Source: G. Venkatesh using a human information traffic information resource. Overall, the intention is to focus on services for the “common man”, with a focus on affordability.
Mr Axel Moering, BMW ConnectedDrive (Germany) addressed “Next generation telematics protocol (NGTP): rethinking telematics service”. BMW ConnectedDrive’s current products include a GoogleMaps based navigation service. The future challenges include reducing barriers to implementation and collaboration, enabling adoption of new technologies as they come online, developing leading-edge products, supporting legacy systems and offering global solutions tailored to local needs. NGTP provides some answers to these needs and was formally launched by BMW in January 2008. It could be a candidate for future standards development work, and this generated a lot of discussion.
