sat nav
Digital route guide
Sat nav is British English for a GPS navigation device, short for satellite navigation.
The term applies to both the dashboard unit and the system itself: The sat nav says turn left in two hundred meters.
Americans typically say GPS.
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- telematicsRemote vehicle data transmission
- guideLeader or instruction book
- fleet managementSupervising organizational vehicles collectively
- GPS receiverSatellite positioning device
turn-by-turn · route planning · fastest route · satellite constellation · digital maps · set sail · smartphone · TomTom · cartography · geocaching · antenna array · lost signal · recalculating · go to sea · rerouting · Garmin · keel · orbital mechanics
- car stuffsteering wheel, automobile, seat belt, car, rearview mirror
- car rentalcar rental, rental car, car hire, rental period, pickup
- navigationcompass, compass rose, signs, charts, navbar
- UK roadsmotorways, M6, M4, A1, trunk road
sat navpaper map
Printed geographic reference
road atlas · physical map · folding map · dead reckoning · celestial navigation
sat navmental map
Internalized spatial representation
sense of direction · internal compass · intuition · spatial memory · getting lost
sat, nav, sits, sitting, sitter, sitters, seated, navigate, navigation