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And car companies presumably have global agreements e.g. I can drive my car across Europe and have all the navigation related stuff continue to work. But easie
by PMan74 8y ago
And car companies presumably have global agreements e.g. I can drive my car across Europe and have all the navigation related stuff continue to work.
But easier for Amazon or big car company to broker such an agreement. I think the question is how would Joe Public get something like this.
- codetrotter 8y agoHow many of those navigation systems use the internet though? Most consumer grade car navigation systems use offline maps.
- filleokus 8y agoMany of them (at least in cars < 5 years old) that I've used have had some kind of real-time traffic/congestion/construction info built into the system. I guess these use some kind of internet based communication?
- burning_hamster 8y agoRadio, actually: https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-does-live-traffic-on-gps-work https://www.techwalla.com/articles/how-does-live-traffic-on-...
- PMan74 8y agoI was thinking the same as I typed the comment but my assumption is that there has to be some kind of mobile data because of #1 live traffic updates & #2 map updates. On #1 comment below says this is done by radio RDS On #2 however there has to be a way to update the maps in the car as roads (new roads, closures, lane changes, speed limits, etc.) change. My assumption was that car makers hardly expect people to manually update these maps. And likewise could probably not live with the liability of years old data in the maps. But looks like I may be incorrect here http://updateportal.skoda-auto.com http://updateportal.skoda-auto.com BMW at least have actual SIM cards in the cars so original point stands.
- cr1895 8y ago>I can drive my car across Europe and have all the navigation related stuff continue to work. Well, since a year or two EU-wide free roaming is a thing.