What does a dash mounted car GPS do It gives us directions f

What does a dash mounted car GPS do? It gives us directions from point A to point B, adapts our location on that path and then redirects based on the roads.

This all happens thanks to path finding. All roads are branches to trees, and the intersections are nodes. The speed limits and number of lanes are information about the branch.

Discuss further thoughts on the importance of path finding to devices like GPSs. Conduct some research and discuss applications in a specific device.

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We now live in the era where we depend upon private transportation more than public transportatation. The size of cities has expanded too. Due to these factors, the is a need of navigation devices which would help us to take us to our destination accurately and with minimal efforts from our side.

We need a solution that would give the desired output while we just enter our current position and the destination. Entering our current position is made easy as it automatically detects our current position using Global Positioning System (GPS) and the same technology helps us finding the way to our destination, keeping in mind many paremeters such as Shortest Path, the path with less traffic, path having least toll tax, smoother path etc.

Now this GPS technology in many cases work as a standalone system and doesn\'t require data connection at all. This might be seen in the case of dasboard mounted GPS and dedicated GPS devices used by mountaineers and other avdenture sport enthusiasts. The GPS devices directly connect to the server of the parent company and hence doesnot require any data connection. These types of GPS devices are generally costly as compared to other devices.

The second types of GPS devices are connected to the provider via data connection and hence the provide a more detailed view of the terrain and are generally free of cost.

Wildlife Protection and monitoring is an emerging area where GPS technology has became a boon. Due to this technology the fauna can be located from anywhere around the world. The animal to be tracked is fitted with a GPS chip by doing a minor surgery of the animal. Using this we can find out the population of the particular animal in an area, what are the travelling habits of that animal and if that animal is going to any dangerous area.

With the advancement of technology, the Nano GPS chips are fitted with blood analyzers which transmit real time data of animal\'s health to the concerned team and the health team can take nacessary actions in case something is found bad with animal\'s health.