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Navigation system aiming for high end ; Technology developed for the military by a Wiscasset company brings together several traditional navigational aids. Next market: 'mega- yachts'

MATT WICKENHEISER Staff Writer Portland Press Herald (Maine) 09-26-2003 Navigation system aiming for high end ; Technology developed for the military by a Wiscasset company brings together several traditional navigational aids. Next market: 'mega- yachts' Byline: MATT WICKENHEISER Staff Writer

Publication: Portland Press Herald (Maine)

Navigational system makes travel safer

Not too long ago, the idea of a car with an on-board navigational system, which could contact the police or ambulance in the event of an emergency, and help the police with tracking in the event of theft, hardly seemed feasible. But thanks to Global Positioning System satellite technology, these

Publication: Chicago Sun-Times

Are we lost yet, Dad?(automobile navigational systems)(Brief Article)

It's one thing to lose yourself on vacation. It's quite another to get lost, as Jennifer Johannessen discovered on a road trip from New York to Boston. Dot-com directions and the atlas couldn't keep up with the Big Dig, a $12.6 billion expressway project that's turned Boston into an often confusing

Publication: U.S. News & World Report

HELP!; ON-BOARD NAVIGATIONAL SYSTEMS LET THE LOST BECOME FOUND.(BUSINESS)

Byline: Gregory J. Wilcox Daily News Staff Writer North of Barstow the storm broke and an almost full moon sketched a ``Close Encounters'' kind of sky. It seemed like the perfect setting to test drive the high-tech communications system called OnStar, installed in an Oldsmobile Auroa. Keeping my

Publication: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

In-vehicle navigational devices: effects on the safety of driver performance. (includes related article on navigational errors)

Introduction Although an onboard navigational device may aid drivers in a given task, its operation may also introduce significant hazards. For example, when investigating cellular telephone use, it was estimated that almost 12 percent of drivers would go out of their lane while placing a call. (1)

Publication: Public Roads