GPS in Cars.

06 May 2007

I had a chance to travel in a Car which got the Global Positioning System (GPS) facility. It will show the route as well as tell like ‘Turn Right, Turn Left’ if we set our destination. It is really helpful for new comers to the country to drive to the destination easily. But the GPS software in the Car was not updated after 2005. So when it tell ‘Turn Left’ some time we can see there is a 40+ floor building!. And we can not see any 'Left' there. he..he.. The latest model cars from BENZ have the in-built GPS facility here. And it will automatically synchronize with satellite (Geosynchronous satellite) every month.

Now there are Satellite Telephones with the GPS facility like Thuraya which will cost approximately 1 dollar per call. http://www.mackaysatellite.com/ppf/shopByType/Service/catTypeID/15/SatProdlist.asp.