ITIS Traffic Information

jonathanb · Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 2:45 pm Post subject: ITIS Traffic Information

ITIS is the UK market leader in the broadcast of RDS-TMC and is committed to achieving the highest quality for users of its traffic information. We invite members of this forum to ask us questions about the ITIS service and we will do our best to answer as many of them as possible.
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mikealder · Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 5:01 pm Post subject:

Welcome to the forum, the most often asked question is one of a reliable signal when using RDS-TMC style devices. Whilst I appreciate the problems of reception can be down to a number of variables one major factor is the availability of a signal.
Do you have any plans to extend the transmitter network over and above the current Classic FM frequencies, more stations broadcasting data would improve reception problems adding to the capability of the service, particularly within the UK - Mike

swing · Posted: Wed May 23, 2007 7:02 pm Post subject:

I guess the second most asked question is linked to the general belief that Trafficmaster produce more accurate and more timely traffic information; so what plans do you have to keep your market leading position in terms of the quality of the data you provide?
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smartroad · Occasional Visitor Joined: Jun 17, 2005 Posts: 28

I agree with what has been said by the others here, what are the plans to move onto more stations. My local is 2TenFM, and the same parent comany as ClassicFM, yet doesn't transmit the TMC signal.

I relaise that the BBC is all "non-profit" etc etc, but is there any way of getting the signal on say BBC Radio1? It has great coverage no matter where you are, as most BBC radio stations do.

GPS_fan · Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 3:40 pm Post subject:

2-Ten FM transmits the TMC for TrafficMaster - a competitor of iTIS

This is more than likely the reason for not getting an iTIS TMC signal from 2-Ten FM (102.9MHz)
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mikealder · Posted: Thu May 24, 2007 5:39 pm Post subject:

Danny, many thanks for the reply. Do you know what frequencies and tranmitters are being used for all iTIS transmissions within the UK, I have all the Classic FM stations listed in the Point of interest (POI) file which is handy when manually tunning a receiver during a long trip - the auto tune dosn't work too well from my experiance, given the frequency and station name and can quickly find the transmitter name and lat/ long for the POI file.
I would also appreciate an update as other stations are switched on over the coming few months, any plans for Century FM on 105.4 in the North West?

I read with interest your comments about using an external aerial, it is a shame this option is often denied to the end user by the equipment supplier - we live in hope that the pending device from TomTom will have such a facility, at least Navman got it right with an external connecton opoint even if it does use a rather exotic connector - Mike

jonathanb · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 11:34 am Post subject:

mostdom · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 12:17 pm Post subject:

Jonathan.

I have noticed on some occations where laybys attract more than one lorry you can recieve a traffic warning. I have now seen this at several different locations only to find free flowing traffic.
I don't know if these fleet systems need to be turned off during rest periods but will these changes reduce these false reports.

Also some of the PGPSW forum members feel that reception is in fact the biggest single problem with TMC on the whole, with many having to replace the standard ariel supplied with common GPS equpiment with more efficient ones. Will additional stations really solve this problem? or Can the source signal be boosted in any way?

Thanks
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jonandmarkuk · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 12:57 pm Post subject:

I look forward to more regional stations brocasting iTIS as when the system works it's really handy but as soon as you loose ClassicFM it's useless.

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mikealder · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 2:35 pm Post subject: Re: Response to mikealder

GPS_fan · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 3:02 pm Post subject:

Obviously, this partnership of GMG and iTIS should inprove TMC reception in NW England with Century FM, but what about the rest of the country?

Well, other radio stations in the GMG network may resolve this, if included in the GMG/iTIS, shis should improve coverage nationwide:

http://www.gmgplc.co.uk/Ourbusinesses/GMGRadio/tabid/203/Default.aspx

Still a few gaps though, but better than nothing.

We'll just have to wait for word from iTIS to find out exactly what their plans are and which radio stations will be used.
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Darren · Posted: Fri May 25, 2007 3:34 pm Post subject:

I haven't had the opportunity to test a car equipped with OEM Satnav and TMC but I wonder if our issues when using portable equipment are simply poor antenna design?

The counter argument to that possibility is that the same hardware operates with very much better results on the continent.
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