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News: The Future of GPS - What Do WE Want from a SatNav?

pocketgpsworld.comTrawling the web earlier I came across links to Honda's Electro Gyrocator, claimed to be the first commercially available navigation system.

Developed jointly by Honda and Alpine in 1981, the device used map sheets placed in the device and driven across an illuminated screen. You inserted the map of your chosen area, set the start point and then a gyroscope tracked your movement and plotted the position on the moving map. For the time an amazing if hardly practical demonstration of the technology!

This started me thinking, navigation systems have become commonplace and manufacturers are racing each other to release ever more functionality but what do WE, the consumers actually want from a navigation system? Detailed traffic information is perhaps nice to have but in our small and ever congested island the choice of alternative routes is at best limited so how useful is it really, even if the data was accurate? 3D building data is another current 'hot' feature and one I am not wholly convinced adds anything to the actual navigation experience.

So here is your opportunity to discuss and debate what features you would like to see. Click here to discuss...


Posted on Monday, December 08 @ 15:04:21 UTC by Darren Griffin

 
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