The Gyrocator system used a bewildering system of helium-jet gyroscopes, wheel rotation sensors, and a scrolling transparent map superimposed over a CRT monitor, and you can read all the details ...

In 1985, about 10 years before GPS became available to the general public, the world's first practical in-car navigation system, the Etak Navigator , was released and caused a stir. Map expert ...

Today Honda celebrates the recognition of its 1981 gyro-based navigation suite as the world’s first in-car navigation system and official technological milestone. What’s a gyro-based navigation system ...

The first map-based car navigation system was introduced in Japan as a dealer option for the 1981 Honda Accord. Called the Honda Electro Gyrocator, ...

GPS systems today are simple, right? Your car or smartphone compares its location with a bunch of satellites, a computer does a little bit of math, and voila, you know precisely where you are.It ...

NAVION gets its first ever public showcase after 4 years of R&D. For OEMs, WayRay will demonstrate the new multicolored version of the world’s first holographic AR Infotainment System for cars.

Pioneer in Japan announced a number of new car navigation systems today, but the AVIC-VH09CS took the cake: it's what the company calls the first in-dash car navigation system ever to make use of ...

The first GPS navigation device offered by a carmaker arrived in the 1990 Mazda Eunos Cosmo, offered only in Japan. General Motors followed in 1992 with a system installed in rental cars.