Gps: Technology at Its Best

The automobile industry has seen a terrific change inGPS navigation incorporates maps of different
the last decade. From passenger side air bags tocountries thus helping the car owners or mobile phone
ubiquitous car alarms, everything has been neatlyusers to be on the right track while making a journey.
incorporated in the latest car models. And of course,While driving a GPS-enabled car, you are informed
there are numerous add-ons as well - like CD andabout alternate routes if you get stuck in a traffic jam.
DVD players. GPS navigation (Global PositioningIt also guides you to the nearest restaurants, gas
System) is another cool feature which comes installedstations and other points of interest.
in some of the latest car models.Many of them come with internal GPS navigation
GPS is a satellite-based navigation system which issystem, while some models can be loaded with
made up of a network of 27 satellites. These satelliteshandheld devices that can be mounted right on the
have been placed into the orbit by the U.S. Departmentdashboard. Coming onto the GPS enabled mobile
of Defence. GPS was initially meant for militaryphones, like a navigation system, GPS mobile phones
applications; it came into civilian use since the 1980s. Butare very helpful in getting step-by-step direction
unlike today, the system was not available with carstowards a destination. The main advantage here is
as well as mobile phones. Nowadays, manythat it has got re-routing potential. When the user
companies have launched GPS mobile phones andmoves towards a wrong direction, the GPS mobile
GPS-enabled cars which help one to get a glimpse ofphone warns him/her about that and helps him/her in
his/her position in a specific geographical location 24guiding towards the right destination.
hours a day.