New mobile app to help motorists in Qatar
A Qatar-based company believes it’s found a way to help motorists avoid traffic congestion and drive more safely – all while showing that the country can develop its own high-tech solutions without being completely reliant on foreign firms.
Qatar Mobility and Innovations Center (QMIC) has attached hundreds of sensors to lampposts across the country to pick up the unique signals emitted by Bluetooth devices inside passing vehicles.
By tracking how long it takes for that device to travel between two sensors, as well as passively monitoring the movement of phones running its apps, QMIC’s platform powers Masarak iTraffic, an app that provides navigation and road congestion information in Qatar and has been downloaded more than 50,000 times.
The information from the app can help motorists shave a few minutes off their commute, and on a wider scale also lead to major cost savings for companies operating large car or truck fleets.
It also has programs that prevents motorists from using their cell phones in moving vehicles and helps companies with large vehicle fleets route their cars and trucks more efficiently.
While the company is adding to its client list and signing deals with local entities such as Qatar Rail, CEO Dr. Adnan Abu-Dayya says one of his top goals is to make QMIC one of the first ventures in the country to turn local research and development into a commercially viable technology product that can be used at home and sold around the world.
“We’re trying to do something that the country aspires to, but has not been fully done yet,” he said.
This look really awesome for me. Is this compatible with android platform as well? please do let me know the app store link to get it downloaded.
Unfortunately its not accurate, Rainbow Roundabout its not accessible at this point, however the app shows it is connecting West Bay with Musheireib throughout there instead of the parallel road along City Center.