n7gifmdn@lemmy.ca to Cars - For Car Enthusiasts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agoWhen SatNav was going to be radio basedassets.newsie.socialexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1151arrow-down10
arrow-up1151arrow-down1external-linkWhen SatNav was going to be radio basedassets.newsie.socialn7gifmdn@lemmy.ca to Cars - For Car Enthusiasts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 19 days agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squaremx_smith@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-219 days agoIt’s satellite based. Loran-C was an old radio navigation based system
minus-squaremobotsar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·19 days agoI think the point they’re making is that the satellites send radio signals.
minus-squarelemmyman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·19 days 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-up2·19 days agoSame as in this image. It even says that the signal would be automatically processed by a computer.
minus-squaremobotsar@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day 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).