Navigating your way the 1920s’ style!

October 14, 2008 at 7:34 pm · Filed under amazing, Tokyo, Miscellaneous, Cool, lost, antique, weird, invention, future, Mobile, vehicles, 1920s, directions, gps, mankind, map, mini, roads, Route Finder, satnav, small, wristwatch

Losing directions is one of my weaknesses. If there are too many roads around, I would find myself extremely clueless with the directions whether I am walking or driving without a map or a few phone calls to friends. Sometimes I wondered whether there is a better way than having a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) or Satellite Navigation System (SatNav) that would possibly cost a bomb to have one installed in your car.
In some countries, GPS or SatNav are so common that in Tokyo, every taxi has one!

Clean seats, courteous driver and very informative taxi.

Then just recently I found this online. A 1920s “SatNav”, also called The Route Finder. It is a tiny machine complete with maps that would tell motorists which way to go. Isn’t that cool or what! Imagine, a wristwatch-style device equipped with mini maps.

1920s Route Finder
But this is no GPS, not even a full […]

Original post by Pamela

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