SatNav Without the Sat — 1920’s GPS?
One of my very favorite blogs is one called “Strange Maps” … I’ve featured them here on the GPS Trcaking ROIb blog a time or two. Here’s something they just ran recently which is a fascinating glimpse into the past … as well as a great illustration of how our current non-tech society thinks they are smart by adding buzz words like “SatNav”and “GPS” to things that have nothing to do with either technology. You know abut 40% of all Chinese college students are enrolled in engineering courses, about 4% of US college students are likewise enrolled … am I the only one who thiks this is disgraceful and short-sighted?
Anyway, enjoy seeing how drivers in the 1920′as got where they were going and when you laugh at this thing, remember that it needs no batteries, never needed rebooting, never caught a virus and was incapable of displaying pop-up ads … maybe it isn’t so backwards after all 
Watch the Road: World’s Earliest SatNav
Satellite navigation (SatNav) is a lot older than previously thought. In fact, it’s even decades older than man-made satellites themselves. This fantastic contraption, called the ‘Routefinder’, showed 1920s drivers in the UK the roads they were travelling down, gave them the mileage covered and told them to stop when they came at journey’s end… full 1920 GPS mapping article is here, a recommended read.
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