Honda to strengthen functions of Internavi-related smartphone apps

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Honda Motor Co on Friday announced plans to further advance notification functions such as tsunami warnings for the Internavi LINC for Honda automobile owners in Japan and Honda Moto LINC for motorcycle owners in Japan, smartphone applications that utilize Honda’s Internavi car navigation system (Internavi-related apps).

Honda also said it will add a new function that displays the “Evacuation Map” created by a volunteer group at Nikken Sekkei Ltd, upon the issuance of disaster warnings, such as tsunami warnings.

With a very intuitive display, the “Evacuation Map” shows information such as distance to an evacuation site, the time required to walk to that site and the possible routes to get there. Utilizing its collective experience including related to the Great East Japan Earthquake, Honda is committed to strengthening functions of Internavi-related apps that will be useful for preventing or mitigating the impact of disasters.

Furthermore, at the end of this month, Honda will begin offering a new free-of-charge smartphone app called “Internavi Report,” which enables users to post and share icon-based information including related to disasters, weather and road closures which may influence vehicle transportation.