Once, business travelers, delivery drivers and busy parents had to juggle printed maps and handwritten directions to locate and travel to their destination. Today, vehicles are equipped with dashboard computers and global positioning navigation systems.
Delivery drivers have laptop computers with extensive map database software.
The demand for location-based information is immense. And increasing every minute. Technology Poised to Improve All Aspects of Life. Rush-hour radio traffic reports will be of more practical use to drivers. Instead of merely being told by the radio announcer that there's a pileup on 101 northbound, the driver's dashboard, cell phone or handheld computer will be able to offer alternate routes, average travel times and verbal directions, getting the user quite literally out of a jam.