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The Weekly Round-Up: 25.07.08
Round-Up Sat-nav devices are either the saviour of the modern driver or the new bane of our roads. More than one-third of sat-nav users also said they sometimes felt uncertain or deeply confused... [25 Jul 2008]
Photos: Future car tech at the British Motor Show
Photo Other car-related technologies on show included the latest sat-nav devices from Garmin (above) and TomTom. This shows how the internal workings of a Toyota Prius - a car that is now a relatively common sight on UK... [25 Jul 2008]
Are sat-navs causing havoc on the roads?
News This prompted many silicon.com readers to argue that regardless of whether a sat-nav device tells you to make a turn, it doesn't actually force you to. Simon from Cumbria said: "It's not the sat-nav... [24 Jul 2008]
Sat-nav back seat drivers on their way
News Drivers in London would be first in line for the technology that pairs sat-nav GPS with a digital map of the capital and its speed limits to tell drivers how fast they should be driving. Tom-Tom sat-nav... [15 May 2008]
Green dream fuels shift in Whitehall
News Plumpton added the HA was in talks with sat-nav providers about allowing drivers to access its latest information on the road network through the in-car devices, helping to reduce CO2 emissions from motorists. [09 May 2008]
Sat-nav tackles congested HGV 'rat runs'
News Digital road routing information from the Ordnance Survey (OS) is being used by sat-nav mapping company Tele Atlas on its map database to help prevent lorries getting stuck down small roads and villages. [21 Dec 2007]
Photos: High tech vans map out Europe
Photo The Dutch company is one of two major European mapping organisations - the other being Navteq - that provide maps to sat-nav manufacturers. The Tele Atlas vans have between six and eight cameras mounted on them to take... [21 May 2007]
Green sat-nav - how it works
News The sat-nav considers the time of day, works out whether the roads are likely to be congested and checks real-time information on traffic. Yesterday silicon.com reported on developments by Swedish... [05 Jan 2007]
Norwich Union to use car-tracking sat-nav tech
News Norwich Union and Department for Transport statistics show serious accidents are more likely to occur at night, motorway driving is up to 10 times safer than driving on local roads and driving during the weekday morning... [05 Oct 2006]
Euro satellite navigation takes to the skies
News While satellite positioning technology is now becoming commonplace through the use of sat-nav systems in cars, the success of Galileo could also pave the way for a number of new services that require more accuracy than... [27 Jul 2006]
