Westminster City Council have in the past offered navigation services to services to locate public toilets have recently offered the ability for users to find their nearest car parking by text message.
Users who text CARPARK to 80097 will receive a reply stating where the nearest car park to their location is, accuracy is under a mile and uses cell triangulation to locate the user.
Westminster’s use of the technology is the first time any council has used text messages to share information about its services to such an extent.
The service costs just 25p (plus standard network charge) per text sent to the 80097 number, the return messages are paid for by the council as part of its commitment to providing and promoting quality services.
More information can be found on the council website.
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December 29, 2009 at 12:54 pm |
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