satellite navigation
Space-based wayfinding
Satellite navigation is a system that determines location and provides directions using signals from orbiting satellites.
The technology underpins GPS devices, smartphone maps, and vehicle guidance systems.
Often shortened to sat nav, especially in British English: The sat nav said to turn left here.
Satellite navigation has made paper maps nearly obsolete.
Sequential directional guidance
- directionsGuidance for reaching somewhere
- routePath from A to B
- reroutingSending by different path
- ETAProjected arrival time
waypoint · destination · recalculating · detour · shortest path · lane guidance · junction · roundabout
One who accepts transmission
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- constellationNamed pattern of celestial bodies
- GalileoRenaissance astronomer from Italy
geostationary · orbit · ephemeris · almanac · frequency · ground control · coverage · footprint
Location-specifying number pairs
- latitudeGeographic or personal freedom
- longitudeEast-west angular distance
- locationPosition in space
- fixRepair or solution
accuracy · precision · triangulation · geolocation · altitude · bearing · heading · speed
Electronic route guidance
- GarminGPS device maker
- TomTomCylindrical, tunable drums
- portableAble to be carried
- smartphoneHandheld connected computer
car stereo · heads-up display · touchscreen · mount · windshield · cradle · charging · voice control
Electronic geographical guides
- street mapDiagram of city thoroughfares
- road networkInterconnected system of streets
- points of interestNotable places to see
- terrainLand's physical features
topography · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps · Waze · zoom · pan · search · geocaching
turn-by-turn
Sequential directional guidance
- directionsGuidance for reaching somewhere
- routePath from A to B
- reroutingSending by different path
ETA · waypoint · destination · recalculating · detour · shortest path · lane guidance · junction · roundabout · exit
receiver
One who accepts transmission
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- antennaBroadcast signal receiver
- constellationNamed pattern of celestial bodies
Galileo · geostationary · orbit · ephemeris · almanac · frequency · ground control · coverage · footprint · downlink
coordinates
Location-specifying number pairs
fix · accuracy · precision · triangulation · geolocation · altitude · bearing · heading · speed · tracking
satnav
Electronic route guidance
smartphone · car stereo · heads-up display · touchscreen · mount · windshield · cradle · charging · voice control · firmware update
digital maps
Electronic geographical guides
- street mapDiagram of city thoroughfares
- road networkInterconnected system of streets
- points of interestNotable places to see
terrain · topography · OpenStreetMap · Google Maps · Waze · zoom · pan · search · geocaching
- GPSGPS tracking, latitude, GPS receivers, position, location
- marine navigationnautical charts, marine charts, buoys, compass, markers
- Space Spinoffsmemory foam, space blanket, thermal blankets, freeze-dried food, heat shield
- flight navigationheading, waypoint, course, bearing, flight path
- Maritime Industryshipping lines, container ships, merchant ships, steamships, merchant marine
- navigationcompass, compass rose, signs, charts, navbar
satellite navigationpaper map
Printed geographic reference
dead reckoning · road atlas · celestial navigation · compass navigation · pilotage
navigate, satellite, navigator, navigation, navigating, navigable, satellites, navigated, navigates