As we enter an era of high-technology automobile navigation systems, we find little underlying technology that is basically new. The key new development is the on-board digital computer. The computer permits total automation of RF-based schemes (whose roots date back to WWII), and it enables map matching, which breathes new life into dead reckoning techniques that are many centuries older than the automobile.
In-vehicle route guidance in the United States: 1910-1985
Fahrzeuginterne Verkehrslenkung in der Vereinigten Staaten: 1910-1985
1986
4 Seiten, 26 Quellen
Conference paper
English
Colloquium on vehicle route guidance, 31 January 1985
Tema Archive | 1985
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