Comments on: When sat-navs meet racing games

By: Simon Holland

Simon Holland — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 08:46:53 +0000

David

Give up driving mate – for the sakes of everyone else on the road. I would hate to go round a bend to see you coming towards me desperately attempting to match your GPS track to the reality of the real world!

These are driving aids, not a replacement for good judgment and concentration – get yourself a life, before you take away someone elses.

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:39:16 +0000

David
Do you mean like the “virtual cable” system – http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/17/virtual-cable-navigation-system-superimposes-directions-on-your/

By: David Bayon

David Bayon — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:17:27 +0000

“Follow this line in the fog left at the next junction” – how hard can it be!

By: Paul Ockenden

Paul Ockenden — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:11:18 +0000

There’s a world of difference between “turn left at the next junction” and “follow this line in the fog”.

By: Nadav

Nadav — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:36:15 +0000

I’ts can’t be that far off. BMW already offers a head-up display that shows navigation instructions…

By: Paul Ockenden

Paul Ockenden — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:40:21 +0000

Totally agree that it’s nice in theory, but totally unworkable.

When they re-model a roundabout or put in a cycle lane are they going to issue everyone with new satnav discs?

By: Darien Graham-Smith

Darien Graham-Smith — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 12:14:04 +0000

I agree – GPS is alarmingly fallible. On Sunday the TomTom One happily directed my girlfriend and me all the way back from East Sussex to Finsbury Park… then tried to make us turn the wrong way into the one-way street on which we live.

By: Alex

Alex — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 10:21:45 +0000

Nice idea, but what about all the storys of people following their sat nav into a river? If my maps are out of date and it’s a fair-bit-foggy, I could follow that bright blue laser line right off the edge of the world….