XM NavTraffic now covers most major & secondary markets
Wednesday, August 1, 2007 at 10:47 AM
Tags: 2, XM
Starting today, XM has added 29 new markets to their XM NavTraffic service, providing real-time satellite traffic data to a total of 79 major and secondary North American markets. Add to that, four of NavTraffic's current markets will benefit from an increase in traffic data coverage within their metro areas.
XM NavTraffic feeds data on incidents directly to your GPS navigation system via XM's satellite pipeline, alerting you to blockages directly on the navigation screen and routing around a jam before you get caught in traffic. Drivers in these 79 markets will be able to learn about traffic incidents such as accidents, road closures or construction as they occur in real-time.
XM NavTraffic is available as a factory-installed feature on 2008 model year vehicles from Acura (MDX, RDX, RL, TL), Cadillac (CTS), Infiniti (G35, G37, QX56), Lexus (LS, LX), and Nissan (Altima, Armada, Pathfinder), as well as through a number of aftermarket and handheld units from Alpine, Garmin, Kenwood and Pioneer (and soon Audiovox).
XM NavTraffic is expected to be available in 200,000 vehicles by the end of the 2008 calendar year.
Check out the 29 new XM NavTraffic markets after the jump...
New XM NavTraffic markets are:
- Albany, NY
- Albuquerque, NM
- Allentown, PA
- Birmingham, AL
- Colorado Springs, CO
- Dayton, OH
- Grand Rapids, MI
- Greensboro, NC
- Greenville, SC
- Harrisburg, PA
- Lancaster-York, PA
- Lincoln, NE
- Little Rock, AR
- Louisville, KY
- Mobile, AL
- Naples, FL
- New Orleans, LA
- Oklahoma City, OK
- Omaha, NE
- Portsmouth, NH
- Raleigh, NC
- Richmond, VA
- Rochester, NY
- Spokane, WA
- Syracuse, NY
- Toledo, OH
- Tucson, AZ
- Tulsa, OK
- Wilkes Barre, PA
The current markets that now have expanded incident and traffic flow coverage across each metro area are:
- Houston, TX
- Sacramento, CA
- San Francisco, CA
- St. Louis, MO
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Comments
Living on the fringe of the San Francisco Bay Area, where can I find some details about the expansion of the San Francisco coverage?
Posted by: CalGoldenBear ? | August 1, 2007 12:44 PM
I recently fell in love with GPS systems. Dont know how i lived without it.
Would pick up a "portable" XMNavTraffic if it included XM radio also. The best of both worlds.
Posted by: XMScott ? | August 1, 2007 1:39 PM
But does it work up and down i-95 in CT?
Posted by: Pete ? | August 1, 2007 3:26 PM
I wondered as NavTraffic becomes more proliferated, the Traffic and Weather channels would be done away with eventually.
OTOH, I wonder how much of XM's bandwidth is used for this.
Posted by: espnjason ? | August 1, 2007 4:18 PM
The rest of the world gets true off-road land cruisers we get the sissy ones with running boards and low ground clearance and Navtraffic. Some of the land cruisers in Africa and South America are unstoppable; we Americans get these soft pillow pretty versions for grocery getting some Lexus spark plugs wires. I think it's pretty good looking, I'd take it over the Escalade, now it finally has a bling factor, and the interior is killer. Take it over the Navigator and QX56 as well, in fact I’d take it over the navigator in a split second
Posted by: crimson | August 1, 2007 10:16 PM
The rest of the world gets true off-road land cruisers we get the sissy ones with running boards and low ground clearance and Navtraffic. Some of the land cruisers in Africa and South America are unstoppable; we Americans get these soft pillow pretty versions for grocery getting some Lexus spark plugs wires. I think it's pretty good looking, I'd take it over the Escalade, now it finally has a bling factor, and the interior is killer. Take it over the Navigator and QX56 as well, in fact I’d take it over the navigator in a split second
Posted by: crimson | August 1, 2007 10:18 PM