Category Archives: GPS Navigation

Location Based Shorts 15 Great New GPS Navigation Features from Kia

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

Kia has launched some awesome new GPS car navigation and vehicle tracking features for some 2020 models with UVO Phase II. I thought I had seen it all, but a navigation system that is portable through a vehicle fleet is … Continue reading →

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How to Avoid the Worst of the New Zealand Traffic Jams During Horse of the Year this Weekend

Posted on March 4, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

Horse of the Year is coming up in Hawkes Bay. For commercial travellers and holidaymakers, this generates traffic congestion, with a cortege of horse floats on SH5 from Taupo and SH2 from the south pretty much all day before and … Continue reading →

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YOU’RE ALL FROGS

Posted on January 11, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

Of course it doesn’t actually apply to you because you read my blog and you know how tirelessly I have worked to encourage people to make smarter decisions about their travel, especially their commute. So don’t think of this as … Continue reading →

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Solving the Traffic Jam Problem – Getting Cities Moving Again

Posted on November 3, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

I got pretty excited when I read the press release about Volkswagen getting together with D-Wave, using quantum computing to demonstrate real time traffic optimised routing at the Web Summit conference in Lisbon which starts tomorrow. I wish I was … Continue reading →

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Short Videos About GPS, Apps, Maps and More: Location Based Shorts. The Eyes Have It.

Posted on November 1, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

Location Based Shorts is a new series where I am embarking on a new series of sub 3 minute VLOGS (Video Blogs) about things that interest me and if you follow me, probably will interest you. I comment on things … Continue reading →

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30% of Urban Traffic is People Looking for a Car Park

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

I used to love Friday networking lunches in Ponsonby, Auckland. We use to meet at an Indian restaurant who gave us a great deal and there would always be new people and opportunities. The challenge was that finding a car … Continue reading →

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You’ve Got To Stop Those Hacking Waze, Baby

Posted on April 21, 2019 by Luigi Cappel

I was told about a great new route to commute to work by a colleague and it was really good for a while. The 14km trip took about an hour by motorway and not much quicker taking the main arterial … Continue reading →

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Trucks to be able to Share Black Ice Information with Aftermarket Solution

Posted on January 24, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

There have been some great stories of V2V communications but they have typically been proprietary. Volvo for example are developing some wonderful systems whereby a truck can share information about a crash or other conditions, with other Volvo trucks, or … Continue reading →

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Some People are Sheep – Some People are Lemmings

Posted on June 15, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

Of course you aren’t moved by the crowd. You’re intelligent and reading my blog. Have you ever been in this situation? You’re out on a Saturday evening and you’ve decided to go out for dinner. You walk past a few … Continue reading →

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5 Ideas Thanks to Uber Data Science

Posted on May 21, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

In an article in Verge, they identified that Uber has discovered you are more likely to pay surge pricing if the battery on your mobile is low. Surge pricing is where they put the price up when they are low … Continue reading →

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