n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca to Cars - For Car Enthusiasts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoWhen SatNav was going to be radio basedassets.newsie.socialimagemessage-square33linkfedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down10
arrow-up1152arrow-down1imageWhen SatNav was going to be radio basedassets.newsie.socialn7gifmdn@lemmy.ca to Cars - For Car Enthusiasts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square33linkfedilink
minus-squaremx_smith@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-21 month agoIt’s satellite based. Loran-C was an old radio navigation based system
minus-squaremobotsar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 month agoI think the point they’re making is that the satellites send radio signals.
minus-squarelemmyman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoDefinitely “radio frequency” in the electromagnetic sense but not in the common “radio station you can tune to in a car” sense
minus-squaredeadcream@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoSame as in this image. It even says that the signal would be automatically processed by a computer.
minus-squaremobotsar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoYeah, obviously it’s a bit different than they imagined, but we do in fact get directions sent to our cars via radio waves (4/5G) and automatically processed by a computer (phone/onboard satnav).
It’s satellite based. Loran-C was an old radio navigation based system
I think the point they’re making is that the satellites send radio signals.
Definitely “radio frequency” in the electromagnetic sense but not in the common “radio station you can tune to in a car” sense
Same as in this image. It even says that the signal would be automatically processed by a computer.
Yeah, obviously it’s a bit different than they imagined, but we do in fact get directions sent to our cars via radio waves (4/5G) and automatically processed by a computer (phone/onboard satnav).