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Magellan was the creator of the Magellan NAV 1000—the world’s first commercial handheld GPS receiver, [citation needed] which debuted in 1989. In 1997, Magellan also introduced the first handheld global satellite communicator—the GSC 100.
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Vehicle navigation on a personal navigation assistant Garmin eTrex10 edition handheld. A satellite navigation device or satnav device, also known as a satellite navigation receiver or satnav receiver or simply a GPS device, is a user equipment that uses satellites of the Global Positioning System (GPS) or similar global navigation satellite systems (GNSS).
By 2001, they released the first car satellite navigation software, the TomTom Navigator, shifting the company's focus to GPS car navigation. [28] In 2004 a built-in subscription-based traffic update service was added. [29]
As of early 2015, high-quality Standard Positioning Service (SPS) GPS receivers provided horizontal accuracy of better than 3.5 meters (11 ft), [10] although many factors such as receiver and antenna quality and atmospheric issues can affect this accuracy. GPS is owned and operated by the United States government as a national resource.
In service [28] USA-309 GPS III-04 Sacagawea: 77 5 November 2020, 23:24 Falcon 9 Block 5: Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40: In service [29] USA-319 GPS III-05 Neil Armstrong: 78 17 June 2021, 16:09 Falcon 9 Block 5: Cape Canaveral, SLC‑40: In service [30] USA-343 GPS III-06 Amelia Earhart: 79 18 January 2023, 12:24 Falcon 9 Block 5: Cape Canaveral ...
GNSS systems that provide enhanced accuracy and integrity monitoring usable for civil navigation are classified as follows: [5] GNSS-1 is the first generation system and is the combination of existing satellite navigation systems (GPS and GLONASS), with Satellite Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) or Ground Based Augmentation Systems (GBAS). [5]
Navigon was founded in 1991. In 2000, the firm launched the industry's first navigation software for the Pocket PC.With the introduction of Traffic Message Channel-based (TMC) traffic avoidance features in 2002, Navigon became the first company to offer such a feature on a consumer GPS product.