navigation systems
Route-planning technology tools
Navigation systems are technologies that determine position and guide movement from one location to another.
The term encompasses everything from GPS devices in cars to ship-based radar to aircraft instruments.
Modern navigation systems typically combine satellite positioning, digital maps, and real-time traffic data: The navigation system rerouted us around the accident.
Earlier systems relied on radio beacons, compasses, or celestial observation.
- autopilotAutomated vehicle guidance system
- flight pathPlanned aerial trajectory
- radarRadio-wave object detection
- compassDevice showing cardinal directions
- mapSpatial representation of terrain
gyroscope · road signs · lane departure · air traffic control · altimeter · GPS · waypoints · geolocation · lost signal · nautical charts · sonar · avionics · air traffic · GPS receiver · radar systems · beacon · cartography · satellite
- modern technologysmartphone, smartphones, internet, computers, Wi-Fi
- aerospaceairplane, helicopter, rocket, rockets, spacecraft
- Mappingmap, digital maps, compass rose, GPS, latitude
- Maritime ExplorationColumbus, Magellan, voyage, Age of Discovery, circumnavigation
- marine technologysubmarines, submersibles, ROVs, underwater drones, diving equipment
- maritime industriestankers, yacht charter, cargo transport, chartering, dredging
navigation systemsprinted maps
Physical geographic documents
road atlases · physical maps · dead reckoning · star charts · celestial navigation
navigation systemswandering
Traveling with no fixed course
getting lost · flying blind · winging it · drifting · roaming
system, navigate, navigator, navigation, systematic, systemic, navigational