Wireless information system for acquiring location related information

An interactive wireless information system for locating and providing location related information to and from a mobile vehicle;

• a global positioning system at the mobile vehicle for receiving GPS time signals and providing coordinates indicating location of the mobile vehicle;
• cellular digital packet data communication means at the mobile vehicle for communicating with a source of location pertinent information;
• a controller module for integrating the coordinates and the location pertinent information including:
• a data receiver for receiving location information from the global positioning system and storage means for storing the location information;
• a communication interface at the mobile vehicle for exchanging digital packet data information with the cellular digital packet data communication means with the digital packet information concerning information pertinent to the location information;
• a processor having a geographic module responsive to data in the storage means for geographically locating the mobile vehicle and a routes module for accepting information from the communication interface and integrating information form the geographic module and the routes module to provide location related information for readout in the mobile vehicle.