TomTom starts using IRCA's DATEXII information
The Icelandic Road and Coastal Administration (IRCA) is glad to announce that
TomTom, a key service provider for traffic information has started utilizing
the newly published DATEXII feed from IRCA. In April 2021, IRCA started to
broadcast road condition, weather and situation data in accordance with the
EU's DATEXII standard and TomTom is the first major service provider to connect
with the new DATEXII feed.
DATEXII is an European standard that many European countries use to broadcast
their traffic information data. The standard simplifies how traffic information
is distributed, as it unifies how the data is modelled and structured, and
makes it accessible for third party service providers, such as Google Maps,
HERE, TomTom and Inrix.
IRCA's goal is to deliver its traffic information straight to car's navigation
systems and commuter's smartphones. IRCA hopes that the broadcasting of its
traffic information on DATEXII, will help ensure that critical information will
reach commuters where and when they need it, and will also help improve route
selection and optimization.
