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Re: On the integration of location and data
From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2009 Nov 3, 16:45 +1100
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From: Peter Fogg
Date: 2009 Nov 3, 16:45 +1100
Lu wrote:
While a "traditional" GPS doesn't necessarily have or need a built-in
compass, if one thinks about it for a moment one realizes that
automotive navigational systems DO need a built-in compass. Else if
you punch in an address while parked, how would they know whether or not
to make the first instruction "make a U-turn?"
Isn't it via reference to the location of the place you want to get to, and the track between them?
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