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The only structural obstacle is that in a tunnel, the car knows how far you've gone and GPS doesn't.
by brlewis 9y ago
The only structural obstacle is that in a tunnel, the car knows how far you've gone and GPS doesn't.
- sli 9y agoGPS, maybe not. But the phone's accelerometer knows.
- jgeada 9y agoVirtually all phones have acceleration sensors and can/could do short term inertial navigation in tunnels or areas with poor reception anytime they want. And don't forget that phones have many different ways of getting position information: bluetooth, wifi, cellular tower triangulation, etc, etc. I see no future world where in-car navigation could ever compete against a cell phone. For one, I replace my phone about every 2-3 years, whereas most cars have a far longer lifetime and none of the fossil burners have ever thought of having upgradability of the individual components as a selling point.
- ZeroGravitas 9y agoI believe in Android Auto / Apple Carplay mode, the phone gets access to that info (and a stronger GPS antenna).