Real Time Information/Services

Real Time Information

Online News Update: we view news online on website like BBC news or daily mail, online news is updated as soon as an event happens. Online news services help as to check news instantly as soon as anything happened around the world.

Scopes

You can view news online on your mobile phone.

You can check news everywhere you are as long as you have internet connection.

It can be viewed if you miss the broadcast on TV or radio

Limitations

It can’t be reliable sometime.

Online news doesn’t have a very good connection service, so the news can crash sometimes.

There is no advertisement for companies.

My personal Experience: I read online news sometime but not usually, I think that online news is a very big benefit for people who read news everyday as online news is free and they save time, they just have to view it online. Online news save time and money.

Traffic News: Traffic reports started in late 70s; traffic news and update work in a similar way to news updating but more locally. News of traffic status is updated online immediately online. This allows people to plan a journey and avoiding traffic queues. Satnav (Satellite Navigation) in cars features traffic updates to allow drivers to take a different route and to avoid traffic.

A Satnav screen showing the user being directed away from heavy traffic.

Scopes

You can plan your journey and avoid traffic routes

If you don’t know how to get to a specific route, you can use satnav to help you reach your destination.

You can use traffic news update 24/7.

Limitations

Online use it can’t be reliable sometime

Everyone could be using the same route as you, and there could a traffic jam again.

My personal Experience: I have never used or view traffic news before, but when I am travelling with my family my dad plans the journey by using Satnav to avoid traffic routes. I think it is a very good way of planning your journey before leavening your house or work, so that you can avoid traffic queues and accident that have occurred.

Flight Tracker

Real time information and updating is commonly used in controlling air traffic, where you can track plane and see how far it is from the destination. They also look at the altitude if it too high or too low.

Flightradar24 is a website that tracks aircraft from your own computer or smartphone. The website allows you to locate a particular aircraft and information about it such as altitude, destination, and speed. This can allow you to track an aircraft if your relative or anyone is travelling on that a plane and see where about they are.

 A screenshot of Flight radar, showing aircraft over parts of Europe.

Scopes

You can easily find out if your relative is travelling where they are, and you can get a rough idea when to leave for the airport.

You can see the planes 24/7, and also you can use the website 24/7.

It is easy to access; all you need is Wi-Fi.

Limitations

You need internet access in order to use the website.

Sometime they don’t give you the information you are looking for.

My personal Experience: I have never used this website or any other website before for tracking planes, but it looks amazing as you look at the website. I think that it is a great website and most taxi drivers would use this for picking or driving customers to the airport as they can track the plane and leave on time so that there are no delays.

Train Timetables/Times

 Real time is used in train timetables to  give information about train arriving and departing time, this is used by people who travel by train or someone who go to work by train and students that go to school using train. It is update every day to make sure that everyone has the right information about trains and that they don’t miss a train. It gives you information to when the train arrives and how long will take you to reach from destination to other.

A screenshot of National Rail, showing train times and fares.

Scopes

You can plan your journey before you leave your house.

You can find the train departure timing etc.

You can leave before the train arrives and you will not be late for work/school.

You can book your ticket without going to train station.

Limitations

Some time they can get the train times wrong.

There could be a delayed somehow and you could be late for work.

Trains are usually delays.

My personal Experience: I use train timetables some time whenever I am travelling by train, and for me it has been very beneficial as I don’t face any difficulties while travelling or planning my journey. Most people would use train timetables to check train times or if there is any delay that have occur.