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City firm develops GPS system

SatNav Technologies, an IT products company, has developed the country's first navigation system. The system called SatGuide is a pocket PC based, touch screen navigation device, which enables users to navigate to any location. "We are in the process finalising deal with a master distributor, who will offer this product to the OEMs and retail channels across the country. We are also in advanced discussions with leading car manufacturers and other retail channels in parallel," the company's managing director and CEO Amit Prasad said in a statement. According to a company statement, the product navigates the user to a desired location. Any user of a vehicle installed with SatGuide has to enter the destination address in the unit prior to starting. The device will then suggest the best possible route, display a map on the screen of the navigation device and then prompt the user through voice commands on the directions to take for reaching the destination. Additionally, the system is built in with a database of 22 categories including pubic utility, emergency services and entertainment locations among others, which will help the user to reach the closest destination on the shortest possible route. SatNav has integrated the software for SatGuide, specifically customised to the Indian scenario in strategic partnership with HSTC, a Canadian leader in navigation software. HSTC's flagship product Destinator is integrated within Sat-Guide. The hardware is high-end pocket PC with the advanced GPS patch antenna from one of the pioneers of hand-held devices Mitac of Taiwan. The in-built GPS receivers get signals from three of the 24 GPS satellite orbiting the earth and thus ascertain the exact position of the vehicle. At the same time, the inbuilt sensors record every movement, registering even the slightest change of the direction, the company explained. To begin with, the company is offering SatGuide in Hyderabad, national capital region and Mumbai including 12 satellite towns. However, the product would be extended to over a dozen other major cities by the end of the year, it said.

City firm develops GPS system

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