Trapster is a geospatial web application produced by Microsoft
for smart phones. It can be used to identify possible risks or to alert you of
situations you may encounter while driving. The objective of this application
is to make the road a safer place to drive. It attempts to accomplish this by
allowing drivers to access geospatial data that has been provided by other
users of the application. When a user comes within range of a risk or alert
tagged by another user, the corresponding icon on the screen flashes and a
pre-recorded voice warns the driver of the upcoming situation. Given the name,
Trapster was originally designed to alert drivers of live police traps, fixed
speed cameras and known enforcement points. However, since its creation it has
been further developed to include safety information such as icy or flooded
roads, accidents, children playing in the streets, dangerous intersections or
curves, and school or construction zones. By providing this information drivers
can avoid unsafe or slow-moving areas. This reduces their chances of being
caught in traffic or speeding to make for lost time. Other applications like
this are; Speed traps Lite, speed cam hunter, speed traps live, and oracle spatial.
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