Mobile devices are the ideal way for navigation solutions to evolve, rather than hard-wired devices installed within a vehicle. That’s a feeling that I’ve had for some time, given frustrations with the 2003-era device in my Toyota. That same conclusion was drawn by researchers in the EU.
“A big problem for automotive manufacturers is the speed of development in electronics. Systems installed in vehicles are outdated while the vehicle is still relatively young. In-vehicle systems need to be ‘updatable’ to take advantage of developments in telematics services and the infrastructure behind them.”
The EU-funded Global System for Telematics (GST) project helped to shape a framework to enable the development of telematics applications for vehicles from all manufacturers. Collaboration and data sharing between devices from multiple manufacturers was one stated goal of the specifications. The GST research teams also looked at the development of the overall architecture for end-to-end telematics; the certification requirements of the telematics industry; payment and billing systems; and telematics’ system security.
Read more about this research here.
