Smartphone GPS Navigation

Mobile mapping and turn-by-turn routing using satellite receivers, sensors, maps, networks, and traffic data.

Core metadata

ID: smartphone_gps_navigation
Era: Modern
First known date: 2009 (year)
Region: United States / Android phones
Review status: source_checked
Maturity: N/A

Prerequisites

Dependents

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Fields

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Node sources

Google Maps Navigation comes to Android 2.0 (Google Maps Blog, 2009, review) • Supports: node
Announcing Google Maps Navigation for Android 2.0 (Google Blog, 2009, review) • Supports: node

Prerequisite edge evidence

Edge/source evidence summary:

Prerequisite edges: 3
Average edge confidence: 68%
Prerequisite sources: 3
expert_inference: 3

Prerequisite	Type	Confidence	Evidence level	Note	Sources
Smartphones (smartphones)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Smartphones provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Mobile Computing (Computer History Museum, 2026, museum) • Supports: edge
Satellite Navigation Receivers (satellite_navigation_receivers)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Satellite Navigation Receivers provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	Magellan "NAV 1000" Hand-Held GPS Receiver (National Museum of American History, 2026, museum) • Supports: edge
Mobile Broadband Networks (mobile_broadband_networks)	enabling	68%	expert_inference	Mobile Broadband Networks provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path.	ITU-R FAQ on International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) (International Telecommunication Union, 2024, official_agency) • Supports: edge

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