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<h2 id="types-of-navigation-systems">Types of navigation systems</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Automotive_navigation_system/WKCh5wt8">Automotive navigation system</a></li> <li>Marine navigation systems using <a href="/facts/Sonar/0Rg2G40e">sonar</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Satellite_navigation_system/lVgPlF5v">Satellite navigation system</a> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Global_Positioning_System/DKVLnzF3">Global Positioning System</a>, a group of satellites and computers that can provide information on any person, vessel, or vehicle's location via a GPS receiver <ul><li><a href="/facts/GPS_navigation_device/MmeJ3XWK">GPS navigation device</a>, a device that can receive GPS signals for the purpose of determining the device's location and possibly to suggest or give directions</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/GLONASS/sLh1vQ6p">GLONASS</a>, satellite navigation system run by Russia</li> <li><a href="/facts/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)/sPyWl594">Galileo</a> global navigation satellite system</li> <li><a href="/facts/Indian_Regional_Navigation_Satellite_System/k3JM5NBx">IRNSS</a>, regional satellite system run by India.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/facts/Computer-assisted_surgery/LtcqogRT">Surgical navigation system</a>, a system that determines the position of surgical instruments in relation to patient images such as CT or MRI scans.</li> <li><a href="/facts/Inertial_guidance_system/UzUTMhK2">Inertial guidance system</a>, a system which continuously determines the position, orientation, and velocity (direction and speed of movement) of a moving object without the need for external reference</li> <li><a href="/facts/Robotic_mapping/W9jnGGKe">Robotic mapping</a>, the methods and equipment by which an autonomous robot is able to construct (or use) a map or floor plan and to localize itself within it</li> <li><a href="/facts/X-ray_pulsar-based_navigation/oUftlC5U">XNAV</a> for deep space navigation</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Navigation systems. <ul><li><a href="/facts/Positioning_system/bSfNnXnK">Positioning system</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Guidance%2c_navigation_and_control/Terngs4t">Guidance, navigation and control</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Guidance_system/Qhjm4enq">Guidance system</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Dissanayake, MWM Gamini, et al. "A solution to the simultaneous localization and map building (SLAM) problem." IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation 17.3 (2001): 229-241. <a href="https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/projects/colony/repository/revisions/1614/raw/branches/scout/SLAM/IEEEXplore.pdf" target="_blank">https://roboticsclub.org/redmine/projects/colony/repository/revisions/1614/raw/branches/scout/SLAM/IEEEXplore.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Paul D. Groves (1 April 2013). Principles of GNSS, Inertial, and Multisensor Integrated Navigation Systems, Second Edition. Artech House. ISBN 978-1-60807-005-3. <a href="978-1-60807-005-3" target="_blank">978-1-60807-005-3</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"Who Needs GPS? The Forgotten Story of Etak's Amazing 1985 Car Navigation System". Fast Company. June 6, 2015. Retrieved December 22, 2020. <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/3047828/who-needs-gps-the-forgotten-story-of-etaks-amazing-1985-car-navigation-system" target="_blank">https://www.fastcompany.com/3047828/who-needs-gps-the-forgotten-story-of-etaks-amazing-1985-car-navigation-system</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Edwards, Benj (February 17, 2017). "The Untold Story of Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell's Visionary 1980s Tech Incubator". Fast Company. Retrieved December 22, 2020. <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/3068135/the-untold-story-of-atari-founder-nolan-bushnells-visionary-1980s-tech-incubator" target="_blank">https://www.fastcompany.com/3068135/the-untold-story-of-atari-founder-nolan-bushnells-visionary-1980s-tech-incubator</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Who Needs GPS? The Forgotten Story of Etak's Amazing 1985 Car Navigation System". Fast Company. June 6, 2015. Retrieved December 22, 2020. <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/3047828/who-needs-gps-the-forgotten-story-of-etaks-amazing-1985-car-navigation-system" target="_blank">https://www.fastcompany.com/3047828/who-needs-gps-the-forgotten-story-of-etaks-amazing-1985-car-navigation-system</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Edwards, Benj (February 17, 2017). "The Untold Story of Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell's Visionary 1980s Tech Incubator". Fast Company. Retrieved December 22, 2020. <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/3068135/the-untold-story-of-atari-founder-nolan-bushnells-visionary-1980s-tech-incubator" target="_blank">https://www.fastcompany.com/3068135/the-untold-story-of-atari-founder-nolan-bushnells-visionary-1980s-tech-incubator</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Edwards, Benj (February 17, 2017). "The Untold Story of Atari Founder Nolan Bushnell's Visionary 1980s Tech Incubator". Fast Company. Retrieved December 22, 2020. <a href="https://www.fastcompany.com/3068135/the-untold-story-of-atari-founder-nolan-bushnells-visionary-1980s-tech-incubator" target="_blank">https://www.fastcompany.com/3068135/the-untold-story-of-atari-founder-nolan-bushnells-visionary-1980s-tech-incubator</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Stephen F. Appleyard (23 January 2006). Marine Electronic Navigation. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-96309-6. <a href="978-1-134-96309-6" target="_blank">978-1-134-96309-6</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>