| Many car owners are investing in GPS systems - | | | | interested in having one, you can purchase the |
| Global Positioning System - to help them get from | | | | system and have it installed at your local |
| one place to another. These devices, such as the | | | | electronics store. It should come with mapping |
| popular Garmin, uses satellite signals to trace the | | | | software that is updated via satellite and it will |
| path from start to finish. The GPS system was | | | | show you the streets wherever you are traveling |
| actually developed by the Department of Defense | | | | accurately. |
| in the United States and not only can it help you | | | | Most GPS systems that come installed in your |
| trace your route from start to finish, GPS can | | | | vehicle have a street value of anywhere from |
| also display maps that show whole city blocks. In | | | | $350 to $1000. They include pre-loaded maps, |
| addition to directions, a good GPS will show you | | | | door-to-door navigation, voice guided directions, |
| three dimension position information that includes | | | | and do not need a personal computer to function. |
| the time, what the traffic conditions are where | | | | Cheaper units that work with your personal |
| you are traveling, how fast you are going, | | | | computers or with PDA devices range between |
| whether or not there are backups, and other | | | | $100 and $300. You can even get GPS cards that |
| information the model you use may provide. | | | | work in your mobile phone for about the same |
| When the Department of Defense released GPS | | | | price, and they have low power consumption and |
| systems to the general public they were installed | | | | external active antennas and high sensitive |
| in experimental Japanese cars. Most new vehicles | | | | receivers attached. Smart phones and other |
| now come equipped with a GPS system in their | | | | current wireless devices have started to come |
| upper end packages. If your vehicle does not | | | | with built-in GPS systems. |
| come equipped with a GPS and you are | | | | |