What is the difference between a regular alert and a sticky alert?
Regular alerts get sent out as text messages or e-mails. Once they are sent, they cannot be modified, deleted, or cancelled. For example, a regular alert should be used for a temporary traffic slowdown caused by an accident. Sticky alerts can be sent initially as text messages, but the alert stays active in the system until the distribution list owner moves, edits, or deletes it. For example, a sticky alert should be used for a longer term traffic slowdown caused by a contruction zone. Also, sticky alerts can be downloaded onto navigation devices as POIs. For example, all construction zones in a given city could be preloaded each day on a Garmin Nuvi Personal Navigation Device. AwareSpot e-mails subscribers daily if sticky alerts in the areas they are subscribed to change.
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