Is this the future of satnav?

dxg · Post by **dxg** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:34 am

Okay, so most of you have probably heard that Google Earth was released today (earth.google.com).

I'm stuck here in work, so haven't had a chance to play with it yet, but a couple of things struck me about it.

First, the $20 upgrade lets you input GPS coordinates into it.

Second, well... just look at it and draw your own conclusions:

I guess we'll find out tonight how it deals with the UK. If anyone's got a laptop, a GPS unit and $20 for an experiment I'd love to see how it works on the move...

The only problem is the data is downloaded on the fly, so you'd need to have chached all the daa for your route before setting off. Either that, or find an as yet unavilable ubiqituous wi-fi service.

Deek.

dxg · Post by **dxg** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:39 am

And if you buy the $400 commercial-use version, you get this sort of data:

Also, looks like it's already got navigation built-in (see top left in this image):

Can't wait to get home and have a play!

Deek.

dino · Post by **dino** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 10:58 am

oooooh looks good!

Im gonna have a play now, bugger doing work!

Edit - maybe not, work wont like me downloading that to my laptop lol

carmadaaron · Post by **carmadaaron** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 12:27 pm

wow... cool stuff!

polopowah · Post by **polopowah** » Wed Jun 29, 2005 2:14 pm

Scarily accurate, a phaedophiles best friend

-Ben-

Tahrey1043 · Post by **Tahrey1043** » Thu Jun 30, 2005 4:09 am

damn! i dont know if thats the best or the scariest thing i've ever seen!