A Car Navigation System That Takes Pictures 137
Brandon Miniman writes "Navman has brought to market the first in-car navigation system with a built in camera, the iCN 750. The camera lets you take pictures of places you've been. Geographical coordinates are then assigned to each picture, so that you can bring up a gallery, and choose your destination by clicking on a picture." Add to this an always-on, all-sides video camera to document that it was the minivan that strayed into your lane, and it'll be even better.
Re:finally, more than a gimmick (Score:3, Informative)
And for cool factor, I can find my house [a9.com].
Re:First it was cell phones. . . (Score:2, Informative)
Um, no. You can program the GPS, and have it actually talk you through directions while you're driving. If you're a single person on a trip by yourself, you have to stop the car everytime you need to reference the map.
Also, a GPS unit will tell you when you've gotten off course. Last time my husband and I went map-traveling, we ended up over 80 miles in the opposite direction of our destination because we missed a turn. A GPS would have informed us of the missed turn less than 10 seconds later.
Re:Just what I need... (Score:2, Informative)