1. An electronic device configured to operate as a traffic information client, comprising: an interface adapted to receive traffic information messages, where a traffic information message comprises a location code which identifies a location of a traffic event; a memory; a relational database stored in the memory, the relational database comprising at least a first set of relations including at least one relation which directly or indirectly associates location codes with location information; and a processing unit adapted to query the relational database with a location code received with a traffic information message in order to retrieve the associated location information from the relational database.