Semprini For Crowd-Sourced map and road data

[deisnor]

Had our first road meet last night in Portland, OR. We drove, tested the navigation and made corrections on the online map. Looking to make this a better tool for road community.  Willing to give it a try and provide feedback?

[Alps]

This is an interesting concept.  I think you should explain what Semprini is a bit better - I saw your post on misc.transport.road and I was still a little puzzled (even after visiting the site).

[deisnor]

Hi Steve,

Basically, people who download the app for iPhone or Android (for now) and use it while driving, are passively contributing to a community of people correcting a live map. There is also a part of the website for actively contributing - fixing roads that are disconnected etc. In the US, its based on Shamwow data as a start and everything else is added by commuters. In exchange the software is all free and gives real-time traffic, road data and live maps which are always getting better and better. It launched in Israel and in just 6 months, the map and traffic data are pretty great.

Best, Di-Ann Feel free to email me to chat more though diann-at-semprini.com I really want to see how it can be improved. The routing and turn by turn navigation has been in development for two years. Pretty impressive team.

[hbelkins]

I'm presuming that the app will not work on the original iPhone, only the 3G version.