Bernhard Schindlholzer wrote that “even though I am confident that there will certainly be significant growth in some areas (i.e. vehicle tracking, in-car traffic information) I doubt that someday everyone will be using Google’s “Search nearby” feature to find the next ATM, restaurant or supermarket…the majority of people still roam in just a few locations [...]
A wonderful piece from the New Yorker about the history, current technology and social aspects of in car navigation systems.
“In 1909, an engineer named J. W. Jones invented a device called the Jones Live-Map, which connected to a car’s odometer. It consisted of a glass-enclosed dial, on which you could place a disk representing a [...]
Jan Miksovsky reviews the user experience of a Garmin GPS unit.
“Clear screen organization, with careful use of color, shape, contrast, and typography to define a hierarchy of screen elements. Consider that in the above image they’ve made the “200” in a significantly larger font than the “m” (meters) unit that follows it. Moreover, they’ve top-aligned [...]
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Posted 12 March 2006
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Published by Gabriel White.