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Article: Vehicle navigation market sector trends: our editor looks at developments in technology and industry structure in the vehicle navigation market in 2008.(Company overview)
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- GEO: connexion
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- February 1, 2009
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Effective vehicle navigation depends, upon three things--(1) hardware that can pinpoint a vehicle's location, (2) data about roads and (3) software that puts (1) and (2) together to offer driver's reliable driving instructions according to their preferences (most direct route, most. scenic, avoiding tolls, etc.). Enhancements to that data, software and driving experience include real-time traffic information, location of accident hot spots, speed cameras, points of interest, and more. Now, due to the Internet as a global information resource and advances in mobile telecoms technology--and its wider dissemination and uptake by consumers--the convergence of many of the ...