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Live Traffic information now available direct to your Garmin personal navigation devices

Garmin Distribution Africa (Pty) Ltd. has partnered with Altech Netstar Traffic, a subsidiary of the leading vehicle tracking company Altech Netstar, to launch a new feature for its range of automotive GPS devices called ‘Garmin Live Traffic’.

With Garmin Live Traffic, motorists will receive live updates of nearby traffic congestion and will also be offered an alternative route so that any potential traffic delays can be avoided.

The Garmin Live Traffic service is now available on Garmin’s latest nüvi 1300T, which is pre-bundled with a GTM 25 Traffic Receiver and also includes a one-year Live Traffic subscription.

In addition, Garmin Live Traffic is available for the new generation nüvi 1000 series in-car GPSs, zumo 220 & 660 series motorcycle GPSs, and on certain older nüvi models running the latest software upgrade.

For devices other than the nüvi 1300T a Traffic subscription and a GTM Traffic Receiver are required. These can be purchased from participating Garmin retailers. Check Garmin’s website for store location details.

Dr. Chris Crozier, CTO of Garmin Distribution Africa, says that while traffic congestion is a fact of life in most major cities, by having access to constantly-updated traffic information via a Garmin GPS device, motorists can either avoid the worst of the congestion by making use of a suggested detour or, if there is a major unavoidable delay, reschedule their trip.

“Anonymous information collected every one to three minutes from thousands of vehicles fitted with tracking devices is processed by Altech Netstar Traffic and thereafter streamed via the Radio Data Service (RDS) to your Garmin traffic receiver,” he says.

“The information is then displayed directly on the screen of your Garmin GPS device, with simple icons used to indicate traffic congestion, accidents or hazardous road conditions along your route.”

Congestion on the roads is displayed by various colours on the map. A green route indicates no traffic delay, a yellow route indicates slow- moving traffic, and a red route indicates a highly congested route – one that should be avoided if possible.

If you are busy driving to a destination, information about the incident and an estimated traffic-related delay are provided on-screen, and users have the option to route around the traffic problem.

“When you opt to avoid traffic,” Crozier adds, “your Garmin will calculate a new favourable route taking traffic conditions into account.”

Users can view summarised traffic conditions and potential congestion across an entire city, in their immediate vicinity, and even for a specific road while driving with their GPS device in ‘standby’ mode.

The Live Traffic service has been in test phase for many months and will be generally available in South Africa before the end of June 2010. The launch of Garmin Live Traffic Service will initially cover Gauteng, followed quickly by Cape Town and Durban. Other major cities are currently being tested and will be available shortly.

 
 
   
   
   
   
 

Local Germiston resident wins Mazda 2 compliments of Garmin

Garmin Distribution Africa, leaders in GPS navigation solutions, recently launched a nationwide competition via their key retail partner stores, inviting anyone who purchased a new Garmin nuvi personal navigation device to register the device online, and enter into the draw to win a brand new Mazda 2 vehicle, valued at over R160, 000.


From left: Daneel Coetzee (Makro Sales Manager for Electronics),
Noel Hesse (Makro General Merchandise Manager), Gregory Hubbard (winner of the Mazda 2),
Walter Mech (Garmin Sales and Marketing Director)

The competition was live between 16th March and 30th April, and received thousands of entries across South Africa. Last Friday, Germiston resident Gregory Hubbard was officially named the lucky winner of the funky chic 5-door hatch back Mazda 2.

“I am thrilled to have won this amazing prize, it definitely came at the right time and I cannot thank Garmin enough”, says Hubbard.

Hubbard recently purchased a nuvi 1300 at his local Germiston Makro store, a gift from his parents for his 30th birthday. Walter Mech, Director of Sales and Marketing at Garmin Distribution Africa had the honour of presenting Greg with the keys to his brand new Mazda 2 in person. “We are delighted to have been able to reward someone who is so appreciative and deserving of this prize,” Mech said.