This Function shall be capable of providing the following facilities:<br/><br/>(1) A HMI through which the Traveller may obtain information about travel conditions.<br/>(2) The ability to provide information for all current modes of travel in the geographic area relevant to the current location of the Traveller, including information about other modes of transport, e.g. heavy rail, air and maritime.<br/>(3) The HMI shall enable the Traveller to request output of information and if desired may select criteria for its output.<br/>(4) The HMI shall not enable information to be output without a request from the Traveller.<br/>(5) The ability to obtain the relevant information from the store of Travel Information Data through its management Function.<br/>(6) If the current location of the Traveller is known then the ability to filter the information from the store of Travel Information Data to that which is location specific before output, although the filtering criteria shall be configurable by the Traveller.<br/>(7) The HMI shall enable the Traveller to configure the output so that it can be provided against a map background, or in different languages.<br/>(8) The HMI shall generate the output in a form that is easy to understand and be suitable for those with disabilities.<br/>
(a) continuously monitor for the receipt of the input data flows;<br/>(b) use the map data for travel information and location for information data flows received in (a) to provided digital map data on which to base information requested by the Traveller and the current location of the Traveller;<br/>(c) when in (a) the traveller information request data flow is received, request the information from the store of Travel Information Data using the request travel information data flow;<br/>(d) collect the requested information from the read travel information data flow when it is received and process it ready for output to the Traveller;<br/>(e) when all the information is present in (d) send the requested information to the Traveller using the requested travel information data flow.<br/>