The GEWI / BMW Connected Vehicle Demo at the ITS World Congress Technology Showcase was very well attended by both convention visitors as well as media.

Matthias Defee, GEWI's Director of Customer Projects-Worldwide, was interviewed by FOX News about the GEWI Local Hazard Warning demonstration.  The hazard warning is designed to deliver alerts directly into the vehicle about hazards on the road ahead, resulting in increased safety.  This means drivers are warned about hazards well in advance of being able to visibly see the hazard in the road. 

Click here to view the FOX News report which also features other technology demos from ITS World Congress in Orlando. 

Producing traffic news reports to be read by people has a completely different set of requirements than for traffic that needs to be "read" by systems such as ATIS or Navigation devices.

TIC, however, was designed to do both right from the beginning, not as an add-on.

Since 1999, TIC has been used to create traffic news for broadcasters, and the latest features built into TIC for this market are very exciting.

TIC for Traffic News Reporting can be used to create traffic news for multiple radio stations or broadcasters within a single TIC system.

Traffic news data can be collected from external sources, or manually created using the TIC Smart Client.

Operators can create multiple stories or variations about news events.  Then, several attributes can be assigned including: urgency, top story priority, and ability to hide stories.  Each news story can also be shared in different variations, depending on the radio program requirements, including distribution in different languages. 

From these stories, a News Report is created which can be filtered based on story ranking, duration of report and system configuration.

These News Reports are then published and can be read by announcers from the screen.  The published news report can also be distributed in whatever format is required, including TIC3 XML, TIC3 Text, RSS, Twitter and more.   

Traffic News Reporting is just one of many markets for which TIC can be used and can reduce the number of systems which need to be operated.  Click here to view more, or visit the GEWI web site, www.gewi.com 

German broadcaster MDR, operating 8 radio programs in three federal states in Middle Germany, has been using TIC for Traffic News Reporting since 1999.

MDR is now also using TIC for processing Radio Associated Data, defined as additional information to the audio program such as station name, list of broadcast frequencies, song title, text message, images (album cover, photos, etc.) electronic program guides, RDS-TMC, TPEG and more. 

TIC is used to collect content from multiple feeds, harmonize the data, and then distribute the data as RDS over FM as well as over Digital Radio (DAB+), Satellite Radio and Internet Radio for all of their eight radio channels.

What MDR appreciates about the TIC system is the efficiency TIC provides by using a single TIC system to process Program Associated Data, and for Traffic News.  

This is just another example of the tremendous flexibility built into TIC whereby TIC can be configured for one or multiple uses, based on customer requirements.  

For more details on the many markets TIC can be used for, visit the GEWI web site, www.gewi.com 

GEWI will be wrapping up another busy year of exhibitions by again attending the Gulf Traffic Exhibition, Conference & Awards.

The conference will be held December 12-14th at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre, UAE.  Look for GEWI's exhibition at stand #3F10 and view the latest TIC product features including TIC for iPad which provides an excellent solution for Mobile Traffic Data Entry.

Gulf Traffic promises to be  the largest event in the Middle East that covers Road Safety and ITS. The conference will present some of the most influential international experts who will speak about global best practices and how they can be implemented in the region.  

The GEWI exhibition at ITS World Congress in Orlando represented the largest participation in the company's 19 year history.  With the introduction of TIC for iPad for Mobile Traffic Data entry, a new marketing message - TIC CONNECTS, and several in-conference promotions, there was a high volume of traffic at both the Indoor and Outdoor GEWI exhibits.

For a quick video summary of the 2011 ITS World Congress, click here. 

Thanks to everyone who stopped by for conversation and demonstrations, and we hope to see you next year for ITS World Congress 2012 in Vienna, if not sooner at Gulf Traffic in Dubai. 

The recent re-launch of GEWI's web site at www.gewi.com includes  videos which demonstrate several new TIC product features.  The videos make it easier for visitors to "self demonstrate" the TIC system and preview specific product features of interest to them.  

Videos are available for:

- Weather 

- Parking 

- Work Zone 

- GPS  

- Cameras 

- Traffic & Travel Events 

- Mobile Traffic Data Entry 

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