Mobile tech. devised to show routes to safety in case of disaster+
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[January 16, 2006]

Mobile tech. devised to show routes to safety in case of disaster+

(Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)TOKYO, Jan. 16_(Kyodo) _ Mitsubishi Electric Corp., NTT DoCoMo Inc. and Pasco Corp. said Monday they have jointly developed a technology to provide cellphones and other mobile terminals with three-dimensional, real-time information on routes for escape to safety in the case of natural disasters such as earthquakes.



The new technology is based on an advanced data-compression technology, which has made it possible to distribute 3D information via mobile terminal, and utilizes Pasco's aerial photographic surveying technology.

The three companies have developed the technology on behalf of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications which launched a three-year program in April 2003 to devise practical applications of the next-generation geographic information system.



It has yet to be decided when to put the new mobile technology into use.

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