Njection is a free, web-based resource for car and driving enthusiasts. According to the NY Times, the site and company was the first to use Bing Maps Platform  to pinpoint speed traps and traffic accidents in the United States and parts of Europe .
A privately held company

Privately held company

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 founded in 2007, Njection.com LLC is headquartered in Portland, OR.

Innovations

The original intent of the company and website was to provide a news and communication forum for car enthusiasts. That functionality continues to exist in the News and Forum areas of the website. When it became apparent that speed traps were a big focus in the forum, the Speedtrap feature was added. The Speedtrap Mashup was the first online site to use the Bing Maps Platform to allow users to contribute in real time the location of speed traps around the world.

In 2009, the Speedtrap mapping system was upgraded to allow users to add traffic accidents and fatalities and traffic flow

Traffic flow

Traffic flow, in mathematics and civil engineering, is the study of interactions between vehicles, drivers, and infrastructure , with the aim of understanding and developing an optimal road network with efficient movement of traffic and minimal traffic congestion problems.-History:Attempts to...

 and speed to the maps. The Speedtrap functionality relies on drivers to update the map; therefore, the functionality is dependent on the information provided by registered users.

In 2008, the company developed the Njection Mobile (NMobile) application for the iPhone

IPhone

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. This application was the first non-Microsoft

Microsoft

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 application to use the Bing Maps Platform and the Active Intelligence Selection System to provide access to speed trap information while driving. Although it was initially offered as a paid application, the NMobile application has been available as a free download since 2009. In 2008, the Microsoft-enabled application also became available as a downloadable file on Garmin

Garmin

Garmin Ltd. , incorporated in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, is the parent company of a group of companies founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Min Kao , that develops consumer, aviation, and marine technologies for the Global Positioning System...

 GPS units. That functionality is no longer available through Garmin.