
Heathrow is to become the world's first airport to install technology that allows you to find your vehicle. Technology giant Siemens has developed the system for the 3,800-space short-term multi-storey at Heathrow's new Terminal 5, due to open next March.
When a driver arrives at the carpark barrier, a numberplate recognition system takes the registration and automatically prints it on the ticket.
An information screen at the barrier tells the driver where to find a space and illuminated arrows on the floor act as a guide to the empty bay, which is marked by a green light above it.
On returning, if drivers cannot remember their spot they put their ticket into one of 16 "car-locator" machines to view the 3-D map.
"Once you put your ticket or registration number in the car-finder machine, the 3-D interactive map locates your car. On that map will also be access points such as stairs and lifts."
Source: This Is London
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