| Advances in technology has brought about major | | | | of the whereabouts of speed cameras and some |
| advances in portable satellite navigation and GPS | | | | have an eco mode for fuel saving to save us |
| systems. They are used in every aspect of life | | | | money and also make sure our motoring is as |
| and are found in watches, PDA's or mobile | | | | green as possible. On some systems you can |
| phones, computers and small hand held devices. | | | | even have a program that gives instructions and |
| Uses are wide and varied also from a basic GPS | | | | directions in favorite celebrity's voice. |
| for hiking to systems that can be used to | | | | I must admit though I always still carry a road |
| navigate the oceans with your boat and even | | | | atlas, and maybe everyone should. It is not good |
| combine a fish finder to aid finding that major | | | | to rely too much on technology as things can |
| catch. | | | | always go wrong. The unit could become faulty, |
| The systems that most of us are familiar with | | | | run out of battery power (although you should |
| are the car satellite navigation GPS systems. | | | | always carry spares). Also, they do not always |
| These devices have become a must have for | | | | work well in areas of dense cover such in a |
| motorist. Not only do they give us the quickest or | | | | forest area. On the whole though portable satellite |
| most direct route to our destination but they also | | | | navigation and GPS systems are very reliable and |
| provide us with traffic information and offer | | | | something that we would now find hard to be |
| detours, give us city information, provide details | | | | without in our daily life's. |