal turn.
by Adena Schutzberg on 07/22 at 06:00 AM |
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MISO are Microsoft, IBM, SAP and Oracle, the big enterprise players in the market today. All have a toe or more in GIS, but all also have a tie to ESRI. What’s the state of those relationships and what new players also want and need to hook up with the big E? Our editors explore these questions and toss in a few other letters, G, A and B into the alphabet soup.
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by Adena Schutzberg on 07/22 at 01:00 AM |
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