The location based services company, Webraska has launched a new software platform that has added support for MMS multimedia SMS services. Other innovations in this new platform include full support for in-car voice and GPS-enabled wireless navigation applications for on-board terminals and wireless PDAs,a long with full support for all SmartZone Applications for web, WAP and SMS brought to the Webraska applications portfolio during the merger with AirFlash. The system will also generate colour maps in the MMS-compatible 4 bit gif format.
"Software infrastructure is sometimes seen as the less glamorous end of the wireless value chain," said Jonathan Klinger, Marketing Director at Webraska. "But the ability of carriers to offer compelling revenue-generating services is driven by core platforms. These provide applications with their raw functionality, such as address recognition, spatial searching, routing and map generation. This latest release of the SmartZone Geospatial Platform enables our customers to offer a range of breakthrough LBS and Navigation applications for the latest mobile devices including wireless PDAs and MMS-enabled phones."
Recognizing the importance of traffic information for people on the move, Webraska now enables applications to dynamically generate maps to customized zoom and scale, overlaying real-time traffic conditions. Congested routes are shaded in red or black and clear routes are shaded in green. Traffic events such as accidents, lane closures and road works are indicated with icons.'"
Posted to the site on 8th May 2002
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